Thursday, March 31st--Sub

*Read Gilgamesh, Ch. 6-8
---Complete organizer
---Due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 30th

*Check Organizer:  Gilgamesh, 3-4
---Review Quest Stages
---Re-read pp. 39-40
---Discuss & Report:  On a scale of 1-5 (1 = completely unjust; 5 = completely justified), how just was the killing of Humbaba?

*OBJECTIVE: Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgamesh.

Tuesday, March 29th

*Finished with 3-4?  +2 bonus points!
*Not?  Finish now.
*Read Ch. 5.
*HW:  Ch. 3-4 Organizer due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgamesh.

Friday, March 18th

*Quiz: Gilgamesh, Ch. 1-2
---Review
*HW: Read Ch. 3-4
---Complete Journey-Journal

*OBJECTIVE: Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgamesh.

Thursday, March 17th

*Discuss/Share "Your Hero Quests"
---Collect
*Read Ch. 1-2 of Gilgamesh, pp. 26-33
---Reading-Check Quiz Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Apply the archetypal hero's journey-quest to our own lives and mythological texts.

Wednesday, March 16th

*Complete/Review "Taming of the Sun" Organizer
---Discuss
*Background Info. for Gilgamesh

*OBJECTIVE:  Apply the archetype of the hero's journey-quest to a mythological narrative.

Tuesday, August 15th

*Quest Quiz
*Read "Taming of the Sun"
---Complete Journey-Journal

Monday, March 14th

*Check Quest Notes
*CHANGE:  Quest Quiz Tomorrow
---Define & Order Stages

*Finish Pop Quest Reports
*YOUR Hero's Journey
---Due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Apply the concept of the archetypal hero to a personal experience.

Friday, March 11th

*Finish Campbell's Journey-Quest
*Pop Quest
---Work with your Medea groups to track a ("new") film character through the stages of the quest.
---Report
*Monday:  Check Notes
*Quest Quiz: Monday
---Define & Order Stages
*BRING BOOK MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*OBJECTIVE: Understand and apply the stages of Joseph Campbell's archetypal hero's Journey-Quest.

Thursday, March 10th

*Check, share, discuss Campbell's Power of Myth

*Info.: Archetypal Hero through Ultimate Boon
---For each stage, write another example from a film/story you know well
---Will check when we're finished.
*Quest Quiz: Monday
---Define and Order Stages

*OBJECTIVE: Understand and apply the stages of Joseph Campbell's archetypal hero's Journey-Quest.

Wednesday, March 9th

*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.
*Start bringing books again.

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

Tuesday, March 8th--Sub

Medea Essay Test

Monday, March 7th

*Collect Tragic Hero Organizer
*Essay Test: Preview
*Pre-write for Essay Test
--- up to 30 words/numbers
---sketch thesis
---sketch TS's
---line #'s
*Essay Test TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Compose well-organized writing through the use of pre-writing.

Friday, March 4th

*Check Annotations: 1209-end
*Jason & Medea: Tragic Heroes?

*OBJECTIVE: Apply the archetype of the tragic hero to a mythological text.

Thursday, March 3rd

*Review Big Questions: 742-1209
---Collect
Finish Reading Medea
---Annotations Due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Wednesday, March 2nd

*Check Annotations: 743-1209
---FIRST, review the annotations
---then, EVERYONE write answers to Big Questions on SEPARATE paper

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Tuesday, March 1st

*Read Medea: 742-1209
---HW: Annotations due TOMORROW
------Average 3 per page

*OBJECTIVE: To aid in engagement and comprehension, we will annotate grade-level text as and after we read.