Monday, 02/28/11

World Literature
1. Read Siddhartha chapter 7 and do the questions (see below).
2. Fill in the Socratic Seminar Cornell notes sheet in preparation for the Socratic Seminar tomorrow.
3. Ascetic journal #12.

Sidd ch 7 Qs:

1. What is good about it Sidd’s life?  What is bad about it?
2. How does Siddhartha feel about his life?
3. What is Siddhartha’s hobby?
4. What was his Kamala dream about?
5. What was the Bird dream about?
6. Why does he feel dead?
7. What happens with Kamala at the end of the chapter?
8. What are the three major symbols used in the chapter?  What do they symbolize?

Composition
1. Read the myths of Aesculapius (293-295) and Aurora & Tithonus (304) and finish the back side of the summary sheet. (You can also download Apollo, Phaeton, and the Sun Chariot if you missed it).
2. Keep working on VPP14 stuff.

Friday, 02/25/11

World Literature
1. Do ascetic journals #9, 10, and 11.
2. Read Siddhartha chapter 6. Complete the A Samana At Heart sheet.
3. Do the VPP14 word pic.

Composition
1. Read the Mr. Power's version of the story of Arachne.
2. Fill in the summary sheet for the story.
3. Do the VPP14 word pic.

Thursday, 02/25/11

World Literature
1. Ascetic journal - keep it up each night!
2. Siddhartha chapter 5 - read it and do the comic.
*be ready for the chapter 5 quiz...the questions will be the following-

-Why doesn’t Sidd “ascend the tree” with the first woman in the chapter?
-Who are the two other named characters in the chapter, and what is the occupation (job) of each?
-What three things does Siddhartha say that he can do well?
-What thing does Siddhartha experience for the first time ever in this chapter?

Composition
1. Read the story of Prometheus and Io (page 78) and complete the sheet.

Tuesday/Wednesday, 02/22-23/11

World Literature
1. Ascetic journal. Continue making one entry per night. I will check them on Thursday.
2. Is Siddhartha arrogant? On a piece of paper, answer this question in 8-sentence body paragraph format, with two CDs from chapter 3 to back up your answer.
3. Read chapter 4, "Awakening,"  from Siddhartha and answer the chapter 4 questions (shown below):

1. As you read, what question(s) do you have?
2. Sidd decides to change what he is trying to do.  What is he going to ‘study’ or do now?  How has he not done that before in his life?
3. Why does he feel an “icy chill”?
4. He compares himself to a star. How is that so?
5. How is he different now?

Composition
1. Read the Lovers' myths and complete the timeline/event map sheet for them (and the flower myths if you didn't finish in class).

Friday, 02/18/11

World Literature
1. Ascetic journal - 3 entries on your own! (One for each day of the weekend)
2. Greek hero essay - final due next week.
3. Siddhartha ch. 2 read, answer questions:
1. How does Sidd act when he is with the Samanas?
2. What is his goal?
3. How does Sidd meditate?
4. What frustrates Sidd?
5. Complete the quote: “I could have learned more quickly and easily _______________________________”
6. According to Siddhartha, what can one learn?  Explain what he means.
7. Who is Gotama?
8. What does Sidd do with the oldest Samana, and what does this show about him?
Compositions
1. Myth Beings Card project. Due the day we get back.

Thursday, 02/17/11

World Literature
1. VPP13 - test & packet due tomorrow.
2. Greek Hero essay - final due when we come back next week.
3. Siddhartha - Ascetic journal. Mr. Power will check journal entries tomorrow. The chapter 1 quiz has the following questions:
Why is Siddhartha unhappy?
What does Siddhartha decide to do?
How does he convince his father?
Tomorrow we will start reading chapter 2 of Siddhartha. If you want to get ahead, here are the chapter 2 questions:

1. How does Sidd act when he is with the Samanas?
2. What is his goal?
3. How does Sidd meditate?
4. What frustrates Sidd?
5. Complete the quote: “I could have learned more quickly and easily _______________________________”
6. According to Siddhartha, what can one learn?  Explain what he means.
7. Who is Gotama?
8. What does Sidd do with the oldest Samana, and what does this show about him?

Composition
1. VPP13 - test & packet due tomorrow.
2. Myth beings card project - due when we come back next week.
3. Finish your Creation myth sheet & event maps if you are not already finished.

