January 11, 2016 - January 15, 2016 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, January 11^th:

1st Period: 

BIC: passed out class schedules

Tomorrow, the reading logs, and the AR tests are due for the Winter Break class assignment.

The Hero’s Journey:

Star Wars Video
Up to "The Magic Talisman"

3^rd Period:

Signed students in

Reminded people that the first AR assignment is due tomorrow. For new students, the AR assignment is due February 12th. 

The Hero's Journey

Up to "The Heralds'

Tuesday, January 12th: 

BIC: 

Silent Sustained Reading

First AR reading log and AR test are due today

1st Period: 

Passed out "The Hero's Journey" Outline
Showed "Star Wars Power Point up to "The Bad Motivator"
Reviewed: The Ordinary World, The Call of Adventure, The Refusal, Meeting with the Mentor, Crossing the Threshold

3rd Period: 

Passed out "The Hero's Journey" Outline
Showed "Star Wars Power Point up to "The Bad Motivator"
Reviewed: The Ordinary World, The Call of Adventure, The Refusal, Meeting with the Mentor, Crossing the Threshold

Wednesday, January 13th: 

BIC: 

Silent Sustained Reading 

Reading Log 

1st Period: 

Passed out and went over the 9^th Grade English Syllabus

Showed the power point for “Star Wars: The Hero’s Journey”

Note Taking

3rd Period;

Passed out and went over the 9th Grade English Syllabus

Showed the power point for Star Wars: The Hero's Journey"

Note taking

Thursday, January 14^th:

BIC
Silent Sustained Reading

Remember: For the Accelerated Reading Assignments, you must read an AR book (the book's binding has a sticker designating that it is an AR book) keep a reading log, and then take and pass the AR test.

You must read three (3) AR books.

The due dates for each one is:

Tuesday, January 12^th

Friday, March 25^th

Friday, May 6^th

You may turn in the reading logs, and the tests at any time before the due dates.

If you select a non AR book, you can only do the reading log. There is not a test for a non AR book.

YOU WILL NOT GET AR CREDIT FOR A NON AR BOOK.

The non AR book can only be for extra credit.

First Period and Third Period:

Notes on "Star Wars: The Hero's Journey"

After the hero has experienced frightening ordeals, he or she then undergoes a death experience which causes her to transcend her former weaknesses. The death or near death of the hero, either a physical death or a metaphorical death,  causes him or her to enter a new life, stronger and wiser than before. 

The hero must leave the Special World with his treasure (the golden goblet from the dragon Smaugs’ lair in The Hobbit, for example) and return to the ordinary world. The journey back is fraught with danger and usually includes a chase to elude evil and to return to safety.

The hero returns home, back to the Ordinary World; however, due to the amazing experiences, trials, ordeals that he or she has undergone, the hero or heroine is a changed person – deeper, wiser, more mature, more aware.

The website that this information was taken from is www.starwarsintheclassroom.com

Assignment:

Break into a group of four, and using the format of the Hero’s Journey, create a story, complete with prose, dialogue, a hero/heroine, allies, enemies, and a goal – what is the hero or heroine fighting for or fighting against?  The main character must follow the path of the hero or heroine.  Examples you may follow are Star Wars, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, etc.

Divide up the story in to the following:

The Ordinary World

1.     The ordinary world

2.     The Call to Adventure

3.     The Refusal of the Call to Adventure

4.     The Meeting of the Mentor

5.     Crossing the Threshold

 The Special World

1.      Tests, Allies, and Enemies

2.      The Approach

3.      The Ordeal – does not have to include all of these

a.     Trials

                                                        i.     The Belly of the Beast

                                                       ii.     The Enchanted Forest

                                                     iii.     The Descent into the Cave

b.     Victory

Return of the Hero

1.     The Chase

2.     The Death

3.     Resurrection

Friday, January 15th: 

BIC

Silent Sustained Reading

You should be reading your second AR book now.

Please remember to do your reading log after reading.

The reading log should be a brief summary of what you have read, plus your comment (what do you think about what you have just read), and a prediction.

Please be sure to identify the characters by their names. Do not over use pronouns (he, she, they, ect. Identify who he, she, and they are.)

The last date you can turn in the second AR book is Friday, March 25^th. Please do not wait until March 25^th to turn it in.

1^st Period:

“The Hero’s Journey”

The Special World:

In the Belly of the Whale

The Sacred Grove

(Skimmed over: The Mystical Marriage, Sacrifice, Betrayal, Confrontation and Denial.  The above elements of the Hero’s Journey in the Special World can be found on the website: www.starwarsintheclassroom, or one can google “The Hero’s Journey” and the first entry will be that website.

Got up to the third act of the Hero’s Journey, “The Return of the Hero”.

3rd: 

Silent Sustained Reading

Reading Log

The Hero’s Journey:

Went  over The Sacred Grove in detail

(Skimmed over: The Mystical Marriage, Sacrifice, Betrayal, Confrontation and Denial.  The above elements of the Hero’s Journey in the Special World can be found on the website: www.starwarsintheclassroom, or one can google “The Hero’s Journey” and the first entry will be that website.

The Hero’s Return:

The Chase

Victory

Death

Transformation

Writing Groups:

Cooper

Nicole

Johan

Isabel

Timerica

Jonathan Alvarez

Arturo

Emily

Kristina

Mutasim

Tyron

Sharon

Amanda

Reyna

Jaynice

Josselyn

Tyler

Arisbeth

Yulma

Kimberly Lemus

Caterin

Lynn

Ashley

Paola

Procedure:

Everyone pitches ideas

Everyone writes down ideas

Initially, everyone must decide on the following:

Theme

Setting

Characters

Enemies

Conflict

Resolution

First Act or The “Ordinary World”

Setting

The Call to Action

The Refusal

The Acceptance

The Arrival of the Mentor

The Threshold Guardians