(Thursday 4 March: Dante/Purgatory introduction; Purgatory diagram; student-led discussions introduced Friday 6 March: Canto 1; draw numbers for student-led discussions Monday 8 March: Cantos 2 and 3 Tuesday 9 March: Cantos 4 and 5; connections to Inferno 5; Paolo and Francesca Wednesday 10 March: Cantos 6 and 7; here is worksheet for 6–8 Thursday 11 March: Canto 8 Friday 12 March: Cantos 9 and 10; here is worksheet for 9 and 10; here's a handout that reviews Cantos so far; here is a "Steps" handout for Canto 9; here are screencasts I made last year that review Cantos 1 and 2, Cantos 3-7, and Cantos 8-9 Monday 15 March: Student-led discussions begin: Cantos 11 (Elise) and 12 (Izzy) Tuesday 16 March: Cantos 13 and 14 (Anna) Wednesday 17 March: Cantos 15 (Elif) and 16 (Abigail) Thursday 18 March: Canto 17 (Lucia), Review Cantos 1–17; Answers to the review Friday 19 March: Test Cantos 1–17 Monday 22 March: Purgatory journals assigned; Cantos 18 (Isis) and 19 (Ruthie) Tuesday 23 March: No class; Gala practice Wednesday 24 March: Cantos 20 (Molly) and 21 (Morgan) Thursday 25 March: Feast of the Annunciation Afternoon Festival; no class Friday 26 March: Cantos 22 (Allison) and 23 (Cristina) Monday 29 March: Cantos 24 (Benedetta) and 25 (Becky) Tuesday 30 March: Cantos 26 (Gabby) and 27 (Isha) Wednesday 31 March: Cantos 28 (Lilly) and 29 (Portia) Easter break Monday 12 April: Cantos 30 (Nadia) and 31 (Franchi) Tuesday 13 April: Cantos 32 (Grace) and 33 (Yahfyah) Wednesday 14 April: Purgatory journals due (5 short[150–200 words], 5 long [400+ words]); Review; here's the key to review Thursday 15 April: No class; Gala practice Friday 16 April: Conceptual Review, Purgatory; here is the chart on the board by group(remember limited time) with some additions from Becky; make sure you know the sins in the order of the mountain of Purgatory and the contents of the pageants, at the level of detail described on the review with blanks. Monday 19 April: Test, Purgatory; HW: Read Letter to Cangrande della Scala Tuesday 20 April: Cangrande assignment made and begun in class Wednesday 21 April: In-class activity: Apostolic Letter Candor Lucis aeternae of the Holy Father Francis on the VII Centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri; here are discussion questions for today's Harkness. Thursday 22 April: Gala rehearsal Friday 23 April: No class; Gala filming Cangrande assignment due: May 4 |