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Today’s Agenda:. Collect Essay 2. --How did turnitin.com go? Problems? Questions? Mention homework Extra credit p ossibilities Benson Deng, a “Lost Boy” from Sudan, Thurs, Nov 18, 7pm , MJC Auditorium, East. Slam on Rye, poetry slam, Weds night, Nov 17 th .
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Today’s Agenda: • Collect Essay 2. --How did turnitin.com go? Problems? Questions? • Mention homework • Extra credit possibilities • Benson Deng, a “Lost Boy” from Sudan, Thurs, Nov 18, 7pm, MJC Auditorium, East. • Slam on Rye, poetry slam, Weds night, Nov 17th. • Quiz Today: It’s on these pages: 1235-36, 1242-43, 1254-55 and on anything emphasized last class, especially striking images from Donne’s poems. Presentations: • Jillian Kraut: Charles I, Cromwell, the Interregnum, and the Restoration • Reeta Chand: George Herbert • Go over early-mid 17th C poetry & politics; • PowerPoint/Group Work, depending on time • Distribute Grade Checks
Homework: Read Sir Francis Bacon (pp. 1550-51): “Of Superstition” (pp. 1556-57), NovumOrganum(pp. 1565-69); John Milton (pp. 1785-89): Areopagitica (pp. 1816-25), “How Soon Hath Time” (p. 1826), “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” (p. 1828). Presentations Next Class: • Justin Fair: Bacon’s biography • Miriam Uc: Milton’s biography