TODAY IN CLASS
Discussion of the background of the King James Bible, why it's important to literature, and a look at several specific language features of early 17th century English features. 

Students received three hand-outs:  the Sorrows of Werther, one on the epic as a literary form, and the opening passages of Book I of Paradise Lost.

FOR TOMORROW
Read the first two hand-outs carefully.  On the first page only of the PL hand-out, read the "Argument" section, and then read the first sentence.  And read it again.  Yes, just the first sentence (ends at line 16).  Then use a clean sheet of paper to lay out the sentence in some visual format that allows you to see how the component sections relate to one another.  I am NOT asking for a formal Reed-Kellogg sentence diagram here, and I'm not asking you to "label" anything using grammar terms.  You get to figure out a format that best conveys the meaning of the sentence and allows you to "follow" what Milton is saying.

And the 49th reminder or so . . .there will be a short objective quiz over Frankenstein on Friday.  We won't be ready (far enough with the PL excerpts) for the short paper assignment.  So your week-end homework will be different than my original plan. Stay tuned.