Due: Monday, November 5

1.  In your notes, list examples of the character, symbolic, and situational archetypes as seen in Gilgamesh and in Genesis.

Due: Friday, November 2

1. Read archetype handout. Take notes. Come to class with any questions you may have.

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Due: October 31st/ November 1st

1. Summary of today's Socratic seminar

2. Read 63-73 in text. Annotate and take notes. Use your close reading questions and your new literary structural elements to help your analysis.

Due: Tuesday, October 30

Your first Socratic seminar is on Tuesday. Please do the following to prepare:
1. Review the Socratic seminar handout I gave in class on Monday. Review the differences between dialogue and debate, the guidelines and the scoring.
2. Write four questions (as instructed on the 'questions' handout) addressing the notes, which you have been preparing (quest, epic, myth, oral poetry) and Gilgamesh.

Themes of Gilgamesh and MYTH- Monday's class

Major themes of Gilgamesh:
1. Problem with kingship (power)
2. Fear of death
3. Fear of women
4. Love between men
5. The role of gods

Myth: a shared ancestral history passed down consciously from generation to generation.
Characteristics:
1. Explains the happenings of the past with a sense of what is to happen in the future
2 Acts as the glue that sticks a society together; provides a sense of identity
3. Provides a moral code for society

Look for textual evidence to support these themes and characteristics of a myth.. place in your notes.
Be ready for discussion on Monday

Due: Monday, October 29

1. Your notes must be completed with textual evidence of the following literary terms/devices:
      - Oral poetry
      - Epic
      - Myth
      - Themes of Gilgamesh:

Again, you need textual evidence for each of the characteristics of these devices... not just the devices in your notes.

Bring your book, daily.

Online Inquiry #1: Gilgamesh

After reading the selection from The Epic of Gilgamesh and the handout on the discovery and importance of Gilgamesh, respond to the following prompt ONLINE! You will simply respond to THIS post. First, however, you will need to sign in to eblogger. You may use your gmail account. You must sign in to post. Once you sign in then type in the text box below my post.

Remember this is a formal writing assignment because I am your audience.. It doesn't matter how you are used to writing online; it matters only who your audience is!


Question:
After reading the two quotes by Sandars and Abusch on your handout, what quote do you feel best captures the importance of Gilgamesh and why?

Remember to refer to specific elements of the quote to support your answer. Avoid vague references.

Due: Friday, October 26

1. Online inquiry response from the Gilgamesh handout given to you in class on Wednesday/Thursday. Post online by your class time on Friday! It will not be accepted after your class begins.

2. Evidence in notes of the characteristics of the epic and oral poetry in Gilgamesh. This is text evaluation. Notes do not have to be perfect, but they need to show depth!

Due: Wednesday and Thursday

1. Poetry terms TEST!  You can SOOOO do this!! All terms! 80% or better!

Monday and Tuesday: October 22 and 23

Monday:
1. Read Gilgamesh in your fabulous world lit textbooks!! It begins on page 32. Read the introductory pages!!!! Think prologue! Annotate and when you start studying place it into organized notes... This WILL help..
2. Study Gilgamesh and the Oral Tradition/Gilgamesh notes.. Quiz on Monday


REVISON!! (10/22)
WEDNESDAY:
1. ALL POETRY TERMS test! You can do it! Rememember.. 80% FYI... you will have this test in the last few weeks of the school year.

Due: Tuesday, October 16th

1. No additional homework. Study poetry terms for quiz on Wednesday and look through your reading notes- evaluate, add, subtract where you see necessary.

Due: Monday the 15th

1. Read pages 16~31 in your new fabulous babies (textbooks). Annotate with post its and put into notes. Quiz Monday.

Poetry Terms Tests 1 and 2

Here is the schedule for your poetry terms tests...

Monday, October 15th- Flash cards due
Wednesday, October 17th- Test #1, Lyric- 8 types of meter
Tuesday, October 23rd- Test #2, ALL TERMS

Remember: You must get at least an 80% on TEST 2 for a grade to be recorded! Let's not take this test more than 1 time!

Writing To Dos or... Please Don'ts

As I am reading your paragraphs from the 8 steps of writing process, I am seeing some repeated problems as I move student to student. I am going to place a list here, so you can reference this and pay attention to some issues that may arise in your own writing...  You aren't alone ;)

* Oh, and my caps are not yelling.. they are emphasizing ;)


DOs and DON'Ts

1. Do not use 2nd person pronoun YOU... It is very informal!! We will be writing predominately in 3rd person in this class.. and most of your classes! (He, she, it, they, etc. And remember anteceedent usage)

2.  Please remember to use transitional words between your sentences. They are to indicate to your reader the RELATIONSHIP between your sentences.. they are not to be dropped in... and I know they are on the list, but we are going to throw out "First, Second, Third" and "In conclusion" and "In summary"

3.  When you are including quotes in your writing (which you will be doing A LOT), you must have some of your own words in EACH sentence. You cannot have a quote in a sentence by itself. Use the tag line and/or implement it into your sentence in a grammatically correct manner.

4.  When you mention the author in the tag line or the introduction to a quote, you do not need to mention their name in the parenthetical citation.

5.  Speaking of parenthetical citation, double check that you are doing yours correctly.. check punctuation, etc.

6. Explain your examples! Don't throw an example out there and expect the reader to make the connection. Explain how it supports your thesis.

7.  Don't end your paragraph with someone else's words (a quote); you need to have the last word.

Due: Friday, October 12th

1. Pick 2 of the following questions (1 from each chapter). Restate the question (remember a thesis is an answer to an intellectual question), answer the question, support it with ample evidence that is accompanied with evidence from the text (documented correctly). Remember your structure of writing!
Do your best! Think beyond the obvious! Build a theory!

1.     How does the structure contribute to Kip’s story? 

2.     What is Kip’s REAL purpose of his quest and what does it tell us about Kip?

3.     Does James Joyce do a good job making his readers feel as if they are a part of the dinner table?  Why or why not?

4.     Do you think the lack of dinner gatherings says anything about today’s society?  Why?



2.  POETRY terms- Flash cards due on MONDAY.  Test #1 will be WEDNESDAY of next week.

PLAN Test- Wed. and Thurs

Remember- the PLAN test is on Wednesday and Thursday.
Bring 2 #2 pencils.
Report at 8:30 on WEDNESDAY... 7:30 on THURSDAY

Wednesday-
4th Hour: My room
2nd Hour: Lecture/Elliott Hall
6th Hour: Lecture/Elliott Hall

Thursday-
5th: My room

Due: October 9th

1. Read chapter 2 of How to Read Like a Professor. Annotate and then organize your annotations into Cornell notes.
2. Be ready for quiz over chapters 1 and 2, annotation/Cornell notes and some reasons why we study literature.

Due: October 5th

1. "Why we study literature" ad poster due today.

Due: Wednesday or Thursday (10/3, 10/4)

1. Read through the close reading questions and then annotate the poem, "Spring and Fall"
2. Read through and annotate the reasons "Why We Study Literature"

Bring both to class next class period.

Due: October 1st

1.  Read through the annotation handout.
2. Read the "Why We Study Literature" handout and practice annotations.

Come to class ready to discuss!

Due: September 26th (2,4,6)

1. Two paragraphs of the five with steps 7 and 8 implemented.
2. All are due on Friday

Due: September 25th

1. Do step 6 of writing with all 5 of the class-chosen topics. Do not just fill in.. think about what is the distance of the thesis and supporting points. Clearly label each step.

Due: September 24th

1. Handout on steps 4 and 5 of writing. Topic examples- do step 4 (thesis) and step 5 (basic paragraph structure) for each topic.

Due: September 21st

1. Quiz over communication, steps 1-5 of writing, Schu's rules of writing.

Due: Friday, September 21st.

1. Quiz over steps 1-5 of writing.
(Other things from the semester will be asked, as well)

Due Tuesday, September 18th

1. Bring articles from class today to discuss tomorrow.
2. Write a thesis for each of the following headlines from today's news (Monday)

- "Chicago Teachers' Not Happy with Proposed Contract; Strike Continues"
- "US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan"
- "Richer Communities Get more Funds from EPA to Clean up Toxic Brownfields"
- "Police Find 17 Bodies Dumped on Road in Mexico"
- "Pope Tells Christians in Beirut: 'Be Peacemakers'
- "It's Official! Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban Joining American Idol!"

Due Friday, September 14th

1. I will be checking Steps 1-4 of writing that you have been doing with the five subjects you picked as a class. Make sure that EACH step is CLEARLY labled.
2. On your Step 4 (from above)... make sure that you have evaluated your 5 thesis statements.. looking at what they have and what they are missing. Jot down notes on each thesis.
3.  Finish the "Our Thesis Statements" handout. Spend some time on this... really evaluate!