SCHOLARS CLASS SYLLABUS
Meditation every morning for the first 10 minutes of class.
Monday - Wednesday, June 13th - 16th
Last week of school!
Monday - End-of-Semester Presentations
Tuesday - End-of-Semester Presentations
Wednesday - End-of-Semester Presentations
Monday - Friday, June 6th - 10th
Monday - Final response paper - how to live rightly!
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Final Semester Project Work Day.
Thursday - Peer editing.
Friday - Final touches.
Tuesday - Friday, May 31st - June 3rd
No school Monday for Memorial Day
Tuesday (BLOCK) - So much stuff: survey, meditation, Free Air! Buddy Wakefield, meditation, notes on Siddhartha.
Thursday - Vocab Jeopardy.
Friday - Vocab exam! Finish the book by today, so we can talk about it. Your FINAL for Siddhartha will be an essay combining your understanding of the text, Free Air! Buddy Wakefield, and your own thoughts on "how to live rightly".
Monday - Friday, May 23rd - 27th
Monday - Finish H.J. assignment from Friday. Work on group portion of the Eightfold Path assignment.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Skills demo on Siddhartha. Read through PAGE 85!
Thursday - Notes & discussion on Siddhartha.
Friday - End-of-the-Year Project.
Siddhartha Vocabulary QUIZLET
Monday - Friday, May 16th - 20th
Monday - Slideshow on Buddhism Intro to Siddhartha. Read Part 1 (through page 42) for Friday.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Siddhartha vocabulary - link below. Work day for the End-of-Semester Project - link below. Here are the sentences we came up with: VOCAB SENTENCES.
Thursday - Research on the Eight Fold Path.
Thursday - Research on the Eight Fold Path.
Friday - Finish Research on the Eight Fold Path - we'll come back to this on Monday. Practice assignment on Part 1 of the book - trace Siddhartha's journey so far along the Hero's Journey Cycle.
Remember This? Document Link: 12 Steps of the Hero's Journey
Siddhartha Vocabulary QUIZLET
Document Link: Scholars End-of-the-Year Project
Monday - Friday, May 9th - 13th
Monday - Finish the film.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Reading about meditation HERE & try it out. Bhagavad-Vita! Read sections and do some notes.
Thursday - Read and analyze a section of the Gita excerpt.
Friday - Share in a group and present a list of Rules to Live By from the Gita.
The Seven Deadly Social Networks
The Seven Deadly Social Networks
Monday - Friday, May 2nd - 6th
Monday - Presentations begin!
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Probably continuing today.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Probably continuing today.
Thursday - Last day of presentations, plus viewing.
Friday - Began The Inferno "puppet show" movie.
Monday - Friday, April 25th - 29th
Monday - Infernal Project work day.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Infernal Project work day.
Thursday - One more work day.
Friday - Okay, last one.
Coming soon: a review of internal punctuation!
Coming soon: a review of internal punctuation!
Monday - Friday, April 18th - 22nd
Monday - Infernal Quiz #3 & illsutrations of Canti 18-27. Read through Canto 30 for tomorrow.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Discuss canti in small groups and present. Grammar review of internal punctuation. For Thursday: FINISH THE BOOK.
Thursday - Discuss the last four canti. Illustrations.
Friday - Finish illustrations and begin the Infernal Project.
Monday - Friday, April 11th - 15th
Monday - Questions & notes on Canti 18-20. For tomorrow, read through Canto 24.
Tuesday - David Brooks article: The Body and the Spirit (New York Times) and short skills demo. Questions & notes on Canti 21-24. Read through Canto 27 for Thursday.
Thursday - Questions & notes on Canti 25-27.
Friday - No school: 3rd Quarter grading day.
For Monday 4/18: Infernal Quiz #3 on Canti 18-27. Illustrate these canti.
For Monday 4/18: Infernal Quiz #3 on Canti 18-27. Illustrate these canti.
Monday - Friday, April 4th - 8th
Monday - Notes on Canti 9-12. For tomorrow, read through Canto 15.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Last couple of questions from Monday (lower Hell & 7th circle) and notes on Canti 13-15. Inferno Quiz - In which circle would you be sentenced? Talk about the Infernal Project. Read Canti 16 & 17 for Thursday.
Thursday - Notes on Canti 16 & 17.
Friday - Infernal Quiz #2 on Canti 9-17. Illustrate these canti.
Monday - Friday, March 28th - April 1st
Monday - Intro to Dante, check out The Inferno and read Cantos 1-3 for tomorrow.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Discuss 1-3, symbolism, themes emerging. Read Cantos 4-8 for Thursday.
Thursday - Discuss Cantos 4-8 and be ready for a quiz tomorrow.
Friday - Infernal Quiz #1 and illustrations of the first eight cantos.
SPRING BREAK!
