Tuesday, May 22nd

*Study Hall

Monday, May 21st

*Complete Course Evaluation
*Exam Wednesday

Friday, May 18th

*Read Orpheus & Eurydice + Achilles (for exam)
*Check HW
---Review
*Exam Review:  Jeopardy

Thursday, May 17th

*Check-in Books
*Check HW
---Review
*Exam Review:  ACT Editing
---due tomorrow

Wednesday, May 16th

*Check HW
---Review
*Exam Review:  Allusion/Poetry
---due tomorrow

Tuesday, May 15th

*Review Test Blueprint
*Complete Exam Review #1:  Comparative Mythology
---Due tomorrow

Monday, May 14th

*Check-in books
*Check El Bizzaron (pp. 321-332) notes
---Discuss
*Add to notes:   We've discussed why other archetypes are important to us (cosmogonies, epic hero), but why does the trickster archetype persist?  Why do we continue to tell his stories (in different forms)?

Friday, May 11th

*Graduation practice:  Class does not meet.

Thursday, May 10th

*Check Anansi (pp. 7-16) notes
---Discuss
*Read from _Folklore, Myths, & Legends_ pp. 321-332
---prepare notes on all 4 questions

Wednesday, May 9th

*Read from _Folklore, Myths, & Legends_ pp. 7-16
---prepare notes on all 4 questions

Tuesday, May 8th

*Written Exam:  Day 2 of 2
---Can you bring in prewriting?  (outlines, graphic organizers, page #'s)?  Yes, 1 side of a page.
---bring in a draft?  No.
---reference your notes during the test?  Yes.
---reference the story during the test?  Yes.
---use a dictionary/thesaurus?  Yes.
---Music is okay, but make sure we can't hear it.
*End of period:
---Stack your PROMPT atop your WRITING (including prewriting).
---Be sure your name is on ALL PAGES.
---WHEN BELL RINGS, drop stack off in appropriate pile (finished/not finished).

Monday, May 7th

*Written Exam:  Day 1 of 2
---Can you bring in prewriting?  (outlines, graphic organizers, page #'s)?  Yes, 1 side of a page.
---bring in a draft?  No.
---reference your notes during the test?  Yes.
---reference the story during the test?  Yes.
---use a dictionary/thesaurus?  Yes.
---Music is okay, but make sure we can't hear it.
*End of period:
---Stack your PROMPT atop your WRITING (including prewriting).
---Be sure your name is on ALL PAGES.
---WHEN BELL RINGS, drop stack off in appropriate pile (finished/not finished).

Friday, May 5th

*Info.:  Written Exam
---No intro/conclusion . . . but . . . 100 minutes . . . ?
---Can you bring in prewriting? (outlines, graphic organizers, page #'s)?  Yes:  1 side of a page.
---bring in a draft?  No.
---reference your notes during the test?  Yes.
---reference the story during the test?  Yes.
---use a dictionary/thesaurus?  Yes.
*Feedback session:  Thesis & 4 Quotes
*Finished?  I'll give you the reading.
---read, annotate, prewrite (1 side of a page)

Thursday, May 3rd

*Quiz over "Gassire's Lute," pp. 521-526
*Info.:  Written Exam
---No intro/conclusion . . . but . . . 100 minutes . . . ?
---Can you bring in prewriting? (outlines, graphic organizers, page #'s)?  Yes:  1 side of a page.
---bring in a draft?  No.
---reference your notes during the test?  Yes.
---reference the story during the test?  Yes.
---use a dictionary/thesaurus?  Yes.
*Preview prompt
*Review concepts
*Practice with "Gassire's Lute"
---may work with  no more than 1 partner (optional)
---due TOMORROW

Wednesday, May 2nd

*Finish _Tron_.
*As you watch, log the details of the Flynn's quest in your journey-journal.
---Discussion
------What stages did you witness?
*Collect journey-journal (10pts)
*Read "Gassire's Lute" on pp. 521-526
---Reading-check quiz tomorrow

Tuesday, May 1st

*View _Tron_.
*As you watch, log the details of the Flynn's quest in your journey-journal.
---Due at end of movie for 10pts
---Last 10 minutes, discussion
------What stages of Flynn's quest did you observe?
------Do you see any connections between this hero/story and the one you studied in Lit. Circles?