Thursday, October 30th

*Discussion Day #1 of 4
*Discussion GRADES
*Format
*Add to questions phase:
---Which stages of the archetypal hero's
journey-quest have you seen so far?
*Typed notes (outline)
---Due Monday
*Section #2 Due Tuesday
---Work Day Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Initiate and participate effectively in small-group discussions.

Wednesday, October 29th

*Check notes over bordered pages
---Pick 3, Share
*Read 1st quarter & prepare first job
---HW:  Due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Provide an objective summary / Analyze an author's choices / Propel conversations by posing thoughtful questions

Tuesday, October 28th

*Review story choices
---Lottery
*Set up schedules
*HW:  Read Bordered Pages

---Jot down three things you learned which might add to your reading of the story.

*OBJECTIVE:  Gain some cultural/historical background knowledge to help you interpret your story.

Monday, October 27th

*Check Journey-Journals: Ch. 6-8
*Review & Discuss Stages
---Medea Groups, then full-class
*Focus: Crossing the Return Threshold
---pp. 47, 49, 56
*Info.: Lit. Circles

*OBJECTIVE: Observe the journey-quest archetype as it appears in Gilgamesh.

Friday, October 24th--sub

*Read Ch. 6-8 & complete journey-journal.

Thursday, October 23rd

*Ch. 3-4:  Refusal of the Return & Magic Flight
*Most Important Quote, 5pts
---Be ready to read it and explain what's so important about it
---Everyone goes, but let's try to string some together
*Read Ch. 5

*OBJECTIVE:  Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

Wednesday, October 22nd

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

---Compare responses in Medea groups

---Share

*OBJECTIVE:  Observe the journey-quest archetype as it appears in Gilgamesh.

Tuesday, October 21st

*Quest Quiz
*Quiz: "Gilgamesh" Ch. 1-2
---Review
*HW: Read pp.33-40
---Journey Journal (due tomorrow)
---No blank stages!

*OBJECTIVE:  Demonstrate knowledge of the archetypal hero's journey-quest and its stages.

Monday, October 20th

*Info.: The Epic of Gilgamesh
*HW: Read pp. 26-33.

---Be ready:  Quick Q & A
---reading-check quiz tomorrow
---BRING BOOKS daily.

*TOMORROW:  Quest Quiz (24 pts)

---Define & Order the stages of the quest

*OBJECTIVE:  Read and comprehend grade level text.

Thursday, October 9th

*Check "Taming of the Sun" Journey-Journal
---review
*Samurai Jack
---2x:  Which stages have you seen so far?  What did they look like?
*Tuesday after break:  Quest Quiz
---define & order stages

*OBJECTIVE:  Observe the journey-quest archetype as it appears in both mythology and popular culture.

Wednesday, October 8th

*Pop-Quest:  Report
*HW:  Read "The Taming of the Sun"
---p. 360
---Complete the Journey-Journal organizer

*OBJECTIVE:  Apply the journey-quest archetype to a mythological hero.

Tuesday, October 7th

*Check:  Your Hero's Quest
---Share a few
*Pop-Quest (not a pop quiz)
---Report Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVES:  Apply the stages of Campbell's archetypal hero's journey-quest to a series of events in your own life.

Monday, October 6th--sub

*YOUR hero quest
------due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE:  Continue to explore the concept of this archetype by applying the concept to your own life.

Friday, October 3rd

*Intro.: Joseph Campbell and the Archetypal Hero's Journey-Quest
---Quiz after break

*OBJECTIVE:  Learn the definition of each stage of the archetypal hero's journey.

Thursday, October 2nd

*Watch Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth

---Write down four quotes or ideas which you find interesting.

---End of class:  Star one and briefly explain why you chose it.

*OBJECTIVE:  Begin to understand Joseph Campbell's ideas about hero-stories:  why they're important and why they are so similar worldwide.

Wednesday, October 1st

*Medea Essay Test
---Hold test materials until end of hour.

*OBJECTIVE:  Write explanatory texts to explore and convey complex ideas.