Wednesday, October 31st

*Read "Gilgamesh," Ch. 6-8
---HW:  Complete Journey-journal, due Friday
---Show your work TOMORROW IN CLASS for +3 points.

*OBJECTIVE:  Perceive the archetypal hero's journey-quest in a mythological text.

Tuesday, October 30th

*Check Organizer: Gilgmesh, Ch. 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?

*HW:  Read Ch. 5 for TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Observe the journey-quest archetype as it applies to a Mythological text.

Monday, October 29th

*Ch. 1-2 Quiz

*Cuneiform & Plot Structure

*Read Ch. 3-4
---HW: Complete Journey-Journal

*OBJECTIVE: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support your inferences.

Friday, October 26th

*Check 3/4 page response.
*Yes/No
---5m:  Share reasons/arguments with your side.

*Philosophical Chairs: Rules
1)  ONLY those seated at the center table may speak, and only one speaker at a time.
2)  Want in? Tap a teammate on the shoulder. It's THEIR choice when to let you in, so don't be a pest.  You can also reach back for a tag if you want out.
3)  After speaking, two teammates must take a chair before you return.
4)  If an argument is persuasive enough to change your mind, physically switch sides.
5)  Develop your ideas by giving examples--real, fictional, or hypothetical
6)  Briefly summarize the last speaker's ideas BEFORE you reply.
------"I understand what you mean by . . ."
------"I hear what you're saying about . . ."
------"You make a good point when you say . . ."

*HW:  Read "Gilgamesh" Ch. 1-2 by Monday.

---Quiz!

*OBJECTIVE: Work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions.

Thursday, October 25th

*Complete "Taming of the Sun" Journey-Journal
---Review
*Discuss . . .
---HW:  Write, at least 3/4 page . . .
------Due TOMORROW.

*OBJECTIVE: Apply the concept of the archetypal hero's journey-quest to a mythological text.

Wednesday, October 24th

*Review Notes

---Collect "Your Hero's Journey"

*Quest Quiz
*HW:  Read The Taming of the Sun, p. 360

*OBJECTIVES: Define and order the stages of the archetypal hero's journey-quest.

Tuesday, October 23rd

*Finish Pop Quest Reports
*Check Quest Notes
* Quest Quiz Tomorrow
---Define & Order Stages
*HW:  YOUR Hero's Journey
---Due Tomorrow

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

Friday, October 12th

*Finish Campbell's Journey-Quest
*Pop Quest
---Work with your tablemates to track a ("new") film character through the stages of the quest.
---Report
*Tuesday:  Check notes
*Quest Quiz: Wednesday
---Define & Order Stages
*BRING BOOK upon return from break!!!!!

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

Thursday, October 10th

*Check notes from Power of Myth
---Review
*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: Upon return from break (after a refresher)
---Define and Order Stages

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

Wednesday, October 10th

*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, October 9th

*Medea Essay Test
---Can use: PREWRITING!, the prompt, the play, any other notes or resources.
---Music? Set it and forget it.
---Remember:
------No intro/concl
------Yes, paragraphing
------Attach & document quotes (use line numbers).

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze an author's progressive development of theme in a drama.

Monday, October 8th

*Collect Tragic Hero Organizer
*Essay Test: Preview
*Pre-write for Essay Test
---one side of a page
------sketch thesis
------sketch TS's
------line #'s
*Essay Test TOMORROW

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

Friday, October 5th

*Jason & Medea: Tragic Heroes?

---Due Monday

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

Thursday, October 4th

*Finish Reading Medea
---Begin annotations:  due TOMORROW (5pts)
*Euripides, in general . . .

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

Wednesday, October 3rd

*Review Big Questions: 742-1209
---Collect
*Assign parts for final section.

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

Tuesday, October 2nd

*Check Annotations: 742 - 1209
*Discussion
---Phase 1: Student-directed
---Phase 2: Answer Big Questions
------Everyone writes

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