Monday, October 31st

·        Chapter 5 Reading Quiz

·        Didn’t finish Chapter 5? Finish it now!

·        Read chapters 6-8 and complete journey-journal

Objective- Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgamesh.

Friday, October 28th

·        Chapter 3-4 quiz

·        Discuss journey-journal

·        “Hot Seat”

·        Read Chapter 5 for homework!

Objective- Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgamesh.

Thursday, October 27th

·        Discuss Gilgamesh Chapters 1-2

·        Read Chapters 3-4 and Complete Journey-Journal

Objective- Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgemesh.

Wednesday, October 26th

·        Gilgemesh Reading Quiz: Chapters 1-2

·        Illustrate and Discuss

o   Groups and Travelers

·        Homework:

o   Read Chapters 3-4 (Pg. 33-40) 

o   Complete Journey-Journal

Objective- Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgemesh.

Tuesday, October 25th

·        Background information for The Epic of Gilgemesh

·        Read Gilgemesh: Chapters 1-2

o   Pg. 26-33

o   Reading check quiz tomorrow!

Objective- Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to Gilgemesh.

Monday, October 24th

·        Check notes

·        Archetypal hero quiz

·        5 minutes: prepare for your presentations!

·        Present stories! (Or turn in your written story)

·        Homework:

o   All “Medea” late work due WEDNESDAY

o   Bring your books tomorrow—we will be using them!

Objective: To learn about the hero archetype, we will create our own hero stories based on the archetypal hero’s journey.

Friday, October 21st

·        Continue working on your persona story

o   Individually? Write!

o   In a group? Finish the details of your story and start thinking of how you are going to present!

·        Presentations/papers due MONDAY

·        Quiz and notes due MONDAY

·        CHANGE: All “Medea” late work due WEDNESDAY. This is the ABSOLUTE LATEST that I will accept it.

Objective: To learn about the hero archetype, we will create our own hero stories based on the archetypal hero’s journey.

Thursday, October 20th

·        Finish “Hero Archetype” and Notes

·        Personal story: applying the hero archetype

o   Groups? Jot notes and begin planning how you will present!

o   Individually? Write!

·        Homework:

o   Notes due Monday, 10/24

o   QUIZ MONDAY: Define and order stages

·        CHANGE: I’m pushing the deadline for “Medea” late work back to Wednesday. This is the ABSOLUTE LATEST that I will accept it.

Objective: To learn about the hero archetype, we will create our own hero stories based on the archetypal hero’s journey.

Wednesday, October 19th

·        “Where I Find My Heroes” by Oliver Stone

·        Introduce the Archetypal Hero

·        Application: Myth to Movie

** If you have any missing work from Medea, Monday is the last day that I will take it for late credit. Ask me if you think you have anything missing!!

Objective- To learn about the hero archetype, we will apply it to movies and other current stories.

Tuesday, October 18th

·        Watch Joseph Campbell’s Power of Myth

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

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

·        Tomorrow: Start bringing books to class again!

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

Friday, October 7th

o   Medea Essay Test

Objective- Analyze Medea through the use of well-organized writing.

Thursday, October 6th

·        Collect Tragic Hero Organizer

·        Essay Test: Preview

·        Pre-write for Essay Test

o   Up to30 words/numbers

o   Sketch thesis

o   Sketch topic sentences

o   Line numbers

·        Essay TOMORROW!

We will prewrite to make our writing stronger.

Wednesday, October 5th

·        Hand back Cosmogony Essays

·        Reflect and Assess

·        Medea essay to come…

Objective- To improve student writing skills, we will self-assess the results of a previous writing activity.

Tuesday, October 4th

·        Check annotations: 1209-end

·        Jason & Medea: Tragic Heros?

o   Graphic organizer

·        Euripides in General

Objective- Apply the archetype of the tragic hero to a mythological text.

Monday, October 3rd

·        Review Big Questions: 742-1209

·        Finish Reading Medea

o   Annotations DUE tomorrow

Objective- Analyze the impact of an author’s choice in drama.