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Week 1
Jan 14 1 Introduction to Course
   
16 2 Read all course information on Blackboard. Get books. Bring books and journal and a copy of the syllabus to class.
  Read  Preface to HT: xi-xiv, and look up all words whose meaning is unfamiliar.;
Hacker: W6a and b.
 
Week 2
Jan 21 3     HT: Introduction
23 4     HT: Renaissance: Then and Now
 
Week 3    
Jan 28 5     HT: Life of Leonardo da Vinci
30 6 Test on vocabulary.   Review all vocabulary up till now.

 

Week 4
Feb 4 7 Punctuation 1   Hacker B1
6 8     Hacker B2 and B3
Week 5
Feb 11 9 Punctuation 1   Hacker B4; Read and do exercises in HT: Curiosita, pp. 49-60
13 10     Read and do HT: pp. 61-75 (Read but don't do Learn a New Language section).

 

Week 6
Feb 18 11 SNOW DAY    
20 12     Hacker G1; Read and do Dimonstrazione in HT, pp. 77-87

 

Week 7
Feb 25 13 Punctuation  3   G2 & 3; Read and do HT, pp. 87-93
27 14 No Class   Read and do HT:Sensazione,  pp. 95-107. See p. 108: Go to a museum instead of coming to class;write about it in your journal.
 
Week 8
Mar 4 15 Punctuation 4   G4; HT, pp. 109-126
6 16 Test on all material to date.   HT, pp. 126-131
Spring Break
Week 9
Mar 18 17 Punctuation 5   G 5 and G6; HT: 131-141
20 18     HT: Sfumato, pp. 143-155
21   Last Day to Withdraw    
Week 10
Mar 25 19 Punctuation 6 and 7   S1 and S2; HT157-163
27 20     HT: Arte/Scienza, 165-186
Week 11
Apr 1 21 Punctuation Review   S6 and S7; HT, 187-191
3 22 Punctuation Test   HT: Corporalita, 193-207

 

Week 12
Apr 8 23 Mechanics 1 and 2   W1 and W2; HT, 207-216, 219
10 24     W3; HT:Connessione, pp. 221-232
Week 13
Apr 15 25 Mechanics 3 and 4   W4; HT, 234-242
17 26     W5; HT, 242-244. Read 244-257 to get ready to start 7- day exercise.
 
Week 14
Apr 22 27 Mechanics 5 and 6   S3 and S4; HT Conclusion
24   Review   S5; Review
 
Week 15
Apr 29 28 Final Test and Course Evaluations   Journal/Notebooks Due
         
Course Ends

 

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