Extra Credit Opportunities

This weekend and next weekend there are two theater productions of WONDERFUL plays that I encourage you to attend. If you do go, you'll get credit if you write a response of two pages.

The first is Waiting for Godot, which will be performed this weekend on a rooftop in the Lower Ninth Ward and next weekend on a rooftop in Gentilly. The play is about two people who talk as they wait for Godot (who never shows up). The actor starring in this play is Wendell Pierce from HBO's The Wire. The play is free. I'll be going on Friday, so I can give you directions.
http://www.neworleans.com/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,88889349/extmode,view/extid,5243/

The second play you should see is The Laramie Project. This is being put on at Loyola University on Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 at 8 pm, and on Nov. 4 and 11 at 2 pm. I saw this a few years ago at UNO (the same theater company did that one as are doing the one at Loyola), and it was the best play I ever saw. It is powerful, creative, compelling, tragic, and uplifting all at once. This will set you back only $8. Call 865-2074 for ticket information (pay and reserve so you don't miss out).
www.montage.loyno.edu

October 29th n 30th

i have been out of school the last two days. anybbody in 6th period willing to email me the notes from the powerpoints? <- if thats what we're doing. thanks
gmichaeld14@hotmail.com

Crazy Halloween Stuff

Find anything Inferno related for Halloween? Post it here.

How do we put our power points on blog?

I am technically challenged and i don't know how to put my Giotto power point on the blog. Could someone explain to me how to do it or would yall rather I just post the pictures that were missing from my presentation?

Is anyone else doing something about how the Pope is elected? Help me out yo

Country Day Volleyball Game

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND SUPPORTED THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM TONIGHT AT COUNTRY DAY!!!! WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!

Viva Las Vegas

Whose costume did everyone enjoy the most? Personally, Zach and Wade's costumes were my favorite

MARCO POLO , THE MERCHANT

any one else doing marco polo ? i've found stuff but it just seems so boring, i dont want to put the class to sleep. hit me up if you find anything relative to THE GREAT MERCHANT, MARCO POLO

Strange Facts

What's the weirdest fact you've discovered while doing your research so far? This has to pertain to your research.

Tumultuous Times

The shift from the Middle Ages to the early Renaissance were crazy times in Europe - why do you think that is? Each of you are discovering unique things in your research that help to answer that question, but if you start to put those things together here, we'll get a better idea of the big picture.

Power Point Topics

the first comment has a list of who's doing what.

Blogging?

What do ya'll thnk about blogging? Is it useful? -Just trying to measure a general consensus

new resource to help study for that heavy english book

http://www.wwnorton.com/
ask me if you want the code..but if you have a new edition of that enormous english book it has the code in the front but i have one we can use..it has quizzes timelines and alot of material that may or may not help..

imprtant quotes and epic similes; a boiling pot of ideas

important quotes and epic similes... a boiling pot of ideas you might say this is. i do know that epic similes have "just" and "such" in them and danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu has a breakdown of every canto and circle and tells u every epic simile.

http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/utopia/gallery/1205lucifer.jpg

How did he do it??

"Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni
verso di noi; però dinanzi mira,"
disse 'l maestro mio, "se tu 'l discerni."

Come quando una grossa nebbia spira,
o quando l'emisperio nostro annotta,
par di lungi un molin che 'l vento gira,

Even if you thought the context of The Divine Comedy was not amazing, You have got to respect Dante simply for writing such a long allegory in terza rima. In the orignal italian form, you can clearly see the rhyme that trancends throughout. How could anyone write such a long allegory in terza rima within only one lifetime? Let alone write a terza rima to tell such an elaborate story!

power point

this is a good site for the power point, it covers a lot of topics cheggity cheggity cheggity check it out

http://www.aboutflorence.com/Itineraries-in-Florence/dante.html

argenti and cathedral with dante

Count UGOLino pg 1135
if the commedia was built like a cathedral it should look like the extravagant Sagrada familia in Barcelona. on the back is the passion facade. and the front is the nativity facade...the front is broken into 3 sub facades and each shows all the details of religious symbolism and such. The back shown below the below photo is the persecution and carrying of the cross ..(trying to say its the stations of the cross..) anywhoo the top picture i could see being a place for dante's commedia

FILLIPO ARGENTI

longness

what does the length of our creative writing paper?

Check this out!

This is some trippy video art using the Inferno as inspiration. It will suck you in!
http://www.nova.priv.pl/Dante/inferno.htm

Dante in Popular Culture

This article on Wikipedia is really interesting (I think I did the link right this time!). It lists all references to the D.C. in popular culture, so you can use it as a spring board for further exploration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_and_his_Divine_Comedy_in_popular_culture

Also - does anyone have the Simpsons season 3 on DVD so we can watch it in class?

what do we do with slideshow invite?

okay, i don't know if anyone else is confused about that e-mail we were sent with the slideshow website attachment, but i am. what exactly are we supposed to do with it?

love for inferno

dante is the man and i love this work of literature

Your Prayers Have Been Heard

I changed the schedule to allow for more breathing room, so do that - breathe! I will give you the revised schedule, but you should note that I moved the test to Monday and built two library days into the schedule too.

