Orientation: Policy Sheet
Thursday 2 September: Poem recitations; receive Confessions and SQs; Unlucky 13 review Friday 3 September: Poem recitations; Confessions intro lecture Monday 6 September: No classes; Labor Day Tuesday 7 September: Read and annotate Confessions Book 1 due Wednesday 8 September: Confessions Book 1 SQ due; discussion of vocabulary Thursday 9 September: Confessions Book 2 due, along with one SQ Friday 10 September: Vocabulary word due; Books 1 and 2 further activities Monday 13 September: Confessions Book 3 due, along with one SQ; Here is an article about the Hortensius; SQ writing redux, questions about common errors or passage blending Tuesday 14 September: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in class Wednesday 15 September: Confessions Book 4 Thursday 16 September: Confessions Book 4 SQ due Friday 17 September: Confessions Book 5 and one SQ due Monday 20 September: Prep for in-class writing Tuesday 21 September: In-class writing Confessions, Books 1–5 Wednesday 22 September: Practice Vocabulary quiz; Confessions Book 6, no SQ due; Culminating assignments available Thursday 23 September: Discussion of Book 6; Reading of Book 7 due (it's hard--just read once carefully, annotating and doing your best) Friday 24 September: Confessions Book 7 due with one SQ Monday 27 September: Vocabulary test #1; more work with Book 7 Tuesday 28 September: Book 8 due, carefully annotated; read over SQs, but no SQ due; tie-ins to "The Allegory of the Cave" and Plato's Hierarchy of Knowledge; HW: Begin work on culminating assignments Wednesday 29 September: Book 9 in class Thursday 30 September: Book 9 due HW: Work on culminating assignments Friday 1 October: Insights from the end of Book 9; Workday for culminating assignments, esp. with an eye to prepping for test Monday 4 October: Review for test Tuesday 5 October: 2 Revised SQs due; mini-presentations Wednesday 6 October: Additional review Thursday 7 October: All Day Festival: Our Lady of the Rosary Friday 8 October: Confessions test Monday 11 October: No school; Columbus Day Tuesday 12 October: Thesis statement development; Checklist for essay; Paper topics and thesis statements Wednesday 13 October: No classes; PSAT Deadlines for Confessions assignments: Personal essay due Thursday 14 October; Academic Essay topic due Friday, October 15; Draft (best product possible in time allotted) due Friday, October 22; Final version due Friday October 29. |