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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period 2, 5/4

Thu, 04 May 2006 10:06:00 GMT

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Dream sits cross-legged on the desk as students file in.

"This is my last session of this class at Fandom High, and, as some of you know, I will not return in the fall. It has truly been my pleasure and my gift to watch you learn; I can only hope you will carry a bit of this class with you for all your future days."

"You may leave once you turn in your ~~handwavey~~ final projects, or you may use this session to talk to me or to each other, as you wish. I already have papers from Mr. Anders, Ms. Weir and Ms. Fraiser."

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Foreign Lit/Classics, May 2, Period 2

Tue, 02 May 2006 09:14:00 GMT

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Dream is not in the classroom, but a sleek black raven bobs about the desk importantly, and there's a bin for final papers.

The writing in the blackboard reads,

NO CLASS -- HAND IN OR WORK ON FINAL PAPERS. I'LL BE IN MY OFFICE TOMORROW. - DREAM

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 4/27, Period 2

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:36:00 GMT

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Dream stood in the classroom, awaiting his students. His lesson for the day was short, and the books that had been scattered about on Tuesday have been neatly re-shelved.

"There is no class today; turn in your topics for your final projects, and then you may leave."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period 2, 4/25

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:06:00 GMT

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Dream is seated cross-legged on his desk as he greets his students. "Hello. Today's task should be easy enough; use the books around the room and in the library, if needed, to work on your final papers. I would like you to choose your topics for class on Thursday, and then the papers will be due on May 4."

"Please let me know if you have questions.:

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 4-20, Period 2

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:05:00 GMT

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Dream half-smiled at the class as they came in, which from him should be counted as an infectious grin.

"Hello, students. Welcome to your very last class that will focus on new material. Next week, you will devote both days to preparing your final projects."

"For today, though, there is work to be done. Literature students, please select a poem by an African author and write a few sentences in reaction. Classics students, you are to read a biography of the great writer Horace, and react to any of his surviving poems."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 4/18, Period 2

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:02:00 GMT

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Dream nods in greeting to the students as they file in. An array of fresh fruit -- including plums, kumquats and starfruit as well as apples and bananas -- is offered in baskets at the front of the classroom.

Foreign Lit: Dream lectures on African literature for precisely half of the class.

Classics: Dream lectures on Roman mythology for the other half of the class.

At the end, Dream addresses all students as a group. "This is the final unit of new material for all of you. Next week, you will begin work on your end-of-term projects, which will be due on May 3. Each of you will be expected to ~~handwave~~ write a paper on one of the topics we have discussed in class; classics students may write in Latin, Greek or English, though you will be expected to refer to relevant texts in the original tongues if you write in English. I will expect proposals from each of you a week from today, on April 25."

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Foreigh Lit/Classics, Period 2, 4/13

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:17:00 GMT

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"Hello. Classics students, present your translation of Ovid. Literature students, write a brief paragraph reacting to the story you selected from A Thousand and One Nights." I expect all of you to have excellent work ~~and of course it may be handwaved~~."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period 2, 4/11

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:36:00 GMT

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Dream sat calmly behind his desk, waiting for students. When the classes arrived, he addressed them.

"You have a relatively calm day today, though not one without work. Foreign literature students, please select and read a story from the thousand and one nights, also known as the works of Scheherazade. We will discuss the stories you selected on Thursday. Classics students, you should still be working on your translations of works from Ovid's Metamorphoses.

I am here, should you have questions."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period 2, 4/06

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:00:00 GMT

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Dream stands before class dressed in his robes. He seems to be in a good mood -- at least, he has provided coffee and pastries for the students.

"Hello. The assignments I have for you today may require some concentration; if the classics students wish to go work in the library, that is fine."

Classics: "Select a story from The Metamorphoses and write your own translation. This is classwork and homework, with the results due next Thursday."

Foreign Lit: "We are transitioning into a brief unit on Arabic literature."

The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a word meaning "to invite someone for a meal" and implies politeness, culture and enrichment. Adab -- or arabic literature -- is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers of the Arabic language. It does not usually include works written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the Arabic language, such as Persian literature and Urdu literature.

