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Journal: Who are you? Tell me a little about yourself. Agenda: Journal setup; Critically reading Homework: Block 1/2: Finish critically reading/annotating the article (Print and annotate if absent) 1.2 Journal: Write about your relationship with your phone. How do you feel about it? In what ways is it helpful/ hurtful/ joyful/ sorrowful? Agenda: Cell phone discussion Homework: None 1.3 Journal: What is hell? Make a mind-map of ideas you associate with hell. Agenda: Dante Alighieri lecture - PPT to right/below Homework: None! 1.4 Journal: When translating literature, should a translator focus on preserving content or on preserving style? Agenda: Structure of the Divine Comedy (PPT); begin Canto 1 Homework: Finish reading and annotating Canto 1 1.5 Journal: What is a symbol? Give a definition in your own words. •What does the dark forest symbolize in Canto I? Agenda: Review Canto I; Critically read and annotate Canto 3 Homework: Due TUESDAY (2.2): Canto Comic Strip Assignment |
2.1 Journal: The Divine Comedy uses a lot of number symbolism. Identify an example of number symbolism in The Divine Comedy and what you think it signifies. Agenda: Canto Comic Strip Assignment work time Homework: Comic strip due tomorrow at the beginning of class! 2.2 Journal: Try to make a list of the Seven Deadly Sins (aka the Capital Vices, Cardinal Sins, etc) Agenda: Lit Terms Pre-Assessment; begin Circles of Hell Homework: None 2.3 Journal: Why doesn’t Dante imagine Hell as just one big boiling blood river for all sinners? Justify your answer with what we have learned about the context surrounding Dante. Agenda: Finishing Circles of Hell; Contrapasso Homework: Access: Interactive Visual of the Circles of Hell; Explore the interactive guide; Add 3 details to your Highway to Hell graphic organizer; Highlight those bonus details! 2.4 Journal: Is Contrapasso the same as “an eye for an eye”? Agenda: Review Contrapasso; introduce Circles of Hell project (link to right/below) Homework: See calendar under Circles of Hell project for test dates and due dates 2.5 Journal: Friday Free Write! Write for 6 minutes. Agenda: Circles of Hell group collaboration time Homework: See calendar under Circles of Hell project for test dates and due dates; Rough draft due Monday 8am |