| Week 1 | Week 8 |
| Week 2 | Week 9 |
| Week 3 | Week 10 |
| Week 4 | Week 11 |
| Week 5 | Week 12 (11/18 - 11/26) Thanksgiving Break - no classes |
| Week 6 | Week 13 |
| Week 7 (10/15 - 10/21) October Break - no classes | Week 14 |
REMINDERS!
Wednesday: (9/5/01)In Class:Friday: (9/7/01)Homework:
- Introduction
- In Class Writing Topic: "The gladiator thrives in modern American culture - true or false?"
- Suetonius, Life of Nero
[Note, this reading is located on the web at the Ancient History Sourcebook site: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suet-nero-rolfe.html]- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Homework:
- In Class Writing Topic [Team 1 sets]
- Suetonius, Life of Nero [Team 1 leads]
- Start readinging Tacitus, Book 13-16 [we'll talk about it on Wednesday]
- Book 13
- Book 14
- Book 15
- Book 16
[Note, this reading is located on the web at Bruce Butterfield's Roman History site http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/tacitus/. You may also find a translation at the MIT Internet Classics archive (http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html)
a downloadable version of the textThis is a long and difficult reading assignment. Start working on it yesterday!
- Study Guide Questions
- Write: Thesis paragraph for Nero paper
Note - This is a writing exercise to prepare you for Monday's workshop on writing thesis paragraph's. When you write your first paper you can choose a different topic or thesis.
In Class:Wednesday: (9/12/01)
- Writing Workshop: The thesis paragraph and a quick and dirty lesson on verbs
Homework:
- Tacitus, Book 13-16
[Note, this reading is located on the web at Bruce Butterfield's Roman History site http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/tacitus/. You may also find this translation at the MIT Internet Classics archive (http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html)- Study Guide Questions
- Note - some good sites for writing a thesis paragraph can be found at:
Monday: (9/17/01)In Class:Wedneday: (9/19/01)Homework:
- Colosseum - [Imber and PBS present]
- Distribute drafts of papers to peer groups (don't forget a copy for Imber)
- Martial, de Spectaculis
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Friday: (9/21/01)Homework:
- In Class Writing Topic [will be decided by Team 4]
- Martial on the games [Team 4 leads]
- Critique of Peer Writing Group papers
- Williams, Style, p. 1-43
In Class:
Homework:
- Imber on Clarity
- Workshop on Paper 1 [rewrites, if any, of paper 1 must be handed in on 9/28/01)
- Primary Sources on Gladiators
[Note: this reading assignment is located on the web at: http://abacus.bates.edu/~mimber/blood/gladiator.sources.htm]- Study Guide Questions
Monday: (9/24/01)In Class:Wednesday: (9/26/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment [announced by Team 5]
- Primary Sources on Gladiators - [Team 5 leads]
- Bartsch, Chapters 1 and 2 - This is a difficult reading assignment. Start working on it yesterday! We will be discussing this book for the next three weeks. You may want to look at required assignments and read ahead so as to not to get crunched.
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Friday: (9/28/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment [announced by Team 6]
- Bartsch, Chapters 1 and 2 - [Team 6 leads]
- Williams, Style, p. 43-65
- Pick one paragraph from your rewrite of paper 1 (or original if you chose not to rewrite) and analyze each sentence of it for cohesion according to the principles suggested bgy Williams.
In Class:Homework:
- Workshop on cohesion
- Rewrite of Paper 1 is due in class today
- Bartsch, chapter 2
Monday: (10/1/01)In Class:Wednesday: (10/3/01)Homework:
- Bartsch, Chapter 2
- rewrites of Paper 1 due
- Barton [handout]
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:
Friday: (10/5/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment [announced by Team 7]
- Barton [Team 7 leads]
- Williams, Style, 66-79
In Class:
Homework:
- Imber on Emphasis
Monday: (10/8/01)In Class:Wednesday: (10/10/01)Homework:
- Imber on the depicted Gladiator
- distribute Paper 2 to your writing group
- Williams, Style, p. 81-95
- Analyze your peers' paper 2 in terms of the coherence analysis suggested by Williams.
