Monday, September