Tuesday, August 31st

*Tomorrow: Auditorium
*(Working) Topic Outlines
---What is it?
---Tips for organizing your essay
---HW: Must check yours with me for 5 pt assignment
------today or tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with a strong controlling idea and effective paragraphing.

Monday, August 30th

*Check HW
*Review: Indian cosmogony (p. 292)
---Common Elements
*Assignment details: Comparison/Contrast paper


*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Friday, August 27th

*Review Maori cosmogony
---common elements
*India
---Read pp. 291-294
---comparison matrix

*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Thursday, August 26th

*Review) Greece: "The Ages of Man"
---Do we belong to an "Age of Iron"?
---Why do you think Greeks kept this narrative? What is its purpose or value?
*Read: "The Creation of Man by Prometheus"
---Aside from creator, what role does Prometheus play in this story?
---What kind of humans are these (see Pandora)?
---Do you agree?
*HW: Polynesia/Maori
---Read 351-356
---comparison matrix

*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Wednesday, August 25th

*Greece: Creation of the Gods & Titans
---Common Elements
*HW: Greece: The Ages of Man
---Read pp. 90-92
---Add to Greek comparison matrix

*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Tuesday, August 24th

*Cards
*Check HW
*Storytelling . . .
---Prepare: 5 minutes
*Begin discussing common elements

*OBJECTIVE: Apply post-reading strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: paraphrasing

Monday, August 23rd

*Babylonia: Enuma elish
---Common Elements
*HW) Greece: The Creation of the Titans & the Gods
---Read pp. 83-88
---Fill out comparison matrix

*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Friday, August 20th

*Check HW
*Notes & Cards
*Enuma elish: Close Reading

*OBJECTIVE: During reading, use strategies to monitor comprehension and paraphrase.

Thursday, August 19th

*Seating Chart
*Scribe Notes Demo
*Community Cards
*Navajo cosmogony: Common Elements
*HW: Babylonia
---Read pp. 6-11
---Complete Comparison Matrix

*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Wednesday, August 18th

*Check HW
*Community Cards
*5 mins: Pick one aspect of the story you found interesting, thought-provoking, etc. Why?
---Share
*Share/discuss observations about the Navajo cosmogony.

*OBJECTIVE: Reflect on our reading to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text.

Tuesday, August 17th

*Collect HW
*Read Yesterday's Scribe Notes?
*Check out textbooks
---BRING DAILY (along with other supplies)!
*Community Cards
*Introduction: Creation Myths
*Read pp. 615-16 together
*HW: Read pp. 616-21 & fill out the comparison matrix

*OBJECTIVE: Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between texts

Monday, August 16th

*Check HW
*Collect stray signature pages
*Small Groups
---once around, share your most interesting inference
---report back: Your GROUP'S most interesting inference
*1 page: What is the importance of stories in your life? Which stories (of any kind) are important to you? Why?
---Discuss

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze and evaluate connections between text and self.

Friday, August 13th

*Community Cards
*Collect Signature Pages
*Finish notes: Defining Myth/Mythology
*Read: "The Origin of Stories"
---Literary Archeology

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze and evaluate the connection between literature and its historical period and culture.

Thursday, August 12th

*Few more community cards
*Read Parent/Student Handbook!!!!
*Review Syllabus
*Assignment details: Scribe Notes
---Sample
---I'll do this first week, then you'll take over.
*Write: What is myth?
---Discuss
---Define

*HW: Syllabus signature page by Tuesday = 5pts; Materials check coming soon

*OBJECTIVE: Define Myth

Wednesday, August 11th

*Read COC!!!
*Review Syllabus
*Community Cards

*HW: Have back page of syllabus filled out, detached, signed, and returned by Tuesday, 8/17 = 5pts

*OBJECTIVES: Setting expectations; getting to know each other.