Feel free to refer to this outline of The Iliad to help you manage the gaps as we read selected books.
Wednesday 5 September: Welcome, policies, get buddy for "testing" assignment, discuss the themes of the class; HW: "Testing" assignment, review poem Thursday 6 September: "Testing" assignment due, Review poem, Begin reading Iliad Book 1 in class (Invocation of the muse); comparative translations Friday 7 September: Poem due in class; HW: Review vocabulary; Read Iliad Book 1 ***** Monday 10 September: Iliad Book 1 due Tuesday 11 September: Catalogue of Ships in class Wednesday 12 September: Iliad Book 5 (Diomedes) due Thursday 13 September: Book 5, continued Friday 14 September: Iliad Book 9 (Embassy to Achilles) due; HW: Review vocabulary ***** Monday 17 September: Book 9, continued Tuesday 18 September: Iliad Book 16 (Death of Patroclus) due Wednesday 19 September: Shield of Achilles in class Thursday 20 September: Iliad Book 22 (Death of Hector) due Friday 21 September: Book 22, continued; HW: Review vocabulary ***** Monday 24 September: Iliad Book 24 (Achilles and Priam) due Tuesday 25 September: Iliad round-up Wednesday 26 September: Iliad review Thursday 27 September: Iliad test Friday 28 September: No class, Field Day ***** |