Tuesday, November 26th

*Info.: Hero Games
*Discussion Day #4 of 4
*Finished? Begin brainstorming for Hero Games
---4 Work-Days
---Visual Aid?
---Re-enactment?
*Section #3 Notetakers: Due TONIGHT before 11:59pm
*Section #4 Notetakers:  Due Monday before 11:59pm

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

Monday, November 25th

*Discussion #3 of 4 (mini)
*Section #2 Notetakers:  Due TONIGHT before 11:59pm

*Section #3 Notetakers: Due Tuesday before 11:59pm
*Section #4 Jobs/Reading
---Due TOMORROW

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

Friday, November 22nd

*Review instructions/models for 3rd job.
*Work-day
---Read 3rd quarter & prepare 3rd job
---Due Monday
*Section #2 Notetakers
---Due Monday before 11:59pm on Google Classroom
------"Lit. Circles Catch-all"

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

Thursday, November 21st

*Discussion #2 of 4
*Add to notes (as "I."): Which stages of the archetypal hero's journey have you seen so far?
*Section #1 Notetakers: Typed Notes (outline format)
---Due TONIGHT before 11:59pm
---in GClassroom ("Lit. Circles Catch-all")
*Section #2 Notetakers: Due Monday before 11:59pm
*Section #3
---Due Monday
---Work-day tomorrow

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

Wednesday, November 20th

*Review instructions for 2nd job.
*Work-day
---Read 2nd quarter & prepare 2nd job
---Due TOMORROW
*Section #1 Notetakers
---Due TOMORROW before 11:59pm on Google Classroom
------"Lit. Circles Catch-all"

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

Tuesday, November 19th

*Discussion #1 of 4
*Discussion Grades
*Format
*TODAY:  Add to notes as "I." (before summary) . . .
---Review everyone's jots from bordered pages.
---Choose the 4 "Most Valuable" jots and add them to the notes.
*Notetakers: Typed Notes (outline format)
---Due Thursday before 11:59pm
---in GClassroom ("Lit. Circles Catch-all")
*Section #2
---Due Thursday
---Work-day tomorrow

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

Monday, November 18th

*Regular seats today, please.

*Hold 3 jots from bordered pages until tomorrow.
*Review instructions & model for 1st job.
*Work-day
---Read 1st quarter & prepare 1st job
------Due Tomorrow

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

Friday, November 15th

*Announce Groups
*Create Schedule
---Show me the most legible copy.
*Read bordered pages
---Jot 3 notes on post-its:  What did you learn about the cultural/historical background which might be useful to keep in mind as you read the story?
---Jots due MONDAY.
---Section/Job #1 Due TUESDAY.

*OBJECTIVE:  Consider myths within their cultural and historical contexts.

Thursday, November 14th

*Story Selections

*Work on Gilgamesh Response

---Due TOMORROW
*Lit. Circles
---Unit Info.

*OBJECTIVE:  Compose paragraphs with clear topic sentences, well-chosen examples, and thorough explanations.

Wednesday, November 13th

*Lit. Circles:  Story Selection
*Check Organizer: Gilgmesh, Ch. 6-8
---Review
*HW:  Gilgamesh, End of Story Response

---Due TOMORROW

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

Tuesday, November 12th

Snow Day

Monday, November 11th

*Read "Gilgamesh," Ch. 5-8
---HW: Complete Journey-journal over Ch. 6-8, due TOMORROW

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

Friday, November 8th

*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?

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

Thursday, November 7th

*"The Epic of Gilgamesh"  

---Cuneiform & Plot Structure
*Read Ch. 1-4
---HW: Complete Journey-Journal over Ch. 3-4

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

Wednesday, November 6

*Check 3/4 page response.
*Yes/No
---5m:  Share reasons/arguments with your own 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 vacating, 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 . . ."

*Write:  Draw a line below your earlier response.  Finish by filling the page:  What did you learn from the people who disagree with you?

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

Monday, November 4th

*Check "Taming of the Sun" Journey-Journal

---Review

*Discuss . . .
---HW: Write, at least 3/4 page . . .
------Due WEDNESDAY

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

Friday, November 1st

*Makeup Quest Quizzes
*HW: Read The Taming of the Sun, p. 360
---Complete Journey-Journal (due Monday)
------Show today for +3pts

*BRING BOOKS AGAIN, STARTING TOMORROW!!!

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