16.

Mo 3.2

Final discussion of Act 5

Introduce missing scene

HW: come to class having written down answers to each of the following questions:

1. WHO is going to be in my scene? (i.e. what characters?)

2. WHAT is my scene going to be about? (i.e. what is the conflict in the scene, or what is resolved, or what kind of even or conversation takes place?)

3. WHERE does my scene belong in the play — between specific acts or between specific scenes, or at the end of the play? And WHY does your scene belong there?

17.

We 3.4

Guided writing exercise. Talk about adjectives, similes and word order

Draft your scene from beginning to end for workshopping next class

18.

Fr 3.6

Workshop scenes. Continue to work on scene

Finish your scene for next class

19.

We 3.11

End of Q3

Scene due!

Viewing of “She’s the Man”

Relax. No homework

20.

Mo 3.16

Finish up “She’s the Man”

Book 13 — don't forget to annotate. I will be checking books.

21.

We 3.18

Book 13: check books; recap scene and characters; images

1. Respond to 13.105-108 — free write for 7-10 minutes. Discussion

2. Close look at Ithaka by Joseph Brodsky.

3. Recap and questions about the book.

Book 14

22.

Fr 3.20

Book 14: check books, recap scene and characters; images

1. Respond to 14.44-49 OR 14.1-13— free write for 7-10 minutes. Discussion.

2. Close reading exercise

3. Recap and questions about the book. Close look at Eumaeus. Passes all tests, but always balances pride in Ody with pessimism. Why?

Book 15

23.

Tu 3.24

Book 15: check books, recap scene and characters

1. Respond to 15.2-9 OR 15.618-622 — free write for 7-10 minutes. Discussion.

2. Poem —Telemachus Guilt by Louise Gluck — if there's time

Study for Vocab Quiz. Word list is on the blog.

24.

Th 3.26

Vocab Quiz

1. Listen to Book 16. Discuss as we go.

Happy Spring Break!