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7 RECESS LABOR DAY |
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9 DAY A Welcome back! Trends in Lit Course Description Class GuidelinesAbsence Contract Commentary Journal |
10 DAY B class does not meet today
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11 DAY C CLASS CANCELLED Apologies for cancelling so soon in the term -- sick child at home :-( |
14 DAY D HW #1 DUE Class policies (cont.) HW #1 discussed and collected Read in-class: Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" NOTES/DISCUSSION: personification, earth abides theme, warning, journal ideas... |
15 DAY E class does not meet today
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16 DAY FHW #2 DUE: Alfred Bester's "Adam and No Eve" quiz NOTES/DISCUSSION: ourobouros, earth abides, last man motif, "last dog" motif ;-), mad scientist character type, Book of Genesis summary, paradise, role of human pride, warnings |
17 DAY A HW #3 DUE:"A Pail of Air" Notes: characters, everyman, cozy catastrophe sub-genre, fire symbolism 20/20's End of Days clip: gamma rays |
18 DAY B class does not meet today
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21 DAY C meet Miss Kammerer --Ms. G is sick :-( HW #4 DUE Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Notes: Dante's circles of hell, Descartes, theme, anti-cozy catastrophe |
22 DAY D HW #5 DUE |
23 DAY E class does not meet today
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24 DAY F HW #6 DUE Asimov's "Nightfall" Notes:Book of Revelations, cults, ourobouros, Lagash, characterization Arthur Clarke's "The Star" THEME: Religion versus Science? |
25 DAY AHW #7 DUE Educational Movie Poster [If you don't finish in class, please take it home or plan to work on it before next class -- we don't meet Tuesday] |
28 RECESS YOM KIPPUR |
29 DAY B class does not meet today
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30 DAY C
 Educational Movie Poster Presentations HW #8 DUE Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" |
1 DAY D HW #9 DUE Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" Trends 21: Time Machine distributed |
2 DAY E class does not meet today
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