Sunday, August 28, 2016

Weekly Agenda 8.29-9.2

MONDAY
Review Joyce's "Araby:" connections to the Bible, especially to "The Fall" (Genesis 3).
Begin Reading “Chapter 14,” including the list of Christ-Like traits
-brainstorm literary and popular examples of Christ-Like characters
HW Read Chapter 14: "Yes, She's a ..." and annotate for connections to books you've read and helpful ideas.

TUESDAY
Read Cain and Abel: Is God justified in his punishment of Cain?
Discuss the “Role of Woman in the Old Testament”
-Duhrer “The Four Witches”
Review Chapter 14
Identify and discuss universal archetypes in the Bible.  Do these archetypes exist in more modern, popular mediums?
-archetypal criminal
-archetypal mother, wife, babe in arms
-Duhrer “Adam and Eve”
-Duhrer “The Lamentation of Christ”

Consider the New Testament, what imagery is associated with Christ?  Consider artist renderings, how are they similar? Different?
-share, use language from your unit to describe what you see.
HW Add to Journal #1: a thorough paragraph enumerating connections between the Bible and Candide.
Candide Quiz Wednesday

WEDNESDAY
Candide Quiz
Candide Unit Handout
HW for FRIDAY: Reading Journal Entry #2 -Candide

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
College Writing: Memory Rant Technique
-quaker share
UC/Common App Prompts
-dos and don’ts
-Video
-AP Lit. Exam
HW for TUESDAY: Revise, Formalize, and Type Memory, turn in hard copy Tuesday.


ESSAY due September 15th, in hand. : Either work from your Memory Essay, or start anew, or turn in a work in progress from the summer.  Respond to one prompt, include prompt at the top of essay.  Formatting is important, MLA only!  Turn in hard copy for comments and credit.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Welcome Back! Fall 2016

WELCOME BACK to SCHOOL!

Before the end of the week please do the following:
REGISTER with my class for turnitin.com
Class Id #: 13267270
Password: Password
The email and password you use should be easy to remember.
Visit my blog: stevenslitcomp.blogspot.com and report something you learned from the site.

AGENDA and HOMEWORK
Monday-Tuesday
Welcome
-brief overview of the class
-expectations

Reading Journal Expectations and practice
-practice A1, A2, B, C, D

Summer Reading Expectations and Pacing
How It Went Down
-Looking closely at the power of language
-graphic organizer
Practice Journal Entry
-share out


HW For Friday: Entry #1: Bible “Old”
BIBLE as Literature
UNIT HANDOUT
Thursday-FRIDAY
Focus on 1-2 stories from the Old Testament
-share
-self-grade guide


Concept Circles Demonstration:
Concepts are ideas you link together by some reasonable connection.


Reread “Tower of Babel.”  What is the unifying theme of the story? Etiology


Identify and discuss universal archetypes in the Bible.  Do these archetypes exist in more modern, popular mediums?


Consider the New Testament, what imagery is associated with Christ?  Consider artist renderings, how are they similar? Different?
-share, use language from your unit to describe what you see.
HW Add to Journal #1: a thorough paragraph enumerating connections between the Bible and Candide.

Read Chapter 14: “Yes, She’s a Christ Figure, Too”

AND, CANDIDE Reading Quiz Wednesday

Welcome Back! Fall 2016

WELCOME BACK to SCHOOL!

Before the end of the week please do the following:
REGISTER with my class for turnitin.com
Class Id #: 13267270
Password: Password
The email and password you use should be easy to remember.
Visit my blog: stevenslitcomp.blogspot.com and report something you learned from the site.

AGENDA and HOMEWORK
Monday-Tuesday
Welcome
-brief overview of the class
-expectations

Reading Journal Expectations and practice
-practice A1, A2, B, C, D

Summer Reading Expectations and Pacing
How It Went Down
-Looking closely at the power of language
-graphic organizer
Practice Journal Entry
-share out

HW For Friday: Entry #1: Bible “Old”
BIBLE as Literature
UNIT HANDOUT
Thursday-FRIDAY
Focus on 1-2 stories from the Old Testament
-share
-self-grade guide

Concept Circles Demonstration:
Concepts are ideas you link together by some reasonable connection.

Reread “Tower of Babel.”  What is the unifying theme of the story? Etiology

Identify and discuss universal archetypes in the Bible.  Do these archetypes exist in more modern, popular mediums?

Consider the New Testament, what imagery is associated with Christ?  Consider artist renderings, how are they similar? Different?
-share, use language from your unit to describe what you see.
HW Add to Journal #1: a thorough paragraph enumerating connections between the Bible and Candide.

Read Chapter 14: “Yes, She’s a Christ Figure, Too”

AND--> CANDIDE Reading Quiz Wednesday