Friday, October 29th

*Make-up Quest Quizzes?
*Info Packet
---Read each page and pause for questions
*Lit. Circles
---Report your findings to me briefly as I check your individual work
---Meanwhile, create schedule of responsibilities
*Split up
---Finish reading first 1/4 of story and complete first response
---Due Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE: During reading, apply strategies to monitor comprehension, question the text, summarize, etc.

Thursday, October 28th

*Quest Quiz
*Lit. Circles: Share what you learned from the gray pages. Make a master-list of the 5 things your GROUP learned that you think might be MOST useful in making sense of your story.
*(time-permitting) Begin reading your story.
*HW: Read 1/4 of your story by Monday.

*OBJECTIVE: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid in comprehension; make connections between text and its historical period and culture.

Wednesday, October 27th

*4th Hour: TNG
*Review story choices
---lottery
*Tomorrow: Quest-Quiz
---definitions: matching
---order of stages
*HW: Read historical background and write down, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, 5 things you learned which you think might help you make sense of the story. Briefly give your thoughts on each piece of information.

*OBJECTIVE: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid in comprehension; make connections between text and its historical period and culture.

Tuesday, October 26th

*In the Hollywood blockbuster version, who would play
---Gilgamesh?
---Enkidu?
---Humbaba?
---Ishtar?
---Utanapishtim?
*Check YESTERDAY'S journey-journal
---What DOES Gilgamesh gain from his journey?
---Discuss stages

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Monday, October 25th

*Compose a new journey-journal for Gilgamesh's larger goal, the quest to conquer death.
---Choose what you think is the best example of each stage, and the example that seems most relevant to his goal (conquering death).

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Thursday, October 21st

*Sub
*4th Hour: Phillip
*2nd & 6th Hours:
---"Reading at Risk"
------read article and answer questions

Wednesday, October 20th

*Briefly Discuss Chapter 6
*HW: Read Chapters 7 & 8 and keep adding to journey-journal

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Tuesday, October 19th

*Check journey-journals
*Recap: So far, how does Gilgamesh's story fit the stages of the hero's quest?
*HW: Read Chapter 6 and keep adding to journey-journal

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Monday, October 18th

*Sub
*20 mins: Discuss Chapters 1-4
*Rest of period: Read Chapter 5 and continue journey-journal

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Friday, October 15th

*Check Question #1
---Discuss
*What is the goal of Gilgamesh's quest?
*Read Chapters 3 & 4
---AS you read, update the Journey-Journal.

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Thursday, October14th

*Check HW
*Reading Survey
*Discuss your journeys
*"The Epic of Gilgamesh"
---Read pp. 26-33 (Historical Background, Chapters 1 & 2)
---Answer #1 on p. 56. Use the text to support your claims.

Wednesday, October 13th

*Define: Archetype
*Intro: Joseph Campbell and the Archetypal Hero's Journey
*Example: Fatherhood
*Record yours on the handout
*HW: Complete your journey.

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Tuesday, October 12th

*2nd Hour: Assembly

*4th & 6th Hour: Watch Joseph Campbell's _The Power of Myth: The Adventure of the Hero_
*Collect Essay Reflection

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the patterns and structures of various archetypal characters and events.

Monday, October 11th

*Make-up Essay Tests
*Revisit class goal
*Return Cosmogony Essays
*READ your essay
*Complete Essay Reflection (10pts)
*Info: Essay conferences
---5 pts extra credit
---ONLY during work- or reading-time
---We'll review your essay, talk about what's working, what you should focus on next time, etc.

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with relevant, specific details; a strong controlling idea; an effective beginning, middle, and end; effective paragraphing; cohesive devices; clarity of expression; and correct conventions in punctuation and usage.

Friday, October 1st

*Essay Test

*OBJECTIVE: Compose text with a strong controlling idea; relevant, specific details; and effective paragraphing