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pilgrims
Quarter 1 -  
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*[ - ] Denotes 5th Block work

Week 1 

Aug. - 13th - 16th, Into the Inferno

14th Century

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13. Tues. - Welcome; Summer Check-in

14. Wed. - Inferno-  I-VIII; Experiential Test, Inferno; 

15. Thurs. - Inferno  IX, X, XI

16. Fri. - STUDIO

 
Week 2

Aug. 19th - 23th, Hell Continues

14th Century, Cont.

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19. Mon. - B.S. work dueInferno XII

to  XXIV

[Into to Book Arts]

20. Tues. - Inferno XXV to XXXIV

21. Wed. - STUDIO,  Inferno Project

[Into to Book Arts]

22. Thur. - B.S. WORKSHOP

(Groups A & B)

24. Fri. - Inferno Project Showcase

*Start reading The Island of Doctor Moreau

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Week 3

Aug. 26th - Aug. 31,

15th Century

26. Mon. - Poem due; Intro. to

British Romantics; Preface to Lyrical Ballads;

We are Seven [Book Arts]

27. Tues. -British Romantics Cont.; Rime

of the Ancient Mariner 

28. Wed. - WORKSHOP (Group A)

[Book Arts] 

29. Thur. - British Romantics Cont.

30. Fri. - STUDIO TIME

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Week 4

Sept. 2nd - 6th,

2. Mon. - Labor Day Holiday

3. Tues. - Poem due; TEST, The Island of Doctor Moreau 

4. Wed. -  The Island of Doctor Moreau

[M,R & H; Mark-up poems]     

5. Thurs. - WORKSHOP (Group B)

6. Fri. -  - STUDIO TIME

*Start reading Madness, Rack, and Honey

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Week 5

Sept. 9th - 13th, 

9. Mon. - Poem due; Romanticism

Presentations

[Book Arts]

10. Tues. - Forms, Paul Valéry,  the

alexandrine line

11. Wed. - WORKSHOP w/Peter Cooley

[WORKSHOP]   

12. Thur. - Madness, Rack, and Honey

pg. 1-103, & Clive James essay

13. Fri. - STUDIO TIME

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Week 6

Sept. 16th - 20th, 

16. Mon. -  Epistorlary Work

[Book Arts - Loyola]

17. Tues. -  Epistorlary Work Cont.

18. Wed. - Madness, Rack, and Honey

pg. 104-155

[Book Arts - 414]   

19. Thur. - STUDIO / READING

20. Fri. -  STUDIO / CONFERENCES

Madness, Rack, and Honey

pg. 155-199

 

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Week 7

Sept. 23rd - 27th, 

23. Mon. -  poems due (Adam Clay &

Epistolary); BA posters due

Book Arts Presentations

[Book Arts]

24. Tues. - Madness, Rack, and Honey

pg. 200-309 (end)

25. Wed. - WORKSHOP - Epistolary

[Book Arts - Treasure Island]   

26.  Thur. - WORKSHOP - Epistolary

27. Fri. - STUDIO / CONFERENCES

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Week 8

Sept. 30th - Oct. 4th, 

30. Mon. - FALL BREAK

1. Tues. - FALL BREAK

2. Wed. - WORKSHOP w/Adam Clay

[Workshop]   

3. Thur. -  Parable of the Sower

4. Fri - Parable of the Sower

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Week 9

Oct. 7th - 11th, 

7. Mon. - Parable of the Sower, follow up

 STUDIO (revisions)

8. Tues. - Peer Workshop

9. Wed. -  Revision / Conferences

10. Thur. - "That Crafty Feeling," Zadie

Smith

11. Friday - Portfolio due;Submit to

all the things;

"On Keeping a Notebook," Joan Didion

*Start reading Frankenstein

Quarter 2 -  

*[ - ] Denotes 5th Block work

Week 10 

Oct. - 15th - 18th, 

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15. Tues. - Front matter of Eats,

