Week at a glance May 10 - 14, 2010

Curriculum focus: identifies, interprets, and analyzes the use of symbols (1.3.K4i), compares and contrasts character traits (1.4.K7a), compares and contrasts themes across multiple stories ( 1.4.K7b), identifies and describes the protagonist (2.1.K1a), identifies and describes the antagonist (2.1.K1b), analyzes the contextual aspects of setting (historical, social, and cultural) and their impact and influence on characters and events in the story (11.2.1.K2), recognizes ways that literature from different cultures presents similar themes differently across genres (11.2.2.K1), and compares and contrasts works of literature that deal with similar topics and problems (2.2.K2).

Seniors are gone, taking away roughly 70% of our class with them. Our major units are also complete. Therefore the last two weeks of the semester will be an exploration of the possibilities of Modern Mythology. Students will explore possibilities and conduct their own research to determine how we could define Modern Mythology, its characteristics, and its explanations for the world around us.

• Mon: Modern Mythology - notes and discussion in class
  
• Tues: Modern Mythology - notes and discussion in class
  
• Wed: Modern Mythology - notes and discussion in class
• Thurs: Modern Mythology - notes and discussion in class
  
• Fri: Modern Mythology - notes and discussion in class. In-class assignment due by the end of the hour.