2/4/16 Thursday Agenda

Discuss Cantos 1, 2 and 3

Canto 1 Quote-Explain what it means, who said it and why is it important to the Canto.
Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself
In dark woods, the right road lost.

Canto 2  Quote-Explain what it means, who said it and why is it important to the Canto.
"Blessed be that Lady of infinite pity, and blessed be thy taxed and courteous spirit that came so promptly on the word she gave thee."

Canto 3 Quote-Explain what it means, who said it and why is it important to the Canto.
I AM THE WAY INTO THE CITY OF WOE.
I AM THE WAY TO A FORSAKEN PEOPLE.
I AM THE WAY TO ETERNAL SORROW.
"...abandon all hope, ye who enter here." 

Contrapasso (or, in modern Italian, contrappasso), from the Latin contra and patior, "suffer the opposite": refers to the punishment of souls in Dante's Inferno, "by a process either resembling or contrasting with the sin itself.


Extra Credit website "Dante's World"

Collect notes for Cantos 1-3

Label your paper: 

Quiz for DI Cantos 1-3
Study Questions Cantos 1-3

Begin reading and taking notes on DI Cantos 4 and 5 in class.


HW=
1. Finish reading and taking notes on Cantos 4 and 5 due on Tuesday 2/9/16-Be prepared to take a quiz on Cantos 4 and 5 on Tuesday 2/9/16.

2. Read your LC book and prepare to present on Tuesday Feb 9th after the DI Quiz and discussion for Cantos 4 and 5.

3. Literature Circle time tomorrow in class. Please bring all LC materials.