Monday - Friday, March 14th - 18th
Monday - Quotes from The Seventh Seal: link HERE. Respond & discuss.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Start the movie - The Seventh Sea!
Thursday - Movie!
Friday - Movie response.
Monday - Friday, March 7th - 11th
Monday - Your Friend the Rat! and a some self-directed research about The Black Plague.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Continue with our research and do some discussion. Start The Decameron by Boccaccio - it's so great! Remember your movie permission slip!
Thursday - Continue reading.
Friday - Black Plague PSA's for the City of Florence.
DECAMERON TEXT ONLINE
(This is not the MARK MUSA translation we're using in class, but it's the only online version I can find. It's a little old-fashioned - sorry!).
NYTimes Article for the future: Is Humanity Getting Better?
NYTimes Article for the future: Is Humanity Getting Better?
Monday - Friday, February 29th - March 4th
Monday - Continue Revelation from Chapter 12.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - NPR Fresh Air interview with Elaine Pagels. Link to notes page HERE. Skills demo to be posted on Google Classroom for listening skills.
Thursday - Finish Revelation - skills demo response.
Friday - Final Revelation assignment: The Anti-Christ - A Historical Puzzle on Google Classroom.
Monday - Friday, February 22nd - 26th
Monday - Begin reading The Book of Revelation. Online text available below.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - The Book of Revelation and vocab study time.
Thursday - The Book of Revelation.
Friday - Illustrations & some End-of-the-Year Project work time.
ONLINE TEXT - REVELATIONS (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
Tuesday - February 16th - 19th
No school on Monday for President's Day!
Tuesday (BLOCK) - National Geographic video on The Book of Revelation. Revelations research assignment & website evaluation - link on Google Classroom.
Thursday - 20 minutes to finish the website evaluation activity. Reading/Link: The Apocalypse: A Roundtable Discussion. Consider one of the "rounds of questions" posed by the PBS interviewer, as assigned, and be ready to summarize the answers of the various scholars on the discussion panel. Take notes as you read - you will be on a discussion panel for these topics!
Friday - Finish discussion panels & JEOPARDY.
Monday - Friday, February 8th - 12th
Monday - Final "In a World..." Project work day. Skills: W.3, SL.4 and SL.6.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Presentations!
Thursday - Done? Finish up the vocabulary for Apocalyptica and write trivia questions - links BELOW.
Friday - Valentine Haiku Showdown!
Apocalyptica Trivia Assignment
Monday - Friday, February 1st - 5th
Monday - Begin readings: "Does Anyone Really Believe in the Mayan Apocalypse?" and generate three questions - see the document link HERE. Evaluate each others' questions.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Evaluate "generated" questions from yesterday. "Dark Side" Skills Demo - on Google Classroom. Intro to the "In a World..." Project. Here's some inspiration: Lake Bell's Best Trailer List.
Thursday - Read "5 Pop Culture Apocalyptic Scenarios..." and project work day.
Friday - Apocalyptica Vocabulary Part 1 - link above. Project work day.
Monday - Thursday, January 25th - 28th
First semester ends on Thursday!
Monday - Finish up the Ramayana Presentations.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Intro to Apocalyptica. Discussion and notes.
Thursday - End-of-the-Year Project work day.
Document Link: Scholars End-of-the-Year Project
Apocalyptica Vocabulary Link Here
Tuesday - Friday, January 19th - 22nd
No school Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Junior.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Begin research and developing presentations for Ramayana Storytelling Project.
Thursday - Continue project.
Friday - Begin presentations.
Monday - Friday, January 11th - 15th
Monday - Reading and notes - The Ramayana.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Finish reading and discuss.
Thursday - Movie time!
Friday - Movie time! Introduce Ramayana Storytelling Project.
Tuesday - Friday, January 5th - 8th
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Intro to Hinduism and The Ramayana. First few minutes of this YouTube video. Movie permission slips for Sita Sings the Blues. In class reading and notes.
Thursday - In class reading and notes.
Friday - Character illustrations and notes.
Winter Break!
Monday - Friday, December 14th - 18th
Monday - Beowulf final.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Begin writing for the Worst Christmas Story Ever Contest.
Thursday - Finish up stories.
Friday - WORST CHRISTMAS STORY EVER CONTEST!
Monday - Friday, December 7th - 11th
Monday - Practice assignment on Beowulf, up to Chapter 23. Read through Chapter 26 (page 75) for tomorrow.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Notes on Anglo-Saxon literature (HERE) and the epic poem and kennings activity. Read through Chapter 33 (page 94) for Thursday. MONSTER PROJECT, if there is time.
Thursday - Monster Project presentations? Book notes and themes. Read through Chapter 39 (page 111) for tomorrow.
Friday - Finish the book for Monday. There will be a FINAL!
