Theme
Reading
Week 1
Intro to course and
Being ecocritical
The Lorax
What do you think ecocriticism is, or know it to be defined as?
Week 2
Defining eco criticism
Articles on class website
How have your initial views on ecocriticism changed?
Week 3
World views
Walden 1-78 (through Where I
Lived and What I Lived For)
How do you see the world noticing and viewing our environment? What
are our cultural norms for environmental protection, care, maintenance?
Week 4
Noticing the
environemnt
Walden 79-135 (through Visitors)
How do you view the world from an environmental standpoint?
Week 5
Living in the
environment
Walden 136-194 (through Baker
Farm)
Week 6
Challenging the world
view
Walden 202-46 (through Formar
Inhabitants) & excerpts from Civil
Disobeadiance
How are you similar and different to world views about the environment?
Week 7
Appreciating the
environment
Walden 247-325 (through
conclusuion)
How and why do you appreciate the environment?
Week 8
Poems and articles on class
Changing Environments website
Position statement due
How would your life/the world be different without technology?
(blog post)
Week 9
Noticing the
environemnt
Feed 1-80
Learnscape project
Check-in
Week 10
Living in the
environment
Feed 81-160
How do characters interact in this world?
Week 11
World Views
Feed 82-240
How does your life differ from Titus?
Week 12
Challenging the world
view
Feed 240-320
Week 13
Poems and articles on class
Changing Environments website
Week 14 Thanks
Being ecocritical
giving
Week 15
Noticing the
environemnt
Chasing Ice (in class), read
Chasing Ice website: About, Our
Impact and Make a Diffeence
Short stories and essays on class
website
Assignments
Class Learnscape
proposal due
Blog essay due
Blog posts (due Friday by 11:59 pm)
How do you interact with the environment that surrounds you?
What environmental concerns do you see in the world of Feed?
1000 words; Compare and conterast Titus' world to Thoreau's world?
How do you see the environment changing around you?
Learnscape project
Check-in
What is your reaction to the melting of the glaciers as depicted in
Chasing Ice?
Check in: How are you? How is this class going? What do you need help
in?
Week 16
Living in the
environment
Short stories and essays on class
website
Week 17
Appreciating the
environment
Independent reading
Christmas Break
Repost position statement: How has your position statement changed
over the year?
Photo essay due
What are you reading over break? Why did you choose this book?
What did you read over break? Would you suggest it to someone? Why or
why not?
What
world views are assumed in your book club text?
Independent reading
Week 18
World views
Book Club Part 1
Learnscape project
Check-in
Book club discussion
leading
Week 19
Noticing the
environemnt
Book Club Part 2
Book club discussion
leading
What do you notice about the environment in your book club text? How is
it different or similar to yours?
Week 20
Living in the
environment
Book Club Part 3
Book club discussion
leading
How does your narrator or protoganist relate to the environment in your
book club text?
Week 21
Challenging the world
view
Book Club Part 4
Book club discussion
leading
How does your book club text challenge a world view? Do agree or
disagree with your text? Why or why not?
Week 22
Appreciating the
environment
Book Club Part 5
Book club discussion
leading
After reading your book club text, do you have a changed view on the
environment? If so what is it; if not, how come?
Week 23
Being ecocritical
Book Club Presentations Check in: How are you? How is this class going? What do you need help
due
in?
Week 24
Noticing the
environemnt
American Born Chinese 1-120
Learnscape project
Check-in
Social activist field trip
reflection (Blog post)
Week 25
Living in the
environment
American Born Chinese 121-240
How do dou see culture affecting world views on enviornmental concerns?
What are key terms that were defined in the IPCC report that helped your
understanding?
What terms
do you need to be defined?
Week 26
World views
IPCC Report
Week 27
Challenging the world
view
IPCC Report
Spring Break
Week 28
How do the characters in American Born Chinese interact with their
enviornment? What cultural influences cause this interaction?
Learnscape project
check-in
How do you see culture affecting world and personal views on
environmental issues?
IPCC Report Graphic
Novel due
What did you read over break? Would you suggest it to someone? Why or
why not?
Independent reading
World views
Poems and articles from website
Week 29
Noticing the
environemnt
Position paper proposal Repost position statement: How has your position statement changed
Independent reading and research due
over the year?
Week 30
Living in the
environment
Independent reading and research
Think about your Photo Essay and Graphic Novel: How does the use of
images help create a reaction for readers? Will this be useful when
writing your position statement?
Week 31
Challenging the world
view
Learnscape Project
Independent reading and research Complete
How does the learnscape project relate to what we learned about during
the Social Activist Field Trip?
Week 32
Appreciating the
enviornment and being
ecocritical
Check website
How have you changed as an ecoliterate person over the year?
Statement paper due