In Class:Friday: (10/12/01)Homework:
- Imber on Coherence
- Workshop on Coherence
- Williams, Style, p. 96-112
- Analyze your rewrite of paper 2 (or original if you chose not to rewrite) in terms of the coherence analysis suggested by Williams.
In Class:
Homework:
- Imber on Coherence
- Workshop on Paper 2 today
- Hopkins, A World Full of Gods
- Study Guide Questions
- Rewrites (if any) of Paper 2 are due in my office mailbox (Pettengill 208) by 5:00 pm, Tuesday, October 16, 2001.
Monday: (10/22/01)In Class:Wednesday: (10/24/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment:
- Discussion of Hopkins, Imber leads
- Hopkins, A World Full of Gods,
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Friday: (10/26/01)Homework:
- In Class Writing Assignment [Team 1 sets]
- Hopkins, A World Full of Gods,[Team 1 leads]
- Williams, Style, 115-133
- Analyze one of your answers to the study guide questions in terms of William's analysis of concision.
In Class:Homework:
- Imber on Concision
- Workshop on Concision
- Tertullian, de Spectaculis
- Study Guide Questions
Monday: (10/29/01)In Class:Wednesday: (10/31/01)Homework:
- In Class Writing Topic [Team 2 sets]
- Tertullian, de Spectaculis [Team 2 leads]
- Read one of the following translations of the Passion of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
- The Passion of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity (from The Medieval Source Book);
- The Passion of Sts. P&F (from the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III) Christian Classics Ethereal Library. See, also, Introduction
The Martyrdom of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity (Herbert Musurillo. tr), (from Frontline documentary, "From Jesus to Christ")- Study Guide Questions
In Class:
Friday: (11/2/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment [Team 3 announces]
- Discussion of The Passion of Sts. P&F [Team 3 leads]
- Williams, 135-150
In Class:
Homework:
- Imber on length
- Workshop on length
Monday: (11/5/01)In Class:Wednesday: (11/7/01)Homework:
- Imber on Christians
- distribute Paper 3 to peer writing group [don't forget a copy for Imber]
- Salisbury, St. Perpetua's Passion, 1-58
- Note: we'll be reading Salisbury for several classes. Read ahead if you need to balance your workload.
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Friday: (11/9/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment on Salisbury [Team 4 sets]
- Salisbury, Perpetua's Passion [Team 4 leads]
- Critique of paper 3
Williams, Style, p. 153-166In Class:Homework:
- Imber on Elegance
- Workshop on Paper 3 [rewrites, if any, due 11/16/01)
- Salisbury, Perpetua's Passion, p. 59-118
Study Guide Questions
Monday: (11/12/01)In Class:Wednesday: (11/14/01)Homework:
- In class writing assignment on Salisbury [Team 5 sets]
- Salisbury, Perpetua's Passion [Team 5 leads]
- Salisbury, Perpetua's Passion, p. 119-180
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Friday: (11/16/01)Homework:
- In Class Writing Topic [Team 6 sets]
- Salisbury, Perpetua's Passion [Team 6 leads]
- Williams, Style, 19-198
- Analyze one of your answers to the study guide questions in terms of Williams discussion of usage.
In Class:Homework:
- Imber on usage
- Workshop on usage
- rewrites, if any, of Paper 3, due today
- Turkey and football - I won't object if you choose to read Boyarin over break.
Monday: (11/26/01)In Class:Wednesday: (11/28/01)Homework:
- Imber on martyrs and jocks
- Boyarin, Dying for God, p. 1-41
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:Friday: (11/30/01)Homework:
- In Class Writing Topic [Team 7 sets]
- Boyarin, Dying For God [Team 7 leads]
- Boyarin, p. 42-92
- Study Guide Questions
In Class:
Homework:
- In Class Writing Topic [Team 8 sets]
- Boyarin, Dying For God [Team 8 leads]
In Class:Wednesday: (12/05/01)Homework:
- Imber on Christian spectacles
- distribute Paper 4 to peer writing group [don't forget a copy for Imber]
- Boyarin, p. 93-130
- Study Guide Questions