Wednesday, October 31st

*Discussion #3 FRIDAY
---Show work TOMORROW = +5 bonus points
*Info.:  Storytelling Project
---Begin Brainstorming
------5 class-days to compose
------1+ class-days to rehearse

Tuesday, October 30th

*Notes Over Section #2?
*Work-day
---Read section #3 and prepare your third job
---Discussion #3 Thursday
---3pt participation grade

Monday, October 29th

*Discussion #2 of 4
---Check preparation
---Add as your first QUESTION:  Which stages of the archetypal hero's journey quest do you think you've witnessed so far?
*HW:  Notetakers--refine, develop, and type notes for tomorrow
*HW:  Section #3 due & next discussion on WEDNESDAY

Friday, October 26th

*Notes Over Section #1?
*Work-day
---Read section #2 and prepare your second job
---Discussion #2 Monday
---3pt participation grade

Thursday, October 25th

*Discussion #1 of 4
---Check preparation
---Add as your first QUESTION:  Which stages of the archetypal hero's journey quest do you think you've witnessed so far?
*HW:  Notetakers--refine, develop, and type notes for tomorrow
*HW:  Section #2 due & next discussion on MONDAY

Wednesday, October 24th

*Begin work on first section
---YOUR first job is due TOMORROW
---Discussion #1: Tomorrow

Tuesday, October 23rd

*Info.: Lit. Circles
*3rd Hour: What's the most important thing you learned from the gray pages?
*In groups
---0) 3rd Hour: Share info from gray pages
---1) Quarter your story
*Begin work on first section
---YOUR first job is due THURSDAY
---Discussion #1: Thursday

Monday, October 22nd

*Collect HW
*Discuss:
---What was the "goal" of Gilgamesh's inner journey?


*Lit. Circles:  Pick your story
*Lottery
*Read gray pages (will use tomorrow).

Friday, October 19th

*Check HW
*Compose a group journey-journal over Gilgamesh's INNER journey.
---First, timed-write (5 mins):  In what way does Gilgamesh "learn how to live?"  According to the story, how SHOULD one live?  How should one NOT live?  Hint:  Look to Siduri.
---Next, discuss your answers.
---For each stage:  Which elements of the story helped move Gilgamesh toward this knowledge?

*12pts (per person)
---EVERYONE writes
---Graded for quality, so EXPLAIN.

Thursday, October 18th

*Select the most important quote in the story so far.  Be prepared to explain what's so important about it.
---Discuss
*HW:  Read Ch. 6-8 & log the details of G's second mini-quest in a new journey-journal
---record SOMETHING for each stage
---due tomorrow

Wednesday, Ocotober 17th

*Check Journey-Journals over Ch. 3 & 4
*Cuneiform, FFVIII
*Review Gilgamesh's Quest to Defeat Humbaba
*Read Ch. 5 . . . the temptress.

Tuesday, October 16th

-Reading check quiz

-Discussion on first 2 chapters of Gilgamesh
-read pp.33-40
-Journey Journal (due tomorrow)

Monday, October 15th

*Info.:  The Epic of Gilgamesh
---Who's your favorite sidekick?

 ---Read pp. 26-7.
------"Before you read the story, you might find it helpful to know that _______________?"
---------Discuss

*HW:  Read pp. 26-33.
---reading-check quiz tomorrow
---BRING BOOKS daily.

Wednesday, October 3rd

*View
---Joseph Campbell's _Power of Myth_
---Samurai Jack

Tuesday, October 2nd

QUIZ!

-Discuss The Taming of the Sun questions

-Small groups:
--work on Journey Journals
--discussion

Monday, October 1st

*Check HW
---Share a few of YOUR journey-quests
*Read pp. 360-365
---HW:  Answer questions
*TOMORROW:  Quiz
---matching
---define and order the stages