Monday - Welcome Back!!
Tuesday -
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "Write about dreams. Have you had a recurring or particularly vivid dream? What happens in it? What symbolism might you be able to draw from it? What did it mean? Can dreams have a greater significance beyond neurons firing off while you're asleep?"
Thursday -
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite!!!"
- Preview units and parallel novels needed for the new semester
- Obtain The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo by Monday, Jan. 13
- Other books needed later in the semester: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
- Guided meditation/visualization to prep for The Alchemist
- Youtube videos about archetypes:
- "What Makes a Hero?" - Matthew Winkler
- "The Hero's Journey: Glove and Boots"
Tuesday -
- Introduce Vocab List # 6
- Begin Archetypes & The Hero's Journey (PPT)
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "Write about dreams. Have you had a recurring or particularly vivid dream? What happens in it? What symbolism might you be able to draw from it? What did it mean? Can dreams have a greater significance beyond neurons firing off while you're asleep?"
- Continue covering Archetypes and the Hero's Journey (PPT)
Thursday -
- Take SRI Lexile Test on Learning Commons desktops
- HW - Use powerpoint on Archetypes to complete Cloze notes:
- Download under 9th - Resources
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite!!!"
- Have The Alchemist by Monday
- Begin studying the Hero's Journey through film study: "Spider-Man - Enter the Spiderverse."