Here is the Dropbox URL for any materials you wish to upload:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/S5CiLxvVjAOIjOgV0KnS Here it is as a link. This URL works; we used it all last year. Please try a different browser and/or ask classmates for help if you are having trouble getting your device to talk to the Dropbox. Wednesday 4 September: Welcome, policies; book annotation; "Testing 1-2-3" assignment made; Poem practice Thursday 5 September: Poem due in class; "Testing 1-2-3" due before class; Confessions distributed Friday 6 September: No class; afternoon assembly; begin reading Confessions Book 1 Monday 9 September: Augustine intro lecture; SQs available; SQ instruction; Unlucky 13 Common Errors Tuesday 10 September: Confessions Book 1 due, along with one study question; Discussion of SQ writing Wednesday 11 September: Book 1, continued; Plato's Ladder of Love; Vocabulary assigned Thursday 12 September: Confessions Book 2 due along with one study question Friday 13 September: Vocabulary (one word) due to Dropbox; Aeneas and Dido in prep for Book 3 Monday 16 September: Confessions Book 3 and one SQ Tuesday 17 September: Vocabulary discussed; here is master vocabulary list (student contributed; watch for corrections in class), Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in class Wednesday 18 September: Confessions Book 4 and one SQ Thursday 19 September: SQ writing redux; common usage errors and quotation integration review Friday 20 September: Confessions Book 5 and one SQ Monday 23 September: Prep for in-class writing Tuesday 24 September: In-class writing Confessions, Books 1-5; book annotation check Wednesday 25 September: Confessions Book 6, no SQ due; Vocabulary quiz; Culminating assignments available Thursday 26 September: Field Trip! I Henry IV at the Folger! Friday 27 September: No class; Book 7 SQ and vocabulary word due Dropbox (SQ may be turned in to tray, but vocab word must be submitted electronically) Monday 30 September (Picture Day): Confessions Book 7 discussed Tuesday 1 October: "Allegory of the Cave" continued; Book 8 begun in class Wednesday 2 October: No school; Funeral for Joseph W. McPherson Thursday 3 October: Confessions Book 8 due (no SQ) Friday 4 October: No class; afternoon festival (Lepanto Day); Book 9 SQ due to tray or via Dropbox Monday 7 October: Confessions Book 9 discussed Tuesday 8 October: Revised SQs due (2 questions) with marked originals (okay to submit revisions via Dropbox and to hand in marked originals in class); review; personal mini-essay assigned Wednesday 9 October: Review; essay assignments discussed; checklist for essay Thursday 10 October: Test: The Confessions Friday 11 October: Thesis workday Monday 14 October: No School; Columbus Day Tuesday 15 October: Personal mini-essay due; Begin Beowulf in class Wednesday 16 October: No class; PSAT in the morning & half-day for upper school Thursday 17 October: Beowulf in class Friday 18 October: Draft of Confessions essay due Important dates: Essay final is due no later than midnight Friday 25 October, to the Dropbox; include pictures/scans of the marked draft if you submit electronically. In-class rewrite along with the old, marked original is due Wednesday 30 October. |