Wednesday, 02/16/11

Attention all parents and students!

There is a change in the class detention policy: If a student receives detention, he or she must serve that detention before returning to class the next day. If a student misses detention, he or she is responsible for serving that detention the following morning before class begins. Otherwise he or she will not be able to attend class. Any assignments missed because of this will be late and/or marked with a zero.


World Literature
1. VPP13 stuff, again.
2. Greek hero essay. Final draft due Tuesday.
3. Ascetic journal. Pick the thing you will be giving up and write your first entry this evening. Write another one tomorrow evening. We will check the first two on Friday. Also, start reading chapter 2 of Siddhartha. If you want to get ahead on the chapter 2 questions, here they are:
1. How does Sidd act when he is with the Samanas?
2. What is his goal?
3. How does Sidd meditate?
4. What frustrates Sidd?
5. Complete the quote: “I could have learned more quickly and easily _______________________________”
6. According to Siddhartha, what can one learn?  Explain what he means.
7. Who is Gotama?
8. What does Sidd do with the oldest Samana, and what does this show about him?

Composition
1. VPP13 stuff, continued.
2. Myth card project! Due Tuesday.
3. Study your 'big 14' gods and goddesses to be ready for the quiz on Friday.

Tuesday, 02/15/11

World Literature
1. VPP13 stuff (spelling quiz tomorrow). Siddhartha chapter 1 quiz tomorrow, too.
2. Greek hero essay rough draft due tomorrow, typed or written out. Packet here.
3. Come up with the thing you are going to give up for your ascetic journal. Also, start reading chapter 2 of Siddhartha. If you want to get ahead on the chapter 2 questions, here they are:
1. How does Sidd act when he is with the Samanas?
2. What is his goal?
3. How does Sidd meditate?
4. What frustrates Sidd?
5. Complete the quote: “I could have learned more quickly and easily _______________________________”
6. According to Siddhartha, what can one learn?  Explain what he means.
7. Who is Gotama?
8. What does Sidd do with the oldest Samana, and what does this show about him?

Composition
1.VPP13 stuff.
2. Myth card project!
3. Finish the Creation Story timeline/event map and worksheet.

Ascetic Journal (Siddhartha)

How do we get rid of our suffering? According to Hindu and Buddhist tradition, it is by giving things up and getting rid of our desires. This is how we are going to practice doing that:

The Ascetic Journal Project
1. Choose one thing to give up. This should be something that you use or do every day.
2. Make one entry every night (1-4 paragraphs) about what it was like having to give up that thing for the day.
3. Label each entry with the day’s date (we will go for two weeks).
4. All entries will be put together on looseleaf or a journal/notebook (it's up to you which). We will turn them in periodically throughout the journal time.

Here's the beginning of what a sample entry might look like if a student were to give up using his or her phone:
Day 4 – 02/15/11
    Today was rough. The first few days I didn’t really miss my cell phone that much – I mean, it was tough not to be able to make calls, but I sort of enjoyed the freedom of not being tied down to messages and responding back to people. This morning was different, though. I heard that Laura had texted me about what Matt said last night, and I really wanted to talk to her about it. I was aching to text her or call her, but I got to school with just enough time to meet with my wonderful English teacher and get the stuff from my locker before class started. I saw Matt in the hallway and I didn’t know what I wanted to say. I feel like not having this phone is…

The journal is worth 20 project points by the end of the two weeks.

Monday, 02/14/11

World Literature
1. VPP13 - notecards, etc.
2. Greek hero essay! Rough draft due Wednesday - be sure the packet is filled out and you have it written/typed up into paragraphs.
3. Be ready to start Siddhartha tomorrow. (Click here to find the full text online).

Composition
1. VPP13 - notecards, etc.
2. Myth card project!!! Due, uh, Monday.

Find pictures and much more information on the gods at:
http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/index.html

Friday, 02/11/11

World Literature
1. VPP13 word picture.
2. Greek hero essay - get CDs from the book to support your thesis. If you didnt' get the packet in class, you can download the packet we will be filling out here.

*If you're planning on doing the Odyssey extra credit, this might help - here's a link to the Odyssey made-for-TV movie mentioned on the sheet!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-477642800802772504#

Many thanks to Miles for hooking us up with this.

Composition
1. VPP13 word picture.
2. Continue working on the Myth Beings Card Project. Due Thursday, February 17th.

