*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.
Mr. Becker starts off class. "Do you know what us teachers do on Wednesdays whenever you guys go home early?" "Talk about how great we make your days.", says Sarah. Mr. Becker then replies with a "yes", but not just any "yes". This "yes" was answered with a clear fluctuation in his voice. His voice appeared to be much higher when he answered this question. Was he lying when he told us that we make his day? I guess we'll truly never know that answer. Malcolm then shares that he doesn't get to leave early on Wednesdays because his mom is a teacher here and they share the same car. Any way, Mr. Becker then starts to hand out scantrons and a survey. The survey was about reading, and our opinions on reading. There were many questions that asked us about our friends reading level, and our reading level compared to our friends'. I didn't really understand why that mattered, but I tried my best to answer them honestly. After the survey Mr. Becker came around to each students desk to check and see if we completed our homework assignment from last night. Our assignment was to complete a worksheet describing our "Hero's Journey". While checking our homework, Mr. Becker and Nathan had a conversation about the difference between the word "epic", and the word "epoch", which apparently have the same pronunciation. Then as a class we discussed our homework. Mr. Becker had already shared his "Hero Journey", on Wednesday and asked if any students in class would like to share theirs. There was an awkward silence for a while until finally Taylor shared hers. She talked about her experiences with competitive dancing. I then made the mistake of asking Mr. Becker if our heroic journey had to go in order of the way the worksheet was laid out, adding that mine was in a slightly different order. This then led to Mr. Becker, along with all my classmates pressuring me into reading mine out loud. Thanks guys! After I shared, Malcolm shared his journey and talked about how he came from the Fort Zumwalt district and how he wanted to more less start over and create a new him. We learned the Malcolm is not even his real name. I think that's pretty cool. I was inspired and now want to change my name as well. I think I like the name Romeo. It sounds pretty sweet. After Malcolm was done, we were introduced to our new story, 'The Epic of Gilgamesh', there goes that word epic again. We then silently read the intro to the story along with the first two chapters. Our homework assignment for the night was to answer question number one on page 56. As I read I lost track of time and didn't realize that the bell was going to ring in less than a minute. I quickly closed my book and put my papers away and anticipated for the bell which finally rang. One more hour and I can go home!
Mr. Becker starts off class. "Do you know what us teachers do on Wednesdays whenever you guys go home early?" "Talk about how great we make your days.", says Sarah. Mr. Becker then replies with a "yes", but not just any "yes". This "yes" was answered with a clear fluctuation in his voice. His voice appeared to be much higher when he answered this question. Was he lying when he told us that we make his day? I guess we'll truly never know that answer. Malcolm then shares that he doesn't get to leave early on Wednesdays because his mom is a teacher here and they share the same car. Any way, Mr. Becker then starts to hand out scantrons and a survey. The survey was about reading, and our opinions on reading. There were many questions that asked us about our friends reading level, and our reading level compared to our friends'. I didn't really understand why that mattered, but I tried my best to answer them honestly. After the survey Mr. Becker came around to each students desk to check and see if we completed our homework assignment from last night. Our assignment was to complete a worksheet describing our "Hero's Journey". While checking our homework, Mr. Becker and Nathan had a conversation about the difference between the word "epic", and the word "epoch", which apparently have the same pronunciation. Then as a class we discussed our homework. Mr. Becker had already shared his "Hero Journey", on Wednesday and asked if any students in class would like to share theirs. There was an awkward silence for a while until finally Taylor shared hers. She talked about her experiences with competitive dancing. I then made the mistake of asking Mr. Becker if our heroic journey had to go in order of the way the worksheet was laid out, adding that mine was in a slightly different order. This then led to Mr. Becker, along with all my classmates pressuring me into reading mine out loud. Thanks guys! After I shared, Malcolm shared his journey and talked about how he came from the Fort Zumwalt district and how he wanted to more less start over and create a new him. We learned the Malcolm is not even his real name. I think that's pretty cool. I was inspired and now want to change my name as well. I think I like the name Romeo. It sounds pretty sweet. After Malcolm was done, we were introduced to our new story, 'The Epic of Gilgamesh', there goes that word epic again. We then silently read the intro to the story along with the first two chapters. Our homework assignment for the night was to answer question number one on page 56. As I read I lost track of time and didn't realize that the bell was going to ring in less than a minute. I quickly closed my book and put my papers away and anticipated for the bell which finally rang. One more hour and I can go home!
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