Thursday, August 30th

Work day in the computer lab.
-finish embedding quotes sheet (check with us for 10 pts.)
-topic outlines (conference with us for credit)
         -do not move on to writing your paper unless you have finished your outline and had it approved
-take notes, make a Venn diagram, do whatever else you need to do to prepare your thoughts for your paper
-begin writing your first draft


****First draft due next Friday, 9/7.
              -should include hook, intro, thesis, body paragraphs, transitions, and conclusion

Wednesday, August 29th

--WORK DAY!
        -finish embedding quotes worksheet
        -work on topic outline....must conference with Mr. Becker or Ms. Williams to receive credit (10 pts.)
                   *Finished with all of that?
                          -begin pre-writing/drafting

Tuesday, August 28th

*Finish:  7 sentences
---MUST check with us.
---MUST be PERFECT to receive ANY credit
---Once it's perfect, 10 / 10pts.
---Perfect the FIRST time, 13 / 10pts
*Info.:  Topic Outlines
---MUST check with us, 10pts
*Finished with those?  Draft!

Monday, August 27th

*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, 13 / 10pts

Friday, August 24th

*Check Indian/Hindu Cosmogony
---review/discuss
*Preview:  Comparison/Contrast Essay
*Community Cards

Thursday, August 23rd

*Check Polynesian/Maori cosmogony.
---Review
*HW:  Read Indian/Hindu cosmogony
---pp.291-294
---organizer due tomorrow

Wednesday, August 22nd

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

Tuesday, August 21st

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

Monday, August 20th

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

Friday, August 17th

*Check Babylonian organizer
*Community Cards
*Review Babylonian myth (3-11)
*Discuss focus question.
*HW:  Read pp. 82-88

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

Thursday, August 16th

*Review Navajo myth (615-21)

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

---Leave "???" spaces blank again (last time)

---Due tomorrow

Wednesday, August 15th

*Collect 1-pager (Importance of Stories)
*"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.

Tuesday, August 14th

*Stray signature pages?
*Community Cards
*Info:  Cosmogonies
*HW:  Read pp. 615-21
---reading-check quiz tomorrow
*HW:  One-pager on the Importance of Stories due tomorrow

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

Monday, August 13th

*Seating Chart
*Collect Syllabus Signature Pages
*Check "Origin of Stories" wkst & Class Supplies
*Community Cards
*Small Groups:  Pick the group's 3 "star" 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 Wednesday
*Check-out books

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the connections between text and self.

Friday, August 10th

*Collect Syllabus Signature Pages
*Community Cards
*Finish:  What is myth?
*Read:  "The Origin of Stories"
---HW:  Literary Archeology wkst

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

Thursday, August 9th

*Stuff I should have told you yesterday . . . 
*Community Cards
*Timed-write:  What is myth?
*Discuss
*Define:  Notes

*OBJECTIVE:  Define myth.

Wednesday, August 8th

*Code of Conduct
*Course Syllabus
---return signature page by Monday = 5pts
*Community Cards

*OBJECTIVES:  Setting expectations; getting to know each other.