Class Schedule, Tentatively
I may change this schedule at any time, either adding work or taking it away. I will advise you of any revision in the schedule at least one week in advance for all major assignments. Come to class prepared with your readings done and your assignments complete.
WEEK ONE
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TU
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08/23
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Agenda:
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Introduction, Syllabus, Website
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TH
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08/25
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Agenda:
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Close Reading
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Reading:
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Book Nine, The Odyssey
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WEEK TWO
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TU
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08/30
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Agenda:
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Group presentations on Culler, Chapters 1-4
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Reading:
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Culler chapters, divided by group
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Due:
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TH
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09/01
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Agenda:
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Group presentations on Culler, Chapters 5-8
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Reading:
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Culler chapters, divided by group
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Due:
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Summary of Chapters, Due Thursday, 6pm
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WEEK THREE
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TU
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09/06
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Agenda:
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Reading poetry
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Reading:
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TBA
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TH
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09/08
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Agenda:
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Reading poetry
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Reading:
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TBA
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WEEK FOUR
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TU
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09/13
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Agenda:
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Reading poetry
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Reading:
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TBA
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TH
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09/15
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Agenda:
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Reading poetry
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Reading:
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TBA
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WEEK FIVE
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TU
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09/20
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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Due:
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TH
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09/22
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Aristophanes, Lysistrata
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WEEK SIX
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TU
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09/27
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Shakespeare, Hamlet
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TH
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09/29
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Shakespeare, Hamlet
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WEEK SEVEN
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TU
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10/04
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Glaspell, Trifles
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TH
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10/06
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Agenda:
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NO CLASS
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Reading:
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WEEK EIGHT
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TU
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10/11
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Churchill, Top Girls
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TH
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10/13
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Agenda:
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Reading plays
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Reading:
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Churchill, Top Girls
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Due:
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PAPER #1: EXTENDED CLOSE READING
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WEEK NINE
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TU
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10/18
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Browne”
Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado”
Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener”
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TH
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10/20
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Maupassant, “The Necklace”
Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”
Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
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WEEK TEN
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TU
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10/25
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Fitzgerald, “Winter Dreams”
Faulkner, “Barn Burning”
Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants”
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TH
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10/27
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Welty, “A Worn Path”
Ellison, “Battle Royal”
Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”
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WEEK ELEVEN
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TU
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11/01
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Jackson, “The Lottery”
O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Ozick, “The Shawl”
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TH
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11/03
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Carver, “Cathedral”
Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
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WEEK TWELVE
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TU
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11/08
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Agenda:
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Reading Short Stories
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Reading:
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Mukherjee, “The Management of Grief”
O’Brien, “The Things They Carried”
Alexie, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”
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TH
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11/10
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Agenda:
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Reading novels
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Reading:
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Ellis, Lunar Park, Chapters 1 - 5
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WEEK THIRTEEN
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TU
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11/15
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Agenda:
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Reading novels
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Reading:
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Ellis, Lunar Park, Chapters 6 - 13
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TH
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11/17
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Agenda:
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Reading novels
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Reading:
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Ellis, Lunar Park, Chapters 14 - 21
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WEEK FOURTEEN – THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO CLASS
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TU
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11/22
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Agenda:
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Thanksgiving Break - NO CLASS
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TH
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11/24
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Agenda:
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Thanksgiving Break - NO CLASS
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WEEK FIFTEEN
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TU
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11/29
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Agenda:
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Reading novels
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Reading:
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Ellis, Lunar Park, Chapters 22 - 31
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TH
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12/01
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Agenda:
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Reading novels
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Reading:
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McCarthy, The Road, 1 - 141
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WEEK SIXTEEN
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TU
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12/06
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Agenda:
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Reading novels
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Reading:
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McCarthy, The Road, 142 - 287
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TH
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12/08
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Agenda:
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Finishing Up
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Reading:
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WEEK SEVENTEEN
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TU
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12/13
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Agenda:
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Epilogue
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Reading:
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TH
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12/15
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Agenda:
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Epilogue
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Reading:
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FR
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12/16
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DUE:
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FINAL ESSAY: Email to trouteus@gmail.com by 6 pm.
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