Summer Course Schedule | Session 1

Important Dates to Remember

• May 16 – Class Begins
• May 30 – Memorial Day Holiday
• June 7 – Last Day to Withdraw from Class
• June 20 – Last Day of Class
• June 21 – Final Exams
• June 24 – Grades Due

Calendar

Week 1 (May 16 – 20)

Monday – Wednesday
Course Introduction
Read Lectures 1 – 3 (Background Information; Fairy Tales)
Discuss “The Little Mermaid” (Andersen), “The Happy Prince”, “The Nightingale & the Rose” & “The Selfish Giant” (Wilde)

Wednesday – Friday
Read Lecture 4 (Peter Pan)
Discuss Peter Pan (do not read Peter in Kensington Garden)

Week 2 (May 23 – 27)

Monday – Wednesday
Discuss excerpts from 

• Winnie the Pooh (Milne): “Introduction” & “Kanga & Baby Roo“
• The House at Pooh Corner (Milne): “Tigger Comes to the Forest” & “Tigger Is Unbounced“
• Mary Poppins (Travers): “Chapter 1” & “Chapter 9”

Wednesday – Friday
Discuss Esperanza Rising (Muñuz)

Week 3 (May 30 – June 3)

Monday – Wednesday
Discuss Pictures of Hollis Woods (Giff)

Wednesday @ 9:00 pm
Reader Hangout (Focus: Esperanza Rising & Pictures of Hollis Woods)

Wednesday – Friday
Discuss A Monster Calls (Ness)

Week 4 (June 6 – 10)

Monday – Wednesday
Discuss Feathers (Woodson)

Wednesday @ 7:00 pm
Reader Hangout (Focus: A Monster Calls & Feathers)

Wednesday – Friday
Presentation & Peer Review of Book Ladders
By Thursday @ 11:00 pm, you should have posted your Rough Drafts of your Book Ladders. Rough drafts should contain the book you chose to anchor your ladder, the theme your ladder will address, and at least 3 books that are part of your ladder. For each text, you should include author, title, and why you chose the book (e.g., how the book fits the theme) in 1-2 sentences. By Saturday @ noon, you should have responded to at least 2 other Book Ladders with any comments or suggestions about the theme or possible books that you’ve read/remember.

Week 5 (June 13 – 17)

Monday – Wednesday
Discuss So Hard to Say (Sanchez)

Thursday @ 7:00 pm
Reader Hangout (Focus: So Hard to Say Graveyard Book)

Wednesday – Friday
Discuss The Graveyard Book (Gaiman)

Week 6 (June 20 – 24)

Monday
Last Day of Class
Reading Ladders Due for Evaluation

Tuesday
Final Exam

Friday
Grades Due