Monday - Friday, November 30th - December 4th
Monday - Introductory notes to Beowulf - LINK HERE.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Check the book out from the library. Start reading and doing notes. Read through CHAPTER 12 for Thursday.
Thursday - Work in pairs to look for Christian and pagan elements, revelations about Anglo-Saxon culture, and portrayals of nature, warriors, and leadership. Present to the class. For tomorrow (Friday), please read through Chapter 15 (page 43).
Friday - Read through Chapter 23 (page 66) for Monday. Illustrations.
Monday & Tuesday, November 23rd & 24th
Monday - Movie time!
Tuesday - Finish the film and write a response drawing parallels with The Odyssey.
THANKSGIVING BREAK!
Monday - Friday, November 16th - 20th
Monday - The Odyssey essay - work day.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - The Odyssey essay - work day.
Thursday - Peer editing and sharing. Editing guidelines are HERE.
Friday - Start the movie: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Monday - Friday, November 9th - 13th
Tuesday (special conference schedule) - Grammar focus on COMMAS.
Wednesday - Veteran's Day/No School
Thursday - Discuss the final section of The Odyssey.
Friday - Brainstorm and develop outline for the final essay.
Next week - Sentence Structure presentation.
Next week - Sentence Structure presentation.
Monday - Thursday, November 2nd - 5th
Monday - Letters from The Odyssey.
Tuesday - Part 3 of the reading is DUE. Discussion and presentation assignment.
Thursday - Continue presentations.
Friday - Grading Day/No School.
THE ODYSSEY
DUE Tuesday, Oct 20th
DUE Tuesday, Oct 27th
DUE TuesDAY, NOV 3rd
Due Tuesday, Nov 10th
Monday - Friday, October 26th - 30th
Monday - Continue with The Odyssey. Please take a reading period today and be ready for the skills demo tomorrow.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Reading due and Skills Demo on Part 2 about PTSD in The Odyssey, based on the NY Times article: Back from War, but Not Really Home.
Thursday - Vocabulary Skills Demo - Botany of Desire + The Odyssey master list.
Friday - HALLOWEEN HAIKU SHOWDOWN!
Monday - Friday, October 19th - 23rd
Monday - Chinese Nomads are Caught between Two Worlds - NPR Podcast and tiny skills demo on Google Classroom.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Discussion questions on the first reading section. Be ready to present your work.
Thursday - Odyssey VOCAB QUIZLET.
Friday - Illustrations!
Monday - Friday, October 12th - 16th
Monday - Short skills demo on Genesis 11 - The Origin of Language.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Intro to The Odyssey - The Curse of the Sea. Check out the book.
Thursday - Reading schedule and reading.
Monday - Friday, October 5th - 9th
Monday - Watch TED Talk: A Geologist's Investigation into Noah's Flood. Then work in pairs to complete this practice assignment by the end of the period - link HERE.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Continue Genesis.
Thursday - Continue Genesis.
Friday - No school/in-service for teachers.
Monday - Friday, September 28th - October 2nd
Monday - Finish Gilgamesh essays. Proof read before you hit "TURN IN".
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Botany of Desire vocabulary. Link below. Research creation myths and take notes - start HERE. Be ready to share.
Thursday - Begin Genesis. We're using the King James version that appears in the Norton anthology.
Friday - Write your own creation myth.
Document Link: Botany of Desire Vocabulary
Monday - Friday, September 21st - 25th
Monday - Continue reading Gilgamesh and do book notes.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Read Part 4 of Gilgamesh on your own. Skills demo on Google Classroom. Botany of Desire vocabulary, link below.
Thursday - Gilgamesh: Finish the story.
Friday - Gilgamesh: Skills Demo - essay on Google Classroom.
For the online text, click here: Epic of Gilgamesh.
Document Link: 12 Steps of the Hero's Journey
Document Link: Botany of Desire Vocabulary
Monday - Friday, September 14th - 18th
Monday - Talk about our Hero's Journey films. Introduction to Gilgamesh.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Read Gilgamesh and take some notes. Talk about the End-of-the-Year Project.
Thursday - Read Gilgamesh and take some notes.
Friday - Illustrations - three panels (comic book style) of any scene from Gilgamesh so far.
Document Link: Scholars End-of-the-Year Project
Web Link: Cuneform "Alphabet"
Film Link: Intro to Gilgamesh
Tuesday - Friday, September 8th - 11th
Tuesday - Introductions and class syllabus.
Wednesday - Talk about the End-of-the-Year Project. Writing diagnostic.
Thursday - Share ideas about what defines culture.
Friday - The Hero's Journey - document link and video clip.
Document Link: Scholars End-of-the-Year Project
Web Link: Cuneform "Alphabet"
Film Link: Intro to Gilgamesh
Next week: Begin The Epic of Gilgamesh - brief intro and read the Prologue and Part 1 (The Coming of Enkidu). For the online text, click here: Epic of Gilgamesh.
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