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****Weeks 9 & 10 ** ** Monday 10/20 ** ·  Return tests ·  Start reading **//Arcadia//** ·  Define “qui pro quo” & note Enlightenment vs. Romanticism theme. HW- Read **//Arcadia//** to page 34 and bring **one** question to class. Mark the play for examples of “qui pro quo” and other comedy. Check this website for any background information on Stoppard’s dense, challenging play: ** http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/lsi/arcadia/glossary.html ** ** Tuesday 10/21 ** ·  Review questions from reading ·  Read aloud pp. 25-28 HW- Read **//Arcadia//** pp. 35-66 & write a journal discussing your favorite idea, scene and or character. ** Wednesday 10/22 ** ·  Brief review of favorite aspects ·  Read Byron poems/ excepts from **//Childe Harolde//** ·  Assign scenes to present & start rehearsals. HW- Finish **//Arcadia//** = =  ·   Continue rehearsals. HW- Work on your final project. Consider how **//Ishmael//**, Thoreau and **//Arcadia//** might fit your project. Identify passages from each that might be of use to you. Start an annotated list of these passages noting the page, context and possible connection to your project. ·  Discuss questions from the conclusion. ·  Rehearsals- You should be fluidly reading, have some blocking and most importantly, acting in character with voice, gesture and pace. HW- Work on outline for essay question. ·  Present scenes from **//Arcadia//** HW- Work on outline for essay question.  ·  Turn in essay & Finish Arcadia scenes  ·  Start reading **//House of Light//** by Mary Oliver HW- Choose four poems, read them at least twice, and make some preliminary observations about Oliver’s style and theme on Nicenet. Note specific lines that lead you to your conclusions. ·  In class essay on **//Arcadia//** HW- Read Faulkner’s “The Bear” chp 1, pp 185-203 and complete a nicenet journal entry.
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