Shoots and Leaves and Henry James, Art of Fiction

16. Wed. - PSAT 12:30 dismissal; no school grades 6,7, 12

17. Thurs. - (RCSF) Readings in

Contemporary Short Fiction  A Private Experience 

& 5 Short Stories by Lydia Davis

18. Fri. - STUDIO

 
Week 11

Oct. 21st - 25th, 

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21. Mon. -  STUDIOReadings on

literary magazines, Paper Dreams , and The Chair of Rejection. Block Party

Preparations 

22. Tues. - short stories

due, workshop theater posters, Eats, Shoots and Leaves pg. 1-34

23. Wed. mark-up stories for

workshop, Block Party

Preparations, Bennington Submissions Conferences

[Book Arts - 414]   

24. Thur. - tech for Block Party,

discuss Girl and Happy EndingsBlock Party

25. Fri. - STUDIO, mark-up stories

for workshop, Bennington Submissions Conferences

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Week 12

Oct. 28th - Nov. 1,

28. Mon. - FICTION

WORKSHOP A & B,

[workshop]

29. Tues. - Submit to Bennington,

Guest lecturer, History

of Literary Magazines

30. Wed. - FrankensteinOpen

House 

[5th Block Canceled]   

31. Thur. -  Frankenstein

1. Fri. - STUDIO

*start reading Madame Bovary

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Week 13

Nov. 4th - 8th,

4. Mon. - Excerpt from Stephen

King's On Writing (pg.17-31)

[Book Arts - 414]  

5. Tues. - Gimpel the Fool  & Eats, Shoots and Leaves pg.35-67

6. Wed. - PD Day, No Students

7. Thurs. - "Blue Girl," Elizabeth

Crane. Listen and read. Flash fiction writing & poster revision - STUDIO

8. Fri. -  STUDIO - Prepare

submission forRattle, Studio in the Woods

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Week 14

Nov. 11th - 15th, 

11. Mon. - Eats, Shoots and Leaves,

pg.68 - 102 Submit to Rattle Young Poets Anthology

[Book Arts - 414] 

12. Tues. - Flash Fiction #2 Due 

Stephen King On Writing pg. 37-77

13. Wed. - Mark-up fiction, 

Workshop

[Book Arts - 414]   

14. Thur. - Workshop, River of

Words Conferences

15. Fri. - Workshop, River of Words Submission Due

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Week 15

Nov. 18th - 22nd, 

18. Mon. -  Eats, Shoots and

Leaves, pg.103 - 131, Books Arts terms pre-test. 

[Book Arts - 414]  

19. Tues. -  Stephen King On

Writing pg. 77-137

20. Wed. - Swap a Story & prompt

[Book Arts - 414]  

21. Thur. - Eats, Shoots and

Leaves, pg.132 - 176, STUDIO

22. Fri. -  Amazing Event

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Nov. 25th- 29th, 

Thanksgiving Break

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Week 16

Dec. 2 - Dec. 6th, 

2. Mon. - Fiction due, 

Workshop 3

share audio stories,  street decisions, Indesign terms pre-test

[Book Arts - 414]  

3. Tues. -  Madame Bovary

4. Wed. - Madame Bovar

[Book Arts - 414]  

5. Thur. -  FICTION WORKSHOP

6. Fri - FICTION WORKSHOP

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Week 17

Dec. 9th - 13th, 

9. Mon. - FICTION WORKSHOP

10. Tues. - Eats, Shoots and

Leaves, pg.177 - 204, Stephen King On Writing pg. 141-208

Poetry Society of America Contest

11. Wed. - Revisions

12. Thur. - Revisions / Conferences

13. Friday - Conferences

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Week 18

Dec. 16th - 20th, 

9. Mon. - Exams, 1/2 Day

10. Tues. -  Exams, 1/2 Day

11. Wed. -  Exams, 1/2 Day

12. Thur. -  Exams, 1/2 Day

13. Friday - Records Day, No Students

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