Week at a glance May 17 - 21, 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).

With our class down 70%, students decided amongst themselves which mythologies they would like to have studied, but we hadn't covered yet in class. This week then is a bit of a hodgepodge as we look at the various mythologies selected by students.

• Mon: Celtic Mythology - notes and discussion in class
  
• Tues: Celtic Mythology - notes and discussion in class
  
• Wed: Hawaiian Mythology - notes and discussion in class
  
• Thurs: Japanese Mythology: Ninjas - notes and discussion in class
  
• Fri: Japanese Mythology: Samurai - notes and discussion in class