週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
2/24 |
Course introduction
Writing assignment #1: About Myself (100 words) |
Week 2 |
3/2 |
The Proust Questionnaire/About Myself |
Week 3 |
3/9 |
Essay: The Beatles Live On / Poem: Last Night as I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado |
Week 4 |
3/16 |
Essay: The Long Road to Forgiveness / Poem: What to Remember When Waking by David Whyte |
Week 5 |
3/23 |
Essay: Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys / Poem: Happiness by Raymond Carver |
Week 6 |
3/30 |
Essay: 30 Things I Believe / Poem: MY-NESS by Czeslaw Milosz
Writing assignment #2: About NTU (100 words) |
Week 7 |
4/6 |
Presentation: Ten things I believe in |
Week 8 |
4/13 |
Classroom activity |
Week 9 |
4/20 |
Special Talk: 學長回校分享經驗 |
Week 10 |
4/27 |
Debate |
Week 11 |
5/4 |
This is Water, David Foster Wallace |
Week 12 |
5/11 |
Essay: Bridging the Gap/ Poem: So Much Happiness by Naomi Shihab Nye |
Week 13 |
5/18 |
Essay: The Power of Hello/ Poem: The Art of Disappearing, Naomi Shihab Nye |
Week 14 |
5/25 |
Essay: The Power and Mystery of Naming Things / Poem: I Am an Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler
Shaune's experience sharing: My Year in Finland |
Week 15 |
6/1 |
Essay: Jazz is the Sound of God Laughing; Poem: summer quotations |
Week 16 |
6/8 |
Essay: Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude/ Mary Oliver speaking of a poem |
Week 17 |
6/15 |
Wrapping up |