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Mr. Smith reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice. |
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First Semester |
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Week 1, 08.20 |
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Tuesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Syllabus
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Chromebook Selection |
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Setting Up Google Classroom |
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• demo-Meme of Literary Interpretation |
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Overview of Course Rubric |
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Foundations for Critical Thinking |
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Follow |
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@PrufrocksBlues /Twitter |
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mr_smith_eng2332 /Instagram |
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Wednesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Reading Guidelines |
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• demo-Habitual Reading |
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Notions of the Self |
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• demo |
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• Beck, "Saw Lightning" |
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Thursday: |
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René Descartes, Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason |
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and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences, 1637 |
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• part 1 & part 4 |
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Friday: |
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Analysis of Different Depictions of Self |
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• In-class exercise |
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Week 2, 08.26 |
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Monday: |
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Summer Reading Project / Comprehension Test— Introduction |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals |
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Tuesday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals: Hero |
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• UVAToday interviews Mark Edmundson |
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Wednesday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals: Saint |
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Thursday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals: Thinker |
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Friday: |
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Pep Rally Schedule |
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School Video Presentation |
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Quick Review of Critical Lenses-part 1 |
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• Overview /PDF |
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Week 3, 09.02 |
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Monday: |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Tuesday: |
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Quick Review of Critical Lenses-part 1 |
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• Biogrphical, Formalist, Gender & Feminist / PDF |
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• Mythic, Historicism /PDF |
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• Psychoanalytical / PDF |
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• Sociological, Marxist, Queer Theory /PDF |
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Wednesday: |
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Quick Review of Critical Lenses-part 2 |
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Paragraph Comaprasions |
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• WaltWhitman 1860/ American Strikers 1930 |
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• Sylvia Plath 1961/ Friday Kahlo 1939 |
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• Emily Dickinson 1861/ Van Morrison 1971 |
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Thursday: |
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Codes of Law and/or Morality / Critical Lens Exercise |
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• demo-Absolutism |
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• demo-American Puritan Concepts of Democracy |
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• Read / annotate material |
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• Respond to supplied discussion questions |
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Friday: |
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Codes of Law and/or Morality / Critical Lens Exercise |
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• Compare material with American Bill of Rights |
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• Take notes regarding purposes of documents / What details do they cover? |
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• With partner begin generating 300 (+) word response |
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Week 4, 09.09 |
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Monday: |
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Codes of Law and/or Morality / Critical Lens Exercise |
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• Compare notes with table partner |
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• With partner finalize 300 (+) word response (major grade) |
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Tuesday: |
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Senior Meeting with Ms. Nichols |
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300 (+) word Response Exercise due before midnight (major grade) |
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Wednesday: |
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Plato, The Search for Truth |
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• demo-Parable |
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• Animation |
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Plato, The Allegory of the Cave, trans. Thomas Sheehan |
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Thursday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Manifesto defined |
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• Read through supplied material, complete discussion questions individually |
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Friday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Individually begin drafting response |
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• Complete worksheet (1) individually— due Monday before class |
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Week 5, 09.16 |
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Monday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Complete worksheet (2) with table partner |
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• Compare notes with table partner |
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Tuesday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Individually create 500 (+) word response based on worksheets 1 & 2 |
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Wednesday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Individually create 500 (+) word response based on worksheets 1 & 2/intro due |
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Thursday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Individually create 500 (+) word response based on worksheets 1 & 2 |
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Friday: |
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Manifesto Partner Discussion |
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• Individually finalize 500 (+) word response based on worksheets 1 & 2/draft due |
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Week 6, 09.23 |
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Monday: |
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Creation Myths / Panel Discussion 1— daily practice grade |
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• Read through supplied material, discuss with partner |
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• With partner generate academic response |
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Tuesday: |
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Creation Myths / Panel Discussion 1 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Wednesday: |
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Creation Myths / Panel Discussion 1 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Thursday: |
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Creation Myths / Panel Discussion 1 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Friday: |
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Creation Myths / Panel Discussion 1 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Week 7, 09.30 |
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Monday: |
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Monotheism versus Polytheism |
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• lecture keypoints |
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Ancient Hymns / Panel Discussion 2 — major project grade |
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• Read through supplied material, discuss with partner |
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Tuesday: |
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Panel Discussion 2 |
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• With partner generate academic response |
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Wednesday: |
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Panel Discussion 2 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Thursday: |
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Panel Discussion 2 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Friday: |
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Panel Discussion 2 |
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• Rotating panel discussion with audience participation |
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Week 8, 10.07 |
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Monday: |
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Aristotle, The Search for Virtue |
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• demo–Nicomachean Ethics , trans. W. D. Ross |
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• demo-Aristotle's Theory of Virtues |
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Aristotle's Definition of an Epic |
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Poetics—see pages 31-33 (Homer), 41-43 (Epic Poetry) |
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Expectations of Epics |
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• demo |
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Google Classroom |
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Gilgamesh verse translation from Cuneiform / Penguin verse translation |
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Gilgamesh in Original Transposed Text |
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Tuesday: |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh-Preview of Ancient Ideas |
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Babylonian Creation Myth: Enuma Elish (class set PDFs) |
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• lecture keypoints: timeline and glossary of names |
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Wednesday: |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation, trans. Andrew George |
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• Gilgamesh: "He Who Saw the Deep"(direct translation/verse) |
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• The Standard Version of the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: |
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Tablet I. "The Coming of Enkidu" / prologue and paean |
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Thursday: |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh, trans. N. K. Sandars |
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• Gilgamesh: "I will proclaim to the world—" (free translation/prose) |
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Human versus Society |
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• lecture keypoints: Conflict and Solution: The Creation of Enkidu |
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• Students read-aloud Chapter 1 (prose) |
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Friday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Students read-aloud Chapter 1 (prose) |
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Week 9, 10.14 |
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Monday: |
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Student Holiday |
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Tuesday: |
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Gilgamesh Review |
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Wednesday: |
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Senior Picnic |
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Thursday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Formalist Approach towards Gilgamesh |
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• lecture keypoints: Trinity of Goddess |
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• Read along with audio- Prologue, Chapter 1 (prose) |
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Friday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Read along with audio- Chapter 2 (prose) |
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Week 10, 10.21 |
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Monday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Read along with audio- Chapter 3 (prose) |
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Tuesday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Read along with audio- Chapter 4 (prose) |
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Wednesday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Read along with audio- Chapter 5 (prose) |
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Thursday: |
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Gilgamesh |
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• Read along with audio- Chapter 6-7 (prose) |
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Gilgamesh Final Review |
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Friday: |
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Gilgamesh Plot Review, Chapters 3, 4, 5 |
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Week 11, 10.28 |
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Monday: |
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Review Quailties of Epics (see week 8, Monday) |
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Plot Review for Gilgamesh |
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Important Vocabulary Terms |
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Tuesday: |
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Gilgamesh Comprehensive Test |
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Wednesday: |
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Gilgamesh Comprehensive Test 2 |
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Thursday: |
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Comparison / Contrast of Translations |
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Friday: |
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Anglo-Saxon Period |
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Blog— Interesting Literature |
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• Ten Works of Anglo-Saxon Literature |
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Beowulf Original MS |
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Week 12,11.04 |
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Monday: |
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Senior DC Meeting with Ms. Nichols |
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C-Note Templates |
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Preview Information for Beowulf |
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Tuesday: |
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Beowulf Introduction, trans. J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Wednesday: |
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Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney |
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Thursday: |
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Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney |
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Friday: |
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Beowulf, Analytical Paragraph— 1 |
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Week 13, 11.11 |
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Monday: |
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Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney |
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Tuesday: |
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Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney |
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Wednesday: |
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Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney |
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Thursday: |
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Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney |
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Friday: |
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Beowulf, Analytical Paragraph—2 |
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Week 14, 11.18 |
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Monday: |
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Beowulf Review |
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Anglo Saxon Poetry Elements |
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• demo |
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Tuesday: |
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Beowulf Comprehensive Test |
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Wednesday: |
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Anglo Saxon Poetry |
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"The Wife's Lament" |
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Thursday: |
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Anglo Saxon Poetry |
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"The Wife's Lament" |
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Friday: |
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Anglo Saxon Poetry |
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"The Wife's Lament" |
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Week 15, 11.25 |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 16,12.02 |
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Monday: |
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Anglo Saxon Poetry |
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"The Wanderer" |
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Tuesday: |
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Anglo Saxon Poetry |
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In-class Exercise "The Wanderer" compared with "The Wife's Lament" |
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Wednesday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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• prompt |
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• Work Cited elements |
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Thursday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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Friday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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• Confirm Thesis, end of class |
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Week 17, 12.09 |
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Monday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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Tuesday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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Wednesday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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Thursday: |
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Fall Final Critical Analysis Project |
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Friday: |
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Fall Final due at midnight in Turnitin.com |
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Week 18, 12.16 |
Finals Week |
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Monday: |
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Period 1-5: Normal Schedule |
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Period 6: Review |
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Period 7: Review |
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Tuesday: |
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Period 1: Review |
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Period 3: Review |
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Period 5: Review |
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Period 7: Exam |
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Wednesday: |
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Period 2: Review |
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Period 5: Review |
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Period 4: Review |
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Period 6: Exam |
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Thursday: |
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Period 1: Review /Twenty Minutes |
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Period 1: Exam |
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Period 3: Review /Twenty Minutes |
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Period 3: Exam |
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Early Release |
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Friday: |
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Period 2: Review / Twenty Minutes |
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Period 2: Exam |
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Period 4: Review / Twenty Minutes |
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Period 4: Exam |
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Early Release |
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