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ENGLISH Fall 2011 Instructor: Ashley Daniel Foot ASSIGNMENT 1 : READING GROUP CIRCLES The Books: Persepolis (book 1) Marjane Satrapi Dreams from My Father Barack Obama The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins The Reader Bernhard Schlink Your Task a) To read the en4re book b) To meet for regularly scheduled group mee4ngs in which each one of the group members contributes something of value. c) To prepare a presenta4on of some type for the rest of the class on your book. The nal presenta4on must contain:
1) A summary of the book (brief) 2) A visual representation of the book (an image, a piece of artwork, a redesigned cover) 3) A scene (live or filmed) from the book

Ini4al Tasks a) Meet with your group b) Amongst yourselves assign the following roles: please note that each group MUST allow for each job to be lled. So if you are a very small group, perhaps you will do a dierent task each week.
1. discussion director - develops questions for the group to discuss 2. passage picker or literary luminary - chooses a selection that the group rereads and discusses because it is interesting, informative, the climax, well written.... 3. vocabulary enricher - chooses words that are difficult or used in an unfamiliar way 4. connector - finds a connection between the story and another book, event in their personal llife or the outside world 5. illustrator - draws a picture related to the reading 6. summarizer - prepares a brief summary of the passage read that day 7. travel tracer - tracks the movement when the characters move a lot 8. investigator - looks up background information related to the book

MEETING DAYS These are the finalized dates for group meetings: September 15, 22, 29. Oct 6, 13, 20 First presentation: October 24 Specific meeting information The ReaderSept 15- Read up to pg 37 Sept 22- pg 37- 74 Sept 29- pg 74-123 Oct 6- pg 123-149 Oct 13- pg 149-175 Oct 20- pg 175- end. Dreams from My Father *Please note that though this book is long, it is a fairly easy read. An audiobook version is available on a USB key (its 5 cds and about 12 hours long) if youd like to listen and follow along . If you want to read on the computer a PDF version of the text is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6808887/PACC/Dreams.pdf Sept 15 pg 3-96 (including weekend you just had) Sept 22 pg 97-186 Sept 29 186-248 Oct 6- 246-299 Oct 13 299- 366 Oct 20 366-442 Persepolis Sept 15 Read first chapter Sept 22 Chapter 2 Sept 29 Read Chapter 3 + 4 Oct 6 Read articles on Iran, Iranian revolution (available on Sept 29) also do additional research on the web Oct 13 Finish book Oct 20 - watch Persepolis movie in advance of class (DVD available from Mr Foot) The Hunger Games Sept 15 Read pages 1-50 Sept 22 Read pages 50-100 Sept 29 Read Pages 100-150 Oct 6 Read pages 150-200 Oct 13 Read pages 200-250 Oct 20 Read pages 250- end HINT: Please go over the reading tips handout or view our course website...