Wednesday, August 31st

*Typed, completed first draft due Friday, 9/9
*Final copy due via turnitin.com by Wednesday, 9/14
*Finish 7 sentences
---perfect it for 10pts
*Info:  Topic Outline
---Must check with me by end of class tomorrow
---10pts

Tuesday, August 30th

*Info:  Organizing your essay
*Practice:  7 sentences
---MUST check with me today or tomorrow
---MUST be PERFECT to receive ANY credit
---Once it's perfect, 10 / 10pts.
---Perfect the FIRST time, 15 / 10pts
*Finished?  Begin prewriting for essay
---take out comparison matrices
---Venn, lists, sticks & bubbles

Monday, August 29th

*Info:  Preview Essay prompt
*Info:  Embedding Quotes
*Practice:  7 sentences
---MUST check with me today or tomorrow
---MUST be PERFECT to receive ANY credit
---Once it's perfect, 10 / 10pts.
---Perfect the FIRST time, 15 / 10pts

Friday, August 26th

*Check Polynesian & Indian cosmogonies
---Discuss/Review
*Community Cards?

Thursday, August 25th

*4bc:  I'll check the Polynesian comparison matrix tomorrow.
*6th:  Turn in Greek worksheet
*6th:  Read Polynesian/Maori cosmogony
---pp. 351-356
---comparison matrix
---Due tomorrow
*All Hours:  Read Indian Cosmogony
---pp.291-294
---(last) comparison matrix
---Due tomorrow

Wednesday, August 24th

*Community Cards
*Check HW
---Review/discuss
*Read Polynesian/Maori cosmogony
---pp. 351-356
---comparison matrix
---Due tomorrow

Tuesday, August 23rd

*Community Cards
*Read two Greek stories about the creation of humans
---Answer questions on handout
---Notice:  Scoring Guide
---Due Tomorrow

Monday, August 22nd

*Check Greek Comparison Matrix
*Community Cards
*Storytelling
---5 minutes
*Discuss Common Elements

Friday, August 19th--sub

*Read pp. 82-88

---Complete a comparison matrix over the Greek cosmogony.

Thursday, August 18th

*Focus question:  What are some key similarities/differences between these two stories?
*Check Navajo & Babylonian comparison matrices
*Review Navajo myth (615-21)
*Review Babylonian myth (3-11)
*Discuss focus question.
*Community Cards?

Wednesday, August 16th--sub

*Hang on to Navajo comparison matrix until I return.

*Read pages 3-11 and complete a comparison matrix over the Babylonian cosmogony.

---Due tomorrow

---We’ll also discuss the Navajo story tomorrow.

Tuesday, August 16th

*"The Emergence":  Reading-check quiz
*HW:  Complete Comparison Matrix in small groups
---Everyone writes
---Leave "???" rows blank
---DO make at least 2 inferences about Navajo culture
*Community Cards?

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

Monday, August 15th

*Collect 1-pager.
*Community Cards
*Info:  Cosmogonies
*HW:  Read pp. 615-21
---reading-check quiz tomorrow
*Check out books

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

Friday, August 12th

*Seating Chart
*Check "Origin of Stories" wkst & 1/2 page response
*Community Cards
*Share starred inferences
*Discuss FOOD FOR THOUGHT question
*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 Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the connections between text and self.

Thursday, August 11th--sub

*Discuss "Origin of Stories" inferences in small groups
*Discuss "FOOD FOR THOUGHT" question from wkst
*On your own, compose at least a 1/2 page response to the FOOD question.  Include at least one direct quote from the story.

Wednesday, August 10th

*Community Cards
*Read:  "The Origin of Stories"
---HW:  Literary Archeology wkst

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

Tuesday, August 9th

*Community Cards
*Timed-write:  What is myth?
*Discuss
*Define:  Notes

*OBJECTIVE:  Define myth.

Monday, August 8th

*Signature Pages Due to 1st hour teacher BY FRIDAY
---Code of Conduct, p. 26--print, sign, return
---Attendance and Earned Credit, p. 6--print, sign, return
*Review Syllabus
*Community Cards

*OBJECTIVES:  Setting expectations; getting to know each other