Thursday, October 31, 2013

Thursday, October 31st

*Collect Notes from Discussion #2
*Discussion #3 of 4
---Notes due Tuesday
*First two questions:
---Which stages of the archetypal hero's journey-quest
have you witnessed during the second and third sections?
---In the Hollywood blockbuster version of this myth,
who would play the main characters?

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Wednesday, October 30th

*Collect Section #2 Work
---Section #2 Notes Due Tomorrow
*Read & Prepare for Section #3
---Due Tomorrow

Tuesday, October 29th--sub

*Collect Notes from Discussion #1
*Discussion #2 of 4
---Notes due Thursday

Monday, October 28, 2013

Monday, October 28th

*Read Instructions for Next Response
*Work Day
*Section 2 Due TOMORROW
*Notes from Section 1 Due TOMORROW

Friday, October 25, 2013

Friday, October 25th

*Discussion Day #1 of 4
*Discussion GRADES
*Format
*Add to questions phase
---Gray pages
---Which stages of the archetypal hero's
    journey-quest have you seen so far?
*Typed notes (outline)
---Due Tuesday

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Wednesday, October 23rd

*Finish Schedules
*Read Gray Pages
---Jot down 4 things you learned that might be important to understanding this story . . .
---and 1 prediction about the story
*Time-Allowing:  Begin work on Section #1
*Tomorrow:  Work Day
*Friday:  Discussion #1 of 4
---Response #1 Due FRIDAY.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Tuesday, October 21st

*Info.:  (Heroic) Lit. Circles
*Review story choices
---Lottery
*Set up schedules

Friday, October 18, 2013

Monday, October 21st

*Check Journey-Journals:  Ch. 6-8
*Review & Discuss Stages
*Focus:  Crossing the Return Threshold
---pp. 47, 49, 56 

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Thursday, October 10th

*Select the most important quote in the story so far.  Be prepared to explain what's so important about it.
*HW:  Read Ch. 6-8 & complete the journey-journal over the second half of Gilgamesh's quest
---Due after break

Wednesday, October 9th

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

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Tuesday, October 8th

*Reading check quiz
*Review Ch. 1-2
*HW:  Read pp.33-40
---Journey Journal (due tomorrow)
---No blank stages!

Monday, October 7, 2013

Monday, October 7th

*Info.:  The Epic of Gilgamesh
*HW:  Read pp. 26-33.
---reading-check quiz tomorrow
---BRING BOOKS daily.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Friday, October 4th

*Quest Quiz
*Discuss/Collect "Your Hero Quest"
*Preview:  Gilgamesh

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Thursday, October 2nd

*Pop-Quest:  Report
*HW:  YOUR Archetypal Hero's Journey-Quest
---Due Tomorrow

*Quest Quiz:  Tomorrow
---define and order the stages

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Wednesday, October 2nd

*Corrected Handout
*Re-cap:  Final 2 stages
*Quest-Quiz CHANGE:  Friday
*Pop-Quest
---Observe how the archetype plays out in a well-known story.
---Explain how each stage does or does not fit the archetype.
---Share.