April 6- April 9

"The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite a prize!" (Blade Runner)

Tuesday:

Discuss Chapters 3- 5 in Brave New World
Review Film Review due tomorrow
Visions of the Future: Intelligence Revolution, (part one and part two) - BBC Documentary
Handout and Terms


Wednesday: Video Response due posted by class

Visions of the Future: Intelligence Revolution, (part three, part four, and part five).

Review terms

Work on Video Research Project due April 30th

Thursday:

Visions of the Future: Biotech Revolution, (part one, part two, part three, and part four)

Terms

HW: Brave New World, chapter 6- 7 due/ Fahrenheit 451 through page 61 due


Friday:

Reading Quiz

Visions of the Future: Biotech Revolution, (part five and part six)

Thesis due

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history." — Aldous Huxley

March 29 - April 1

Monday:

Dystopian Films: Film Review format and due dates
Brave New World, chapter one due - Research Project due April 30th

Tuesday:

Huxley and the Beatles
Terminology and Analysis

Wednesday:

"Pen is mightier than the sword"- -Discussion
Songs of Protest for a Better World
Bring earphones to class

Thursday:

Reading Quiz - Discussion
Brave New World, chapters 3-4 due


Tuesday:

Brave New World, chapters 4-5 due

March 8- March 12

I think of our Whisky Priest as he faces his own execution in these last pages, and I can't help but contrast him with Theoden from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Return of the King. In Tolkien's epic, when Theoden, King of Rohan, faces possible extinction, he is rallied by Aragorn to ride out and meet his foe head on. As the King leaves Rohan in the third installment, he is aware that he will not return but will fall in the face of Mordor's armies. Yet, he goes and leads his men to whatever end they will find. His undaunted courage in the face of death contrasts sharply with our priest, but there is something noble in the humanity of the priest in his final hours. After all, as Greene says, "we are all good at zero hour."

Monday: The Power and the Glory, pages 190-202 due

Tuesday: Review

Wednesday: The Power and the Glory, pages 202- 222 due

Thursday: Review - Essay topics distributed

Friday: In-Class Essay

Photo Essays due March 24 (3rd and 6th) and March 29 (5th)

March 1- March 4

As we continue grappling with lyrics, music, and film, we begin to wrap up Greene's text and find connections in unexpected places. The Whisky Priest leaves the utopia of the Lehr's and heads back down into the brewing storm. The end is near and certain. Will Greene provide our protagonist with a moment "between the stirrup and the ground?"

Monday: Power and Glory, pages 161- 182 due with Response

Tuesday: Rattle and HUm Continued

Wednesday: Rattle and Hum discussion

Thursday: Power and Glory, pages 183- 190 due with Response

Friday: Career Day

February 22 - February 26

"Sleep comes like a drug
In God's Country,
Sad eyes, crooked crosses,
In God's Country" (Joshua Tree)

Our Whisky Priest lands himself in jail on the wrong charges and finally embraces humanity in all its degredations and sinfulness. We begin working on our photo essay as we piece together the various themes, motifs, and symbols which define Greene's journey into Mexico. Now that we have examined photography, we turn our ears and eyes towards music. Students will delve into the musical highways of U2, focusing on their work for The Joshua Tree and their documentary Rattle and Hum. Again, comparisons will be drawn between the two artists, and students will be challenged to find connections above and beyond mere words.

Monday:
U2 - Sound and Sense - Laptop Odyssey through music
Power and the Glory, pages 121- 140 and post due

Tuesday:
Greene and U2

Wednesday: Service Day

Thursday:

Friday

February 17- 19

The Whisky Priest moves deeper into the wild this week as he gets closer to the turning point in this cat and mouse game he is playing with the Lieutenant. As we follow him up and down the mountain, he nears arrest and jail time. Look to Greene's invocation of landscape to reveal the WP's character development and inner stirrings of his soul. Will jail provide the reality check he needs on his journey to freedom? Will he find his humanity there? Or will he leave in his perpetual depravity?

Wednesday: (17) Power and Glory, pages 81- 102 due, Post 4 due
Finish word videos

Thursday: (18) Ansel Adams prints and analysis - The Photo Essay assigned.

Friday: (19) Power and Glory, pages 103- 121 due, post 5 due

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Saturday Night at 7pm, Theatre II will perform Moliere at Act Fest. Attend and write a review of the performance for Extra Credit. (This will be the only extra credit offered this quarter. You don't want to miss this fabulous opportunity!!!)

February 8 - February 12

The Mexican landscapes continues to simmer in brokenness. The Whisky Priest meets his Judas and attempts to escape the Lieutenant and his men who are hunting him. Soon, he will have to make decisions about his life and death, and examine what sacrifices are worth his escape and freedom. At the heart of the text, as evident in all characters and in every panorama, God is needed; redemption is necessary for rebirth.

Monday:
Visual Rhetorical Journal and Photography Analysis
Power and Glory (30-58) and post due

Tuesday:
The Huge Abandonment - day 2
Photography Analysis
Q & A

Wednesday:
The Photo Essay explained and assigned
Life's 100 photos - visual rhetoric

Thursday:
Power and Glory (59-80) and post due
Quiz and discussion

Friday:
Visual Rhetoric Analysis

February 1 - February 5

"No one said the fallen angels were the ugly ones" (Greene 131).

The wheel turns. Eliot's famous phrase spans much of the literature, film, music, and art of the 20th century. As we begin our unit on The Power and the Glory, we will make extensive connections to other mediums, which we will connect by theme and symbol. We begin with a look at photography, focusing on the work of Ansel Adams and Life Magazine's "100 Photographs that changed the World."

Tuesday: final touches on Critical Theory Test - Cathedrals of the World -

Cathedral Links: Cathedral (basic)

Architectural Features of Cathedrals


Wednesday: The Sacred and the Secular - introduce theme through video and music

Thursday: Life Magazine - "100 Photographs that Changed the World"

Friday: The Power and the Glory, pages (7-30) due (Reading Schedule)
Panorama of the Lawless Roads - excerpts from Greene's journal and opening chapter of text.

January 25- January 29

"Perception is everything."

Monday: Short Story Presentations

Tuesday: Short Story Presentations and test review

Wednesday: Short Story Test - Part I (Formalistic Reading)

Thursday: Short Story Test - Part 2 (Critical lenses)

Friday: Introduction to Power and Glory

January 19- 22

This week we begin to entertain various readings of short fiction, training our eyes to see beyond the typical limitations of our own understanding. As we expand our own perception and see various patterns and symbols, we will strengthen our own analytical abilities. We begin the week with a look into Poe and his various symbols as found in "The Masque of Red Death." Notice the progression of rooms as they represent a prism of light, ranging in shade, depth, and color. A fitting visual to accompany this study would certainly be Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. This album was recorded at Abbey Road in 1973 but remains a stark example of Price Prospero's rooms and Poe's design in his short story. Is there more to this connection or is it just a coincidence?

Tuesday: "A Storm" by Kate Chopin ( 115-118 ) and "The Masque of Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe (handout) due - Presentations

Wednesday: "Sweat" (558-565) and "Everyday Use" (443- 448) Presentations

Thursday: "Lady with the Pet Dog" (512-515) and "Barn Burning" (160-171) Presentations

Friday: "Rocking-Horse Winner" (593- 603) and "Yellow Wallpaper" (424- 435) Presentations