Monday, January 31st

*Cosmogony essay
---Completed First Draft Due Tuesday, February 8th
---Final Draft Due, Tuesday, February 15th
*Prewriting (REVIEWING, Venn, sticks-n-bubbles, lists, freewriting, etc.)
*Compose (working) topic outlines
---Must conference with me for 10pts
*Finished? Start drafting.
*Info. coming soon
---review of basic organization
---exact requirements for 1st draft
---embedding quotes
---MLA: works cited & parenthetical documentation
---turnitin.com

*OBJECTIVES: Compose text with a strong controlling idea, a logical order, & effective paragraphing.

Friday, January 28th

*Assignment Details: Comparison/Contrast essay
---Completed First Draft Due Tuesday, February 8th
---Final Draft Due, Tuesday, February 15th
*Prewriting (REVIEWING, Venn, sticks-n-bubbles, lists, freewriting, etc.)
*Compose (working) topic outlines
---What is it?
---Tips for organizing your essay
---Must conference with me for 10pts
------today or Monday

*OBJECTIVES: Compose text with a strong controlling idea, a logical order, & effective paragraphing.

Thursday, January 27th (half day)

*Check HW
---Discuss Indian cosmogony
*Cards (time permitting)

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

Wednesday, January 26th

*Check HW
---Discuss Polynesian/Maori Cosmogony
*India
---Read pp. 291-294
---(last) comparison matrix

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

Tuesday, January 25th

*One card
*Check HW
---Review
---Collect
*Read Polynesian/Maori Cosmogony
---pp. 351-356
---comparison matrix

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

Monday, January 24th

*Snow Day
---answers to questions over Greek "Creation of Man" stories due when we meet next.

Friday, January 21st

*Snow Day
---answers to questions over Greek "Creation of Man" stories due when we meet next.

Thursday, January 20th

*Snow Day
---answers to questions over Greek "Creation of Man" stories due when we meet next.

Wednesday, January 19th

*Community Cards
*Read "The Creation of Man by Prometheus"
*Read:  "The Ages of Man"
---pp. 90-92
*HW:  Answer questions on handout.
---Due Tomorrow (or whenever we meet next)

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

Tuesday, January 18th

*Check HW
*1 Card
*Storytelling
---Prepare:  ~5 mins
*Begin discussing common elements

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

Friday, January 14th

*Check HW
*3 Community Cards
*Discuss "Enuma Elish" (pp. 6-11)
*HW:  Greece--"The Creation of the Titans & the Gods"
---Read pp. 82-88
---Fill out comparison matrix
------Divide "human life" column in two, leave second half empty
------Generate your own observations in the "???" columns

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

Thursday, January 13th

*Stray signature pages
*Read pp. 3-11
---Complete comparison matrix:  Due Tomorrow

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

Wendesday, January 12th

*Check comparison matrix for "The Emergence" (p. 616)
---Share insights from Literary Archeology
---Discuss common elements
*6th Hour:  Check out books
*Community Cards

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

Tuesday, January 11th

*Snow Day

Monday, January 10th

*Check HW
---Discuss
*Check out books
*Info:  Cosmogonies
---Fill out the comparison matrix for "The Emergence".
---Discuss

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

Friday, January 7th

*Collect HW & signature pages

*Read pp. 615-21 & complete "Literary Archeology" worksheet

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

Thursday, January 6th

*Signature pages?
---Due TOMORROW = 10pts
*Seating Chart
*Check HW
*Class Goals
*Small Groups
---once around, share your most interesting inference
---report back:  Your GROUP'S most interesting/well-founded inference
*HW:  1 (side of a college-ruled) page:  What importance do stories have in your life?  Which stories (if any) are important to you?  Why?
---Due TOMORROW


*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the connections between text and self.

Wednesday, January 5th

*Finish notes:  Defining Myth/Mythology
*Read:  "The Origin of Stories"
---HW:  Literary Archeology
*Last 20 mins:  Community Cards

*HW:  Syllabus signature page due by Friday = 10pts; "Origin" wkst due tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 4th

*Review Syllabus
*Write: What is myth?
---Discuss
---Define:  Notes


*OBJECTIVE:  Define Myth.