Callum McCourt

Fall 2013

T ues da y/T hurs da y 12: 30

W ELCOME TO SHORT STORIES

elcome to Short Stories! This is a course offered to enthusiastic students looking to make use of their time and develop their reading ability. It will give students a chance to read some of the most critically acclaimed short stories in contemporary literature and also encourage discussions about the literature we cover. Most stories are less than a few pages long and are very accessible to English learners.

Stories Short C
ourse Requirements

ATTENDANCE TO EVERY CLASS IS IMPORTANT. PRACTICING THE ENGLISH IN A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WILL HELP TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH.

PARTICIPATION IN CLASS IS ALSO VITAL TO IMPROVE ENGLISH.

Literature expands language awareness L

iterature expands language awareness, educates the whole person and is motivating. The chosen book has a collection of 180 personal, true-life accounts from NPR's National Story Project reflecting the work of men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life and is accompanied by a look at the role of storytelling in our lives. The reader will find pieces here of quiet movement, emotional honesty, jawdropping coincidence, eerie dreaminess, and everyday wonder. With that

STUDENTS SHOULD POSSESS AN INTERMEDIATE TO HIGH-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF ENGLISH. THE CLASS

WILL PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE SO IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE.

in mind, the objective of this course is to give students a chance to read and comprehend authentic material that they would otherwise not be exposed to.

tudents will choose from the selection of texts and work together to come to a deep comprehension of that text. They will manage this as a group using various reading strategies.

resentation

Students are required to plan, create and perform a presentation on one of the short stories read in class. They should keep to the following copyright guidelines. Using your own material is preferable but if you look elsewhere; Please try to use creative commons images, sounds, videos available from the search facility at creativecommons.org. If you do use material that is copyrighted, please ask for permission. If it is unclear whether it is copyrighted, cite the au-

equired Textbook

thorship in your presentation by marking the material True Tales of American Lives clearly. by Paul Auster, published by Faber and Faber.* Other stories including Kurt Vonnegut, Ernest Hemingway, Roald Dahl and Raymond Carver.

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OBJECTIVE
R EADING Q UIZ A SHOWER R OALD DAHL - MYSTERIES ANIMALS : NEW Y ORK STRAY PRESENTATION 1 E DGAR ALLAN POE SUSPENSE O BJECTS : T HE PHOTO , MY R OCKING C HAIR
AND AND I NTRODUCTION TO COURSE ,

MATERIALS
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MY FINANCIAL C AREER

TO THE

AND

OF AMERICAN LIFE

T HE T ELL T ALE H EART O THERS T RUE T ALES T RUE T ALES T HROUGH

OF AMERICAN LIFE

FAMILIES : I SOLATION , T HE W EDNESDAY BEFORE C HRISTMAS PRESENTATION 2 DORIS L ESSING SLAPSTICK : MAN
VS .

OF AMERICAN LIFE

THE

T UNNEL

C OAT, SOPHISTICATED LADY

AND

O THERS

T RUE T ALES

OF AMERICAN LIFE

K URT V ONNEGUT JNR. - E QUALITY PRESENTATION 3 H OLIDAY H OLIDAY W AR: C HRISTMAS 1862, I W AR: C HRISTMAS 1945, A LOVE: W HAT
IF?,

H ARRISON BERGERON

THOUGHT MY

FATHER S UN

WAS

GOD

T RUE T ALES

OF AMERICAN LIFE

WALK IN THE

AND

O THERS

E RNEST H EMINGWAY T RUE T ALES T RUE T ALES

T ABLE

FOR

T WO

AND

O THERS

OF AMERICAN LIFE

PRESENTATION 4 LOVE: SOULS F LY AWAY C HEKHOV ON

SEEING THE AND

O THERS APRIL

OF AMERICAN LIFE

T HE C HEMIST S W IFE 100%

PERFECT GIRL ONE BEAUTIFUL MORNING

H ARUKI MURAKAMI T RUE T ALES T RUE T ALES GUY

DEATH: SOMETHING DEATH: A

TO THINK ABOUT ,

A SHES

AND

O THERS

OF AMERICAN LIFE

FAILED

E XECUTION , T HE LETTER

AND

O THERS

OF AMERICAN LIFE

PRESENTATION 5 T HE NECKLACE DREAMS : MY FATHERS DREAM , A NNA MAY ALL S UMMER DAY
WITH DE

MAUPASSANT

AND

O THERS

T RUE T ALES

OF AMERICAN LIFE

IN A

BY R AY BRADBURY BILL, G REYHOUNDING T RUE T ALES T RUE T ALES LONG W INTER O THERS T RUE T ALES T RUE T ALES
OF AMERICAN LIFE

STRANGERS : A C ONVERSATION PRESENTATION 6 STRANGERS : R ESCUED

BY

GOD , SNOW

AND OTHERS

OF AMERICAN LIFE

MEDITATION : MAYONNAISE SANDWICHES , A FTER MEDITATIONS : PETER O THERS

AND

OF AMERICAN LIFE

AND

OF AMERICAN LIFE