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Tentative thesis statement (100 words) Answer Antigone or Electra ?s on the discussion board || MLA Outline Due || 1 Paragraph definition of post-modernism 3 Paragraph response to Lahiri's "A Temporary Matter" || assembly to 2/4) || Vocab Quiz ||
 * **Due Date** || **Assignment** ||
 * August 30 || Three responses to //Oedipus Rex// posted to Wiki ||
 * September 7 || Thoughtful response to //The Soloist// posted to Ning ||
 * Rolling || Syllabus Signed by Parent ||
 * September 16 || Greek Gods Web Research ||
 * September 21 || Write Original Sapphic Poem ||
 * September 22 || Translate Sapphic stanza ||
 * September 23 || Myth Mashup ||
 * September 24 || Read "Jabberwocky" analysis as preparation for quiz ||
 * September 27 || Browse AP titles and post top 3 choices with brief explanations ||
 * September 29 || Aristotelian Tragedy: A Quote Compilation ||
 * October 1 || Read Freud excerpts ||
 * October 5 || Read Antigone (Theater majors read Electra) ||
 * October 12 || Show me "Vocabulary Something"
 * October 19 || Read and annotate Pericles' Funeral Oration
 * October 26 || Rough Draft Due ||
 * November 1 || Submission of Viral Video ||
 * November 3 || Final Paper Due ||
 * November 4 || Read "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler..." and answer discussion questions on wiki ||
 * November 9 || Read "Pierre Menard" and annotate margins ||
 * November 10 || Ask a question/ Answer a question on wiki about Borges or Barthes ||
 * November 12 || Listen to Digital Overload Podcast ||
 * November 12 || First Quarter Portfolio Due ||
 * November 16 || November Vocabulary Something Check ||
 * November 17 || Wiki post: Response to Baudillard's "Similacra and Simulation" ||
 * November 19 || 1-2 page analysis of "White Noise" using the lens of post-modernism ||
 * November 23 || Wiki post: Response to EMI, AARON, and Andy Warhol ||
 * December 2 || November Vocab Quiz today
 * December 14 || "Mapping Rush" Unit 2 Project ||
 * Dec '10-Jan '11 || Reading assignments for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" ||
 * January 11 || "Mapping Rush" Unit 2 Reflection ||
 * January 17 by noon || Group notes on the Enlightenment to accompany slideshow (through email) ||
 * Feb 1 (postponed by
 * Feb 2 || Read about Dickens and the Serial Novel and respond on the discussion board ||
 * Feb 8 || Finish reading the novel: Submit quote to discussion board and analyze ||
 * Feb 8 || All "A Tale of Two Cities" Notes Due ||
 * Feb 15 || Dickensian characterization chart and thesis statement drafts ||
 * Feb 17 || Robson article "The 'Angels' in Dickens' House" ||
 * March 1 || Rough draft of //A Tale of Two Cities// character analysis essay (Full 4-5 pages) ||
 * March 8 || Final //A Tale of Two Cities// character analysis essay ||
 * March 22 || Emily Dickinson Bio and Questions ||
 * March 25 || Whitman's //Leaves of Grass// Wikipost ||
 * March 30 || Whitman's //Crossing Brooklyn Ferry// Wikipost ||
 * April 6 || New Post-Colonialism and American Intervention ||
 * April 8 || Comparative Poetry Presentation Proposal ||