週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
9/16 |
Course introduction
Poem: The Teacher, by Tom Romano |
第2週 |
9/23 |
The Case of the Treasure Hunt, or "The Secret to Success"
Poem: Success is Counted Sweetest, by Emily Dickinson/
Essay: The Making of Poems by Gregory Orr |
第3週 |
9/30 |
The Case of Hitting Rockbottom & The Case of the Missing Bracelet/focus on listening to important details and ideas/
Poem: Hope is the Thing with Feathers, by Emily Dickinson/
Essay: Connecting to a Global Tribe by Matt Harding |
第4週 |
10/07 |
Movie |
第5週 |
10/14 |
The Case of "Why Is Today a Special Day?"/listening to the news/
Poem: I'm Nobody! by Emily Dickinson/
Essay: Inviting the World to Dinner by Jim Haynes |
第6週 |
10/21 |
The Case of the Spaceman Spy/focus on summarizing/
Poem: A One-line Poem by John Hollander/
Essay: Do You Know Your Special Talent by Anne Heywood |
第7週 |
10/28 |
The Case of the Roundabouts/focus on euphemisms and connotations/ Poem: Dust of Snow by Robert Frost/
Essay: Always Go to the Funeral by Deidre Sullivan |
第8週 |
11/04 |
Writing assignment and presentations |
第9週 |
11/11 |
Mid-term exam |
第10週 |
11/18 |
The Case of the Friendly Prank/focus on guessing from context/
Poem: A Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson/
Essay: Do What You Love by Tony Hawk |
第11週 |
11/25 |
The Case of the Material Shade/guessing as interpreting/
Poem: To a Young Poet by Edna St. Vincent Millay/
Essay: Unleashing the Power of Creativity and Intelligence by Bill Gates |
第12週 |
12/02 |
The Case of Who I Am/Inferring/
Poem: Unsaid by A. R. Ammons/
Essay: Seeing in Beatiful Precise Pictures by Temple Grandlin |
第13週 |
12/09 |
The Case of the Green Eyes, or "Isle Be Seeing You"/Inferring Word Play/
Poem: Logodrama by Greg Moss/
Essay: The Tense Middle by Roald Hoffman |
第14週 |
12/16 |
A Case of Spirits/focus on anticipating/
Poem: Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost/
Essay: The Learning Curve of Gratitude by Mary Chapin Carpenter |
第15週 |
12/23 |
The Case of the Cheap Deja Vu/more about inferring and anticipation/
Poem: My Heart Leaps Up by William Wordsworth/
Essay: Every Person Is Precious by Isabel Legarda |
第16週 |
12/30 |
The Case of Life or Death/focus on evaluating while listening/
Poem:Ethics by Linda Pastan/
Essay:The Presumption of Decency by Edward Glaeser |
第17週 |
1/06 |
The Case of Life or LIFE/
Poem:Fish by D. C. Berry/
Essay: An Ideal of Service to Our Fellow Man by Albert Einstein |