After you read the assignment and look at Esolen's footnotes and endnotes for the canto, please feel free to solidify your understanding with material from the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies or from the Digital Dante Project at Columbia University. The material from the University of Texas is also helpful.
Thursday 23 February: Isabel's presentation; Dante/Purgatory introduction; Purgatory diagram; student-led discussions introduced; Canto 1 Friday 24 February: No class; Gala practice Monday 27 February: Cantos 2 and 3 Tuesday 28 February: Cantos 4 and 5; connections to Inferno 5; Paolo and Francesca Wednesday 1 March: Cantos 6 and 7; here is worksheet for 6–8 Thursday 2 March: Canto 8 Friday 3 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 during the Covid lockdown, which review Cantos 1 and 2, Cantos 3-7, and Cantos 8-9 Monday 6 March: Student-led discussions begin: Cantos 11 and 12 (Maeve) Tuesday 7 March: Cantos 13 (Arianna) and 14 (Amanda) Wednesday 8 March: Cantos 15 (Nora) and 16 (Katie) Thursday 9 March: Canto 17 (Dani), Review Cantos 1–17; Answers to the review Friday 10 March: Test Purgatorio 1–17 Monday 13 March: Purgatory journals assigned; Cantos 18 (Marine) and 19 (Bella) Tuesday 14 March: Cantos 20 (Sofi) and 21 (Lily) Wednesday 15 March: Cantos 22 (Angie) and 23 (Pia) Thursday 16 March: Cantos 24 (Olivia) and 25 (Isabel) Friday 17 March: Dante catch-up; here is the link to the Purgatorio organization chart we are developing collaboratively; journal ideas; here is journal brainstorm handout Monday 20 March: Cantos 26 (Clem) and 27 (Ava the Great) Tuesday 21 March: Cantos 28 (Anna) and 29 (Madison) Wednesday 22 March: Cantos 30 (Claudia) and 31 (Sophia) Thursday 23 March: Cantos 32 (Anjola) and 33 (Vicky) Friday 24 March: No classes; Gala Eve Monday 27 March: No school Tuesday 28 March: English 10 Field Trip to the Shakespeare Theatre to see King Lear Wednesday 29 March: Review; here's the key to review; Conceptual Review, Purgatory; 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. Thursday 30 March: Additional review for Purgatory test Friday 31 March: No class; Maryland Day Festival Monday 3 April: Purgatory test Tuesday 4 April: Purgatory journals due (5 short[150–200 words], 5 long [400+ words]); Prep for Dante Costume Party, to be held after Easter break Easter Break! Comments are closed.
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