Tuesday 16th
Wednesday 17th 21, 22
Thursday 18th 32, 33 & 34
Friday 19th Review all of Inferno
Monday 22nd TEST ON ENTIRE WORK Draft 1 of Creative piece due

Virtual Overview of the Circles of Hell

http://web.eku.edu/flash/inferno/

this is a great overview of the circles. it tells the guard, sinners, important figures, and gives a brief review of what occured. Each circle also has pictures of every character including Dante and Virgil. REALLY GOOD WAY TO REVIEW AND CLEARS UP A WHOLE LOT OF THE CONFUSING STUFF

Creative writing

For creative writing, I call the 10th circle being people that don't go the speed limit and people that speed up when you try to go around them so ya'll can't do that. Triple stamp, no erasies, Touch blue make it true.

Extra Credit

I went to get tickets for Fauborg TReme, but it was sold out. I almost missed the game for it.

Britney Spear's circle of hell?

PLACE YA BETS LADIES AND GENTS

Friday Oct. 12 - IN-CLASS INSTRUCTIONS

I won't be in class today, but you do have an assignment. After you've picked a topic for your research presentation, compile lists of links, facts and information, images, and whatnot during class. Then, at the end of class, e-mail me whatever you've found - either your powerpoint or a word document - and the citations/links. Please put information in your own words - do not copy and paste - your final project's text will be sumitted to turnitin.com. This is for 10 points.

The Divine Comedy

Unlike a lot of books and other literature we are required to read for English class, I actually really like The Inferno. What do yall think about it?

question

so i haven't noticed any guards for the past 3 or 4 circles, can someone help ?

What Dante Looked Like

Yo its Kriddle,how do u people picture Dante. I always think he looks like the black guy from Hotel Rwanda. That dude is tight. He's also in that adam sandler movie. And Virgil looks like Tom Hanks in Cast Away with a beard.

A pretty cool map of Hell.

I was trying to see what different types of hell people percieve so i searched it on google. i found a pretty cool map of Dante's hell and you can click on different levels and it teaches. heres the link.... http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/mapping_files/dante_hell.html

My circle of Hell

Ummm is anybody thinking about what their circle of hell is going to be like. Me and Hallie are thinking about spending an eternity in Dr. Warzeski's Physics Lab. AWEFUL!

The Best Game in the Universe

Did ya'll see that LSU game? That was probably the best game i've ever seen. I wish i could marry it and live happily ever after.

Jake and Dinos Chapman

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh_gfx_en/ART18306.html
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh_gfx_en/ART18306.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Brothers

Extra Credit Opportunity

http://www.tremedoc.com/

This film will be screened at Canal Place Cinema on Oct. 14th at 5 and 7 pm. ($7 or $8)
If you go and then write a 2 page reflection on the film (not a summary, but a reflection citing specific facts and events), I'll give you extra points.

The Camden 28 - a group of people who didn't sit and watch as others died

http://firstrunfeatures.com/camden28dvd.html#

Virtual tour of hell

Check this out. It's pretty interesting. It's a virtual tour of the levels of hell...

http://web.eku.edu/flash/inferno/

Ms. Deckard's comment - YOU ALL SHOULD USE THIS TO STUDY - IT'S THE BEST MAP OUT THERE. Study this, coupled with the Dante World site from U. Texas, and you'll be fine.

"If a way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst."

If you lost the article:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/LD/numbers/02/aeschliman.html

The article that I gave you in class has a lot of references to historical events you may not know about. I encourage you to look around for information. Here are a few reliable starting places:

The Katyn Massacre - http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/01/spotlight/index.html

The Gulag Archipelago - http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/01/home/solz-gulag.html

Theresienstadt (more commonly known as Terezin in the US) -
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005424
http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/aa012599.htm

Uganda (this refers to the Ugandan genocide) -
http://media.www.laloyolan.com/media/storage/paper803/news/2007/10/04/Opinion/From-Rwanda.To.Darfur.The.Facts-3010931.shtml

Youtube has some good videos on these topics too:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BUYRNYHeWKM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t2GLFBnP3qk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E4ROJ5A6ds4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xON22c7pZ6c

My Circle of Hell

Every time I took the Inferno quiz to see what circleI'm in, I end up in Circle 8. Is this happening to anyone else? What circles are you all getting sorted into?

Statement vs. essay for colleges...

Alright, so i was wondering what some other people are doing when a college asks for a statement rather than an essay because most of the colleges that i'm applying to have sent me online applications that don't require an essay. any thoughts on what the difference between an essay and a statement is?

im puzzled

so the first circle of hell is the least tormenting? because it says that the victorious pageans are in the first circle, but they are only there because they were not baptized.

does father millican make house calls , i think i need to repent for my sins

so i took the test, and it doesnt look like Beatrice, Mary, Rachel, Lucia and I are going to be having coffee and sharing advice together any time soon. i scored in the 8th level of hell. am i doing something wrong ? by the way, i checked out that Inferno book during a study hall today, and it was really funny the way everything is put into perspective of modern day life. i turned it back in to the library, so go take a look at it during some free period