WEEK 18: DAYS 85-90 (ESSAY WEEK/THE HALFWAY MARK)

Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of the Shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and His Wife, 1633

Music Selection: Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol

BEN'S NARRATION DOCUMENT

RACHEL'S NARRATION DOCUMENT

Week 17

FOR WEEK 18: Choose ONE essay to write daily, giving yourself roughly an hour to plan and execute the assignment. 

Honors-extra-credit option: Take the Dante Midterm Exam.  

(let me know if you opt to do this)

You may also opt to write both essays daily for double credit. 

You will also want to assess your progress on your senior thesis. Divide each day as needed: 

Daily essay: approximately 1 hour

College application work: 1-2 hours (broken up as needed)

Senior thesis: 1-2 hours to plan, research, and narrate whatever you read on your topic (when you narrate research, be sure to note what your source is). Let me know whether you're using your narration document or a separate thesis document for your work on this project. We won't be following the workbook as closely this semester – I will just want to check weekly that writing is happening and progress is being made. 

Day 86: 

1. In a short essay of 100-300 words, explain in what way St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises are exercises: tell what it is you are exercising, and how. 

2. In a short essay of 100-300 words, describe Dante’s ascent through Purgatory so far. 

ALSO: MAKE PROGRESS ON YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AS NEEDED.

Day 87: 

1. In a short essay of 100-300 words, tell about your favorite New Testament Epistle. 

2. In a short essay of 100-300 words, tell everything you have learned about economics so far. 

ALSO: MAKE PROGRESS ON YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AS NEEDED.

Day 88: 

1. In a short essay of 100-300 words, tell in what ways  the Archbishop in Willa Cather’s Death Comes to the Archbishop could be described as a heroic character, perhaps as compared with Huck Finn and Silas Marner. 

2. In a short essay of 100-300 words, tell the story of Alexander the Great. 

ALSO: MAKE PROGRESS ON YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AS NEEDED.

Day 89: 

1. In a short essay of 100-300 words, describe what Pope St. John Paul II continues to say about the relationship between faith and reason. 

2. In a short essay of 100-300 words, discuss one current event. 

ALSO: MAKE PROGRESS ON YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AS NEEDED.

Day 90: Break. Finish up your applications.

You are now exactly halfway finished with senior year! 

The Year at at Glance