Weekly Agenda 8.31-9.4

The Bible/College Writing

MONDAY and TUESDAY
DUE: Typed-MLA Memory Rant
Quaker Share: Memory Rant

Discuss Remaining Chapter 7
-how does the author use various examples?
For literary purposes: reread Tower of Babel.  Look at the unifying principal of the story.  Discuss etiology.

Independent Book Talk: Make a list, be prepared to commit to 1-2 for next week.

DUE TUESDAY-New Testament

Review Reading Journal Entries

3-Q Swap: Chapter 14 "Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too"
HW CANDIDE QUIZ THURSDAY; Finish Reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal" for Friday.

WEDNESDAY
Concept Circles demonstration
(concepts are ideas you can link together by some reasonable connection)
-group/organize Bible terms into Concept Circles

Identify and discuss universal archetypes in the Bible.  What popular high school books contain examples of these archetypes.  What might be an authors purpose in including such archetypes?

Consider New Testament images of Christ; analyze how the artist portrays him.  In your analysis include language from the "recommended terms."

Journal Entry #2: Find evidence for 3 "Thoughtful Questions" for Thursday.

THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Review Entry #2

Bridge between The Bible and Candide
Candide Unit Handout/Vocabulary List
PPT: Historical Context
-17th Century, Enlightenment, Voltaire
--share Pope and Swift Quotations
---explicate Pope poem for style, meaning, effect

PPT: Philosophies: deism, determinism, optimism/skepticism, rationalism

Assign different philosophies to different characters or events in Candide.
HW In your Reading Journal, mark off a section for collected VOCABULARY: start collecting with words from the Candide list.
AND, READ "A MODEST PROPOSAL" by SWIFT: see Vocabulary List LINK
AND, consider the UC Prompt and the Common App. prompt; complete Graphic Organizer for TUESDAY.  
AND, know what title you will read by WEDNESDAY, as well.

8.26-8.28

Bible as Literature

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY
Reading Journal Entry #1: Bible as Lit.; focus on 1-2 stories from the Old Testament.  Complete A1 and A2, and 2 other options.
-share
-self-grade guide

Bible as Literature PPT
-notes
-unit handout


HW for MONDAY, write a 1 page (12 pt font) memory rant.  And, finish reading Chapter 7 from "How to Read like a Professor."
  

NEXT WEEK
Concept Circles demonstration
(concepts are ideas you can link together by some reasonable connection)
-group/organize Bible terms into Concept Circles

For literary purposes: reread Tower of Babel.  Look at the unifying principal of the story.  Discuss etiology.

Identify and discuss universal archetypes in the Bible.  What popular high school books contain examples of these archetypes.  What might be the authors purpose in including such archetypes?

Consider New Testament images of Christ; analyze how the artist portrays him.  In your analysis include language from the "recommended terms."

Journal Entry #2: Find evidence for 3 "Thoughtful Questions" for TUESDAY.

Share connections between Bible and Candide (cite sources).
Fine-tune "memory rant."

College Essays...

Independent Reading Book Talk (limited)

Welcome! 8.24-8.25 Turnitin.com Information

Welcome Back to School for the 2015-2016 year!

This is where you will find information for weekly agenda and homework assignments. Last week we practiced 3-levels of questions with our school summer reading book, Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline.  We also looked at defining vocabulary within context, and symbolism.

MONDAY and TUESDAY 8.24
HW Due: Course Outline Signatures
We will continue working with Ready Player One by identifying and defining more vocabulary within the context of the text;
as well as, by tracing the symbolism of Halliday's "Easter Egg," we will generate a pathway to one of Cline's critical themes using a "symbol-motif-theme" chart.

Next, we will create a t-graph, wherein, we collect evidence from the text, and make connections to our personal lives, popular culture, and other books we have read.
Finally, we will explore the "Glossary Entry" with literary devices from Ready Player One.

HW due WEDNESDAY: Bring your Single Subject Spiral or Composition Book dedicated as your READING JOURNAL.  BRING The Bible, as well.
AND, create a turnitin.com user profile and log into my class:

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