You will give a
presentation on your auxiliary reading book.
Before giving your presentation, you will finish reading your book. If you don’t like your book you can choose
another. I have paper copies of each
book that you can borrow. These books are also all available digitally, often
for free. The options are:
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
Letters to a Young Poet –
Rainer Maria Rilke
Anam Cara – John
O’Donohue
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
Man’s Search for Meaning
- Viktor Frankl
The Power of Now –
Eckhart Tolle
Your presentation should
be between 10-15 minutes. It should include a written component that you will
read out load:
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One paragraph
about the author, the time period, or the philosophical or spiritual tradition
that produced this book.
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One
paragraph about the central themes of the book.
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Your
favorite passage from the book.
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Three to
five paragraphs about what that passage means. What is means to you. And how
you could live it out in your own life.
Your report should also
include a non-written component. Here
are some examples:
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Create a
painting based on the passage.
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Visit a
natural place that illustrates the passage and document your visit.
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Film and
interview with a philosophical or spiritual mentor about the theme of your
passage.
These are just a few
examples. You can invent your own creative non-written component.
GRADING
50 POINTS - Written
Component. You cover all the content. You demonstrate a knowledge of the book
and a thoughtfulness about the theme you choose.
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25 POINTS Non-Written
Component. You have a creative relevant idea. You demonstrate time and work
spent on the creation. You communicate the them in a non-written way.
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25 POINTS
Presentation. You present your content
clearly and thoroughly. You engage the
audience.
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100 POINTS TOTAL
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