WEEK 27: DAYS 131-135

Jan van Eyck, Madonna With Child Reading, 1433

Music Selection: Handel, Messiah, listen to roughly the 3/4 mark. 

BEN'S NARRATION DOCUMENT

RACHEL'S NARRATION DOCUMENT

Week 26

Dante Lecture 18

Ben: Duolingo 30 minutes daily

Day 131: 

1. Newman, Sermon 9, Narrate each paragraph in a sentence

2. Senior Thesis: write

3. Dante, Paradiso, Canto IX

4. Ellison, Invisible Man, Chapters 11-12 Narrate

5. Essay: “The Economics of Distributism II” Narrate

6. Psalm 111 Narrate

Day 132: 

1. Revelation 1-3 Narrate. Note that it's John, the same John who wrote the Gospel and the Epistles bearing his name, who has received this revelation and is writing it down.

2. Senior Thesis: write

3. Crider, Office of Assertion, Chapter 3, Narrate

4. Claude McKay, “America” (Harlem Renaissance) Narrate

5. Psalm 112 Narrate

Day 133: 

1. Judith 13-16 Narrate

2. Senior Thesis: write

3. Dante, Paradiso, Canto X
4. Ellison, Invisible Man, Chapters 13-14, Narrate

5. Primary Source document for government credit: The Magna Carta

1. Read

2. Narrate, with our own Constitution in mind

6. Psalm 113 Narrate

Day 134: 

1. Song of Solomon 1-4 Narrate

2. Senior Thesis: write

3. Dante, Paradiso, Canto XI
4. Ellison, Invisible Man, Chapter 15 Narrate

5. Claude McKay, “Harlem Shadows” Narrate

6. Psalm 114 Narrate

Day 135: 

1. Fides et Ratio, 89-92 Narrate

2. Senior Thesis: write

3. Dante, Paradiso, Canto XII
4. Essay: “The Economics of Distributism III” Narrate

5. Langston Hughes, “Dreams” (Harlem Renaissance) Narrate

6. Psalm 115 Narrate

Again, you should be aiming for a full rough draft by the end of the month. If you write even a little every day – 20 minutes, or a half-page, whichever goal works best for you – then you will have generated a lot of writing, which we will devote April to revising and finishing. YOU CAN DO THIS.

The Year at at Glance