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Welcome To European Literature  **Schedule of Important Deadlines and Events**  __Monday, May 7__ //Crime and Punishment// Test Bring any books that you still have to class __Wednesday, May 9__ //The Stranger//, part 1 (to page 56) due Read Allen and Jeehyun's stories __Friday, May 11__ In class essay writing workshop Read Hojeong and Roland's story __Thursday, May 17__ Essays due (juniors and seniors) See the essay topics below __ Juniors: Topics for your College Essay __ //Choose one of the topics below to write about (250-500 words). Remember to be personal and to tell a story using interesting details. Write according to the 3/4 rule: 1/4 of the essay should be about an experience and 3/4 should be about the impact/importance/influence of the experience.//

Evaluate a signiﬁcant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. Indicate a person who has had a signiﬁcant inﬂuence on you, and describe that inﬂuence. Describe a character in ﬁction, a historical ﬁgure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an inﬂuence on you, and explain that inﬂuence. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you. Topic of your choice.

Senior Question:

This year, we have read many works that deal either directly or indirectly with the gift of reason. From Dante to Camus, we have examined changing attitudes toward the human mind: what are its powers and limitations? How can reason be used as a force for good? For evil? How much faith should be placed in reason?

Develop a thesis statement in which you address the changing role of reason in western thought from the late middle ages to the modern era. Then, in a well developed essay, defend your thesis using three different texts we have read this year. This essay will be graded with the ERB rubric.