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World LiteratureTuesday, Jan 10:Read Returning to Haifa by Kanafani. If you lose your paper copy, here is a link to the story. Be prepared for a quiz.https://www.brown.edu/academics/south-asia/sites/brown.edu.academics.south-asia/files/uploads/Kanafani%20Palestine's%20Children.pdf
Friday, 1/13: Haifa
Wednesday, 1/18: The Overcoat
Friday, 1/20: Nobel Presentations
Tuesday, 1/24: presentationsRead The Overcoat by Gogol. If you lose your paper copy, here is a link to the story. Be prepared for a quiz.http://engl273g-finnell.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/The+Overcoat_Gogol.pdfMedeaThere will be a test on Medea on Thursday, December 22. Here is a test-prep document.12/14: the class read up to lines 975, so you should complete the study guide to #6112/12: the class read up to lines 626, so you should complete the study guide to #3712/8: the class read up to lines 409, so you should complete the study guide up to #2412/6: the class read up to lines 212, so you should complete the study guide up through #12 (Parados).We are reading Medea in class. There is no outside reading assigned for this unit (we will read the entire play in class). I have shared the Medea study guide with everyone. Please keep up with it. You should fill out all of the questions, thoroughly, after each reading. I will allot a few minutes at the start of each class to address study guide questions, and I will be grading the study guides as we go. Don't fall behind!!Also, make sure you THOROUGHLY address each question as many of them have multiple components. Failure to address each component will result in loss of points.You have also received a google.doc of vocab terms. Please define the terms as you encounter them in class.We will have a TEST at the conclusion of this unit. The vocabulary, notes, and quotations from the play will be on this test.The Art of WarYou will not receive a text for this unit. Access this document on line:Wednesday, November 1: Conclude movie and discuss, begin Art of WarMonday, November 7: continue discussion and receive chapter assignmentWednesday, November 16: Begin chapter presentations and receive final evaluation assignmentFriday, November 18: continue chapter presentations.Tuesday, November 22: final evaluation dueTopic list:1. Family: Claire
2. Friends: Woody
3. Cliques: Julie
4. School: Freddy
5. Money: Mefody
6. Spirituality: Dilsah
7. Future: Sarah
8. Physical: William
9. Stuff: Chris
10. Popular culture: Lily
11. Music: Zoe
12. Naughty behavior: Sequoia
13. Relationships: Lexi
14. Fashion: Rodrigo
15. Social media: Kate
16. Creativity: XavierPresentation schedule-
Freddy Hancock
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Zoe Ellis
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Woody Skidgel <3
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Rodrigo Palacios
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William Laplante
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Xavier A.K.
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Sequoia Falcone
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Lily Reese
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Claire Bingaman
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Chris Ta
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Lexi Terrizzi
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Mefody Petrunin
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Sarah Stevenson-Peck
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Julie Berda
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Dilsah Aydin
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Jayna Ashead
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Kate Skipper
Presentations start on Tuesday, October 18Hand in your outline on the day you presentCopy of a formal outline.There are five reading assignments for this book. Please write four one-page reflections. Select any assignment day you like, but you must hand in the reflection on the day we cover those pages in class.Write Like Hemingway: due Monday, September 26The Three Day Blow: read for Thursday, September 22Norway Presentations: due Tuesday, Sept. 20How is Hemingway perceived?
Monday, 9/12: finish discussion on Magical RealismWednesday, 9/14: work dayFriday, 9/16: evaluation dueStories from which you may choose:Shakespeare's Memory: BorgesThe Handsomest Drowned Man: Garcia MarquezPrepare to take a quiz on both storiesWrite a one page reflection on ONE of them.Translation homework: due Thursday, September 1List of stories:Shakespeare Memory: Borges -
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