Arabic literature emerged in the 6th century of the common era, with only fragments of the written language appearing before then. It was the Qur'an in the 7th century which would have the greatest lasting effect on Arabic culture and its literature."

Dream continues with his lecture.

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Language Classes, 4/4

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:40:00 GMT

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Dream stands behind his desk, as if he had never left, though he may be even more quiet and remote than is his norm.

He passes out a quiz to the foreign lit students -- 10 multiple-choice questions and a brief essay on Asian literature.

For the classics students, he passes out Book XI of Ovid's Metamorphoses. If the choice of fable seems like an attempt at self-punishment, it may in fact be one.

"You have your work. Let me know should you have questions," is all he says, before returning to his seat.

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period, 2, 3/28

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:10:00 GMT

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( Lecture )

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period, 2, 3/23

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:49:00 GMT

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"You have a quiz today -- on Japanese literature for literature students and Latin grammar for classics students.

After you have handed in the quiz, you may begin to watch the movie Walked."

"I will be away on personal business next week. Ms. Calendar will teach on Tuesday, and Mr. Connor and Ms. Bristow will cover the class the following Thursday. I trust you will treat them all with the respect you afford me."

[OOC: Hand in the quiz and tell me how well you did. It's ten questions on the reading for Lit, translation and verb conjugation for classics.]

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 3/21, Period 2

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:39:00 GMT

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Dream appears lost in thought as he leads the classes today.

Classics: "I am certain you have now studied Latin enough to hold a basic discussion. Mr. Anders, Ms. Frasier, please do so. Mr. Connor, as TA you have the honor of speaking to me. You may discuss whatever you wish, within the limits of your vocabulary."

Foreign Lit: "We have studied haiku and a short story by Haruki Murakami. Obviously, this barely scratches the surface of the world of Japanese literature. In class today, please select a Japanese author and ~~handwave~~ share some information about them with the class."

"You all have a quiz on Thursday."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period 2, 3/16

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:43:00 GMT

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Classics: Dream passes out vocabulary sheets, then lectures on Latin grammar.

Foreign Lit: Dream asks students to read "The Second Bakery Attack", by Haruki Murakami.

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 3/14, period 3

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:32:00 GMT

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"Hello. Welcome back from break; please note that your grades have been posted in my office.

Foreign Lit: ( Dream lectures on haiku )

In class today, please write and turn in your own haiku. This handout has some guidelines.

Classics: We will begin studying Latin today.

( Dream continues his lecture )

For homework, please study this primer on Latin spelling and pronunciation.

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Foreign Lit/Classics, 3/02, Period 2

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:16:00 GMT

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"Hello.

As we discussed Monday, you should turn in the written portions of your midterms today. They are to be critical reactions to the appropriate readings, 100 words for Classics students, 200 words for Foreign Literature.

Miss Santos, Mr. Dane, and Miss Bristow, you have been granted extensions to the end of break to complete these. Email them to me by March 10.

After you have turned in your papers, you may watch a film.

I will see you on the 13th, when Classics students will begin studying Latin and literature students will commence reading Asian literature."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 2/28, Period 2

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:27:00 GMT

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Dream has brought in coffee, tea and juice for his students this morning.

Foreign Lit: Your midterm assignment is to pick one of the works or writers we have studied thus far and write ~~or wiki/Google~~ a 200 word critical reaction. This is due at the end of class Thursday. You may have this class period to begin work.

Classics: As I did last term, we will begin with an oral midterm. You have 20 minutes to review ancient Greek grammar and pronunciation, then please come to my desk one at a time for a brief conversation in Greek.

On Thursday, you will have class time to write a 100 word critical reaction to any piece of Greek literature that we have studied, or a comparable work.

[OOC: The written exams are due for real at some point before the end of spring break; I'll remind you again next week. It's 25 percent of your grade.]

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Classics/Foreign Lit, Period 2, 2/23

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:03:00 GMT

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Dream sits cross-legged on his desk as the students file in. He appears mildly irritated.

"Hello, students. I hope you all find it fair that you are in this classroom today, and that you properly appreciated the lesson with Mr. Chaucer on Tuesday."

Classics: You have had a week to read the Homeric Hymns of Hesiod. Is there a hymn that you especially enjoyed reading? Why?

Also, your midterm will be next week. It would serve you well to review your Greek grammar in advance of the test.