(You can also work on the 'Big 14' gods and goddesses of Greek mythology chart)

The website where you can find a Magic: The Gathering card generator for your card project is here:

http://magic.falseblue.com/

Thursday, 02/10/11

World Literature
1. Greek hero essay introduction - finish! Also, continue working on the essay by starting to get CDs from the book to support your thesis. You download the packet we will be filling out here.
2. Odyssey timeline...
3. VPP12 - test tomorrow.

*If you're planning on doing the Odyssey extra credit, this might help - here's a link to the Odyssey made-for-TV movie mentioned on the sheet!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-477642800802772504#

Many thanks to Miles for hooking us up with this.

Composition
1. Continue working on the Myth Beings Card Project. Due Thursday, February 17th.
2. Complete the Demeter & Dionysus notes summary/reflection.
3. VPP12 - test tomorrow.

(You can also work on the 'Big 14' gods and goddesses of Greek mythology chart)

The website where you can find a Magic: The Gathering card generator for your card project is here:

http://magic.falseblue.com/

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Tuesday/Wednesday, 02/08/11

World Literature
1. Greek hero essay - finish the introduction paragraph by filling in the introduction sheet in the organizer packet.
2. Finish the Odyssey timeline.
3. Keep working on VPP12...

*If you're planning on doing the Odyssey extra credit, this might help - here's a link to the Odyssey made-for-TV movie mentioned on the sheet!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-477642800802772504#

Many thanks to Miles for hooking us up with this.

Composition
1. Finish Cornell notes on the mythological beings, pages 24-47 (part 1 chapter 1 - the gods) in our Mythology books. Due Thursday.
2. Start working on your Mythology Beings Card project.
3. Keep working on VPP12...

The website where you can find a Magic: The Gathering card generator for your card project is here:

http://magic.falseblue.com/

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Monday, 02/07/11

World Literature
1. Odysseus's facebook profile page - due by midnight tonight.
2. Socratic Seminar questions #2 on Greek Heroism.
3. VPP12 stuff.

Composition
1. Continue Cornell notes on the mythological beings, pages 24-47 (part 1 chapter 1 - the gods) in our Mythology books. Due Thursday.
2. VPP12 stuff.

Thursday, 02/03/11

World Literature
1. VPP11 stuff/study.  Test tomorrow.
2. The Odyssey reading & Reading Guide questions are due by Monday.
3. Odysseus Facebook profile page - email due Monday at midnight.

Composition
1. VPP11 stuff/study.  Test tomorrow.
2. Continue Cornell notes on the mythological beings, pages 24-47 (part 1 chapter 1 - the gods) in our Mythology books.

Tuesday/Wednesday, 02/01-02/11

World Literature
1. Finish your poem with allusions.  Download the Face That Launched a Thousand Ships sheet here.
2. Do the Odyssey day 3 questions.

***work on Odysseus's Facebook profile page!

Composition
1. Finish your symbolism essay final draft (due Thursday, or earlier for extra credit).
2. Finish your origin myth - it should be typed and double-spaced (due Thursday, or earlier for extra credit).
3. VPP11 vocab stuff.

Odysseus's Facebook Profile

Project for World Literature - Odysseus's Facebook Profile

We are going to be creating a Facebook profile for the Greek hero Odysseus.  You may work alone or with a single partner. Here's how to do it:

1. Go to www.myfakewall.com

2. Sign up for an account, and create a new page.

3. Name your page 'Odysseus'.  Spelling counts!

4. Continue creating Odysseus's Facebook profile by adding pictures, profile information, a friends list, another list (enemies? gods? it's up to you!), status updates, comments from other 'users', and other information.

5. Get your information from the book, and add information as you go.  Get pictures from the internet.

6. Make sure the first friends on the list are you and your partner.

7. Remember that Facebook profiles list events in reverse chronological order.  ORDER IS IMPORTANT. Order and re-order your posts correctly before you are finished.

8. This is a 20-point project.  The more complex and clever your profile, the higher your score.

9. When you are finished, copy the link to your profile and send it to me via email (mrpower451@gmail.com).  You should include a proper email title, and include the link, your name, your partner's name, your class, and the period.

10. The project (your email) is due before midnight, Monday, February 7th.

Here's a link to the fake Achilles profile that Mr. Power was working on in class:
www.myfakewall.com/w/Achilles
Use it for ideas!