Odysseys

 Spring 2010

      Assignments next to a date should be read/written/pondered on before coming to that class.

 Jan.      19         Introduction: World of the Greek Hero

             21         The Iliad: Books 1 & 6

                          “The Hero” by James Redfield in course packet

             26         The Iliad: Books 9 & 16

             28         The Iliad: Books 18 & 19

Feb.        2         The Iliad: Book 21.1-460 and Book 22

               4         The Iliad: Book 23

               9         The Iliad: Book 24

             11         ePortfolio Workshop

             11         Movie Night: Troy at 8 p.m. in Herget

             12         Paper 1 due by 1:30 p.m. at the Herget front desk.  

             16         Mardi Gras

             18         ePortfolio Home page due; Xythos workshop: How to Publish to the Web       

             23         Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 chapters in packet

             25         Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 chapters in packet

March     2         Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 chapters in packet

               2         Movie Night: About a Boy at 8 p.m. in Herget     

               4         Sir Gawain and the Green Knight                      

               9         Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

             11         Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

             11         Movie Night: Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 8 p.m. in Herget

             16         Midterm Exam

             18         The Inferno, Canto 1

             18         Movie Night: TV Dante at 8 p.m. in Herget

             23         The Inferno, Cantos 2-6        

             25         The Inferno, Cantos 9, 10, 13, 17

             30         The Inferno, Cantos 26-27

             30         Movie Night: Seven at 8 p.m. in Herget

April       1         The Inferno, Cantos 31-34                

               6         Spring Break

               8         Spring Break  

             13         Aristotle page due

             15         Henry V, Acts 1 & 2 

             20         Henry V, Acts 3 & 4

             22         Henry V, Act 5

             22         Movie Night: Renaissance Man at 8 p.m. in Herget         

             27         Group Work on Readers’ Theatre

                          Paper 2 due

             29         Group Work on Readers’ Theatre

May        4         Group Presentations of Henry V scene

               6         In-Class Response

             12         Completed ePortfolio published to Web by 3 p.m.

                          ePortfolio counts as Final Exam