Foreign Lit: Select an Italian Poet other than Dante. Write 100 words on their life and work.

You too will have an examination next week.

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Classics and Foreign Literature, 02/21/06

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:51:00 GMT

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Tuesday, February 21, 2nd Period

Once everyone is assembled, Professor Chaucer hops down from where he's been sitting on the front of Professor Dream's desk and addresses the class.

"Good morning! For those of you whom I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet, I'm Geoff Chaucer, but you can call me 'Professor' Chaucer because I know you all will anyway. Today we'll be discussing the poet Dante, and in particular his epic poem Commedia."

( Lecture for Classics and Foreign Literature )

Class Roster
Elizabeth Weir
Nadia Santos
Sydney Bristow
Hamlet Dane
Janet Frasier
John Connor
S. T. Anders

[OOC: Mun is on SP. Apologies.]

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 02/16, period 2

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:29:00 GMT

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( Classics Lecture )

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( Foreign lit lecture )

After he is done leading both classes, he makes a special announcement:

"On Tuesday, we will have a special guest, Professor Chaucer. He will be lecturing both classes on the works of Dante Aligheri. It would serve you well to use this long weekend to become at least noddingly familiar with the works of Dante."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 02/14, Period 2

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:09:00 GMT

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Dream manages an absent smile for the students as they file in, and there is an assortment of heart-shaped candies on each desk.

"Hello. Happy day of St. Valentine."

Classics: Dream lectures on Sappho and reads some of her poetry aloud. "For classwork today, please find a Greek love -- or anti-love -- poem or myth and present it to your classmates."

Foreign Lit: Students must take a quiz on Russian literature, alas. But the light at the end of the tunnel is a handout of poems by Pablo Neruda to read in preparation for a class on Latin American literature on Thursday.

[OOC: Quiz is 10 questions about the bard movement, Gogol, and other Russian literature. Tell me what grade you got.]

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 02/09, Period 2

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:37:00 GMT

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Classics: "You're due for the second of your four quizzes. Please take it, then use the rest of the class period to study or read."

The quiz consists of a brief passage from Theogony in Greek, which students are asked to translate and answer five questions about.

[OOC: Yep, tell me what grade you got.]

Foreign Literature in Translation: We will continue our wortk on Russian literature by studying the modern Russian concept of барды, or bard poetry.

Dream continues to lecture. At the end of his lecture, he gestures to some volumes of modern Russian poetry that are at the front of the class.

"Please find and present the lyrics to one such "bard" poem."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 02/07, Period 2

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:12:00 GMT

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There is a cloud of melancholy surrounding Dream today as he stands before his classes.

Classics: I trust you all read Hesiod's Theogony. What I would like for you to do today is to study the poetry of it, in Greek and in English. Also, discuss what it means that Hesiod takes onto himself the gifts of kingship, the scepter and the "divine voice to celebrate things that shall be and things there were aforetime." Is this an usurpation, or merely a logical right?

Foreign Lit: Please use this class period to read Nikolai Gogol's short story The Overcoat. How do you interpret the ending of this story?

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 02/02, Period 2

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:43:00 GMT

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"Hello, class.

Foreign Lit: We are transitioning into a unit on Russian literature. While there have been great works written in Russian since medieval times, if not before, in this class we will concentrate on the works of what are considered the Golden and Silver Ages, the 19th and 20th centuries. In class, please pick a writer from that time whose name is in your handout, and turn in 100 ~~Wiki'ed~~ words about the author and his or her work.

Classics: We are continuing our reading in Greek mythology with Hesiod's Theogony, a poem by Hesiod describing the origins of the gods of Greek mythology.

( Dream lectures for a while )

For homework, please read the text of the Theogony, which you have in English and in Greek. We will discuss it on Tuesday."

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Classics/Foreign Lit, 1/31, Period 2

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:39:00 GMT

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Dream waits for most of the seven students in his newlty-combined class to arrive before beginning to speak.

"Today marks the start of a change in class time for classics students, as they begin to meet concurrently with Literature in Translation. I trust this transition will be smooth, as I divide my time; let me know if it is not."

"Now, on with our lessons."

( Classics )

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( Foreign Literature in Translation )

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