Classical Literature with Thelma English Schedule for 2006/07 (revised 2-18-2007)
Mondays 11:00 – 1:10
SESSION 19Monday Feb. 19th 2007 INTRO TO ARISTOPHANES
CLASSROOM: Turn in Phaedo study guide: In-class Socrates mini-play demo by TAs
READING: The Clouds (in syllabus pp. 131 - 164, 200, 292: photocopied, edited and abridged by Mrs. E.)
SYLLABUS: see above
WRITING: none – Clouds Quiz Session 20
ONLINE: none
Bring Aeneid and a Bible next week!
SESSION 20Monday Feb. 26TH INTRODUCTION TO AENEID
CLASSROOM: Quiz on Clouds: The Aeneid
READING: 133 pages of Aeneid
SYLLABUS: pp. 194 - 204
WRITING: no paper to write – Aeneid Quiz Session 23
ONLINE: Reading the Aeneid with Mrs. English: Books 1 – 3.500; 3.500 – 6.300; 6.300 – end
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): Introduction
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): From Aeneas to Romulus
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): Rome, Augustus, and Virgil
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): The Opening of the Aeneid
Bring Julius Caesar next week!
SESSION 21Monday March 5th CONT. AENEID
CLASSROOM: Intro to JULIUS CAESAR in class.
READING: Continue reading Aeneid 133 pages
SYLLABUS: pp. 205 – 215, 244 – 268 (Shakespeare play plot and Caesar biography)
WRITING: Aeneid Quiz Session 23
REQUIRED ONLINE:Julius Caesar audio performance (147 minutes)
OPTIONAL ONLINE:
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): From Troy to Carthage
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): Unhappy Dido
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): Funeral Games and a Journey to the Dead
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): Italy and the Future
SESSION 22Monday March 12th CONT. AENEID
CLASSROOM: Julius Caesar plot quiz: come prepared to discuss Aeneid pp. 1-266.
READING: Finish reading Aeneid 133 pages
SYLLABUS: pp. 216 - 242
WRITING: Aeneid Quiz Session 23
OPTIONAL ONLINE:
NB: Students must respect the copyrights of all Teaching Company sound files (no duplication)
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): Virgil’s Iliad
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): The inevitable Doom of Turnus
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): The Gods and Fate
Teaching Company Aeneid (Elizabeth Vandiver): The End of the Aeneid and Beyond
Bring Antony and Cleopatra and a Bible next week!
SESSION 23Monday March 19th EARLY CHURCH: ACTS AND LIFE OF PAUL
CLASSROOM: Aeneid Quiz: Intro to ANTONY & CLEOPATRA in class
READING: Book of Acts
SYLLABUS: pp. 191 – 93, 269 – 271 (Cleopatra), 272 - 321
WRITING: Acts study notes: Personal Journal/Reflections or Casual Outline (40 – 80 words per chapter)
REQUIRED ONLINE: Antony and Cleopatra audio performance (203 minutes)
March 26th - March 30th Spring Break
SESSION 24Monday April 2nd EARLY CHURCH: LIFE IN GREECE AND ROME - MARTYRS
CLASSROOM: Antonty and Cleopatra plot quiz:
READING: Foxes book of Martyrs, Martyrdom of Perpetua, Martrydom of Polycarp, Justin Martry’s Apology, Life of Antony
SYLLABUS: pp. 322 - 370 (contains above titles)
WRITING: Acts study notes: Personal Journal/Reflections or Casual Outline (40 – 80 words per chapter)
ONLINE: Catacombs-Martyr story (2 hours total)
SESSION 25 Monday April 9th INTRO TO HISTORICAL NOVEL: Ben Hur, The Robe, Quo Vadis, or The Silver Chalice
CLASSROOM: Syllabus reading Quiz: Turn in Acts study notes. .
READING: From novel read one-third (divide into 3 sections and read one per week)
SYLLABUS: none
WRITING: Novel paper: quote text (and cite!) Due Session 28
Char Study 500/600/700 minimums (3/5/7 quotes from text) or
Plot Study 600/750/900 minimum (3/5/7 quotes from text) or
Theme Study 500/600/700 minimum (3/5/7 quotes from text)
ONLINE: Covenant Worldwide Seminary (Dr. David Calhoun): Early Church History
Why Study Church History?
Growth of the Christian Church
Persecutions
SESSION 26Monday April 16th CONT. HISTORICAL NOVEL
CLASSROOM: Life in Greece and Rome visual tour
READING: one-third of novel
SYLLABUS: none
WRITING: Continue on Hist. Novel paper due Session 28
ONLINE: Covenant Worldwide Seminary (Dr. David Calhoun): Early Church History
Apologists
Orthodox and Heresy
Canons, Creeds, and Bishops
Senior Students Presenting: Ashli Moore, Elizabeth Wallace
SESSION 27Monday April 23rd CONT. HISTORICAL NOVEL
CLASSROOM:
READING: one-third of novel
SYLLABUS: none
WRITING: Continue on Hist. Novel paper due Session 28
ONLINE: Covenant Worldwide Seminary (Dr. David Calhoun): Early Church History
Early Church Fathers
People of the Early Church
The People in the Fourth Century
Senior Students Presenting: Leatha Jones
SESSION 28Monday April 30th INTRO TO AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS
CLASSROOM: Historical novel papers due: Due in 3 weeks.
READING: pages 1 – 110 of Confessions (Books 1 – 10: we skip Books 11 – 13, pp. 221-305)
SYLLABUS: pp. 371 - 73
WRITING: Begin Confessions study guide due Session 30
ONLINE: NB: Students must respect the copyrights of all Teaching Company sound files (no duplication)
Teaching Company Augustine: Philosopher and Saint (Phillip Cary): Church Father
Teaching Company Augustine: Philosopher and Saint (Phillip Cary): Confessions -The Search for Wisdom
Teaching Company Augustine: Philosopher and Saint (Phillip Cary): Confessions – Love and Tears
SESSION 29 Monday May 7th CONT. AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS
CLASSROOM: Take-home, open-book, comprehensive Final - review
READING: pages 110 to 220 of Confessions (Books 1 – 10: we skip Books 11 – 13, pp. 221-305)
SYLLABUS: none
WRITING: Finish Confessions study guide due Session 30
ONLINE:
Teaching Company Augustine: Philosopher and Saint (Phillip Cary): Confessions – The Road Home
Teaching Company Augustine: Philosopher and Saint (Phillip Cary): Augustine’s Career as a Christian Writer
Teaching Company Augustine: Philosopher and Saint (Phillip Cary): The City of God
SESSION 30Monday May 14th CLASSICAL JEOPARDY
CLASSROOM: Turn in Confessions study guide: Take-home Final due May 16th (in ‘Thelma English’ office box or postmarked)
READING: none
SYLLABUS: none
WRITING: none
ONLINE: sound file with details of the March 13th – 25th, 2008 trip to Italy and Greece
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