Category Archives: Myth Tradition Assignments

MT Jan 20-23, 2015

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Tuesday, Jan 20

In Class:

Begin to Read, Annotate, and Write Answers for “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

At Home:

DOWNLOAD the version of the H. A. Guerber’s “Myths of Greece and Rome”, choosing the best version for your device at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39250

PREPARE your notebook for a check; SEE schedule below.

Wednesday, Jan 21

In Class

Continue to Read, Annotate, and Write Answers for “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

At Home

Finish – Read, Annotate, and Write Answers for “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

BEGIN to study for quiz on Friday

Thursday, Jan 22

In Class

Discussion of “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

At Home: STUDY for quiz tomorrow

Friday, Jan 23

In Class

Quiz: Theseus

At Home:

Watch Hunger Games clip –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ

Read WSJ article –> http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-classical-roots-of-the-hunger-games-1415897640

Notebook Checks Next Weeks – Jan 26 – 30, 2015

Monday: Section 01: Abshir to Coleman; Section 02: Alleyne to Fortune; Section 03: Andrade to Fuentes

Tuesday: Section 01: Do to Holland; Section 02: Gabriel to Holland; Section 03: Giacoppo to Luc

Wednesday: Section 01: Huynh to Pressley; Section 02: Kenney to Pena; Section 03: Malita to Rainford

Thursday: Section 01: Rosario to Tran; Section 02: Ryan to Wilson; Section 03: Reyes to Santangelo
Friday: Section 01: (makeups); Section 02: (makeups); Section 03: Tran,Tran, Woodley

MT Jan 12 – Jan 16, 2015

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Mon Jan 12

Notes: Rilke and the Myth Tradition

Read “Sonnets to Orpheus”

Answer Questions

HW: Crossword Puzzle for Orpheus and STUDY for tomorrow’s quiz
Quiz: Orpheus (Ovid and Virgil)

Tues Jan 13

Read “Origin of Japan and her People”

HW: Begin Notes on the list of terms: Izanagi, Izanami, Leech Baby, Floating Island, Advice from Sky Deities, Islands, Deities for each island, Travel to Underworld

Wed Jan 14

Finish Notes on the list of terms: Izanagi, Izanami, Leech Baby, Floating Island, Advice from Sky Deities, Islands, Deities for each island, Travel to Underworld

Close Reading Protocol

HW: Finish Close Reading

Thurs Jan 15

Discuss Close Reading for Japanese Myth

Notes: Looking at Art I

About Extra Credit Museum Paper

Fri Jan 16

Notes: Looking at Art II

MT 01/05 to 01/09/15

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PLEASE GO HERE TO DO YOUR ELF WRITE UP. I will accept write up no later than Wednesday, January 7 11:59 pm. (LINK: https://mixlatin.org/2015/01/03/elf-write-up/)

Monday, January 5

QW 01/05: Regret

NOTES 01/05: Calliope, Muses, Thrace, Mt. Parnassus, Apollo, lyre

Read “Orpheus Pt. 1”

At Home

HW 01/05: Answer Questions

Research your mini-topic for sharing tomorrow through Thursday —

Tomorrow: 1) naiads 2) Mt. Rhodope 3)Taenarus 4) Styx 5) Tartarus 6)Tantalus, 7) Ixion 8) Tityus 9) Belides

Wednesday: 10) Sisyphus 11) Furies 11) Avernus, 12) Story of Odysseus’ descent into Underworld 13) Story of Aeneas’ descent into Underworld

Thursday: 14) Story of Hercules’ descent into Underworld 15) Story of Theseus’ descent into Underworld 16) Olenos and Lethaea 17) Haemus, 18) Pisces.

Tuesday, January 6

Share Mini-Research topics 1-9 (NOTES!)

Discuss Answers for “Orpheus Pt. 1”

NOTES 01/06: Hymen, Marriage Rituals, Realms of Hades/Underworld, Katabasis

Read Ovid’s Metamorphoses Bk X “Orpheus and Eurydice”

At Home 01/06:

HW 01/06: Answer Questions

Wednesday, January 7

Share Mini-Research topics 10-13 (NOTES!)

QW 01/07: Snakes (3 other examples)

Discuss Answers for Ovid’s “Orpheus”

Read Virgil’s Georgics “Orpheus”

Compare and contrast Ovid and Virgil’s versions

At Home 01/07

HW: Finish Compare/Contrast

Thursday, January 8

Share Mini-Research topics 14-18 (NOTES!)

JIGSAW Activity: Book 10 – Orpheus’ Songs

1) lines 143-219: Ganymede; Hyacinthus

2) lines 220-242: The Propoetides

3) lines 243-297: Pygmalion and the statue

4) lines 503-559: Venus and Adonis

5) lines 708-739: Death of Adonis

At Home 01/08:

REFLECTION 01/08 (left-hand side, if possible): What do all these stories have in common? Are all these stories tragic? How so?

Friday, January 9

Crossword Puzzle Friday: Orpheus

Discuss tonight’s HW and connection to “Theseus”

At Home 01/09

View trailer for “The Hunger Games” (available on YouTube –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ)

“Elf” Write Up

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Final Writing Assignment (Before 11:59 pm January 4, 2015)

WRITE a short letter (one paragraph) to a friend recommending or not recommending the movie Elf and POST IT on my website in the “Leave A Reply” field. Make sure you provide a reason for your opinion.

Please make sure to include your first name and section number at the top!

MT December 22 and 23, 2014

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December 22, 2014

In Class: Complete the movie viewing guide to identify the following Literary Elements as we watch the Movie “Elf”: Setting • Character • Inference • Figurative Language • Fact vs. Opinion • Conflict

At Home: Touch up your movie notes.

December 23, 2014

In Class: Finish watching the movie “Elf” and Complete the movie viewing guide to identify the following Literary Elements as we watch the Movie “Elf”: Setting • Character • Inference • Figurative Language • Fact vs. Opinion • Conflict

At Home: Touch up your movie notes and complete the writing assignment before we return from break. Enjoy the break! See you January 5, 2015!

MT Agenda 12/8 – 12/12/14

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12/8

NOTES: Mesopotamia and Sumer (TERMS: mesopotamia, “cradle of civilization,” Bronze Age, 2900 B.C., 10 Elements of Civilization, cuneiform, ziggurat, city-states, Gilgamesh)

Distribute Handout for Chapter 1 Notes/Questions

HW: Read pages Ch 1 – 11-24; WRITE NOTES and ANSWERS for Ch 1 Questions

12/9

DISCUSS Ch 1 Notes and Answers

DISTRIBUTE Handout for Chapters 2 and 3 Notes/Questions

READ Ch 2 pp 27-50

WRITE NOTES for ANSWER Ch 2 Questions

HW: CONTINUE Chapter 2 NOTES and QUESTIONS

12/10

FINISH Notes and Answers for Ch 2

READ Ch 3 pp 53-87 WRITE NOTES for ANSWER Ch 3 Questions

HW: Continue Chapter 3 NOTES and QUESTIONS

12/11

Continue Chapter 3 NOTES and QUESTIONS

HW: Finish Chapter 3 NOTES and QUESTIONS

12/12

DISCUSS Notes and Answers for Ch 3

READ Ch 4

Gilgamesh Crossword Puzzle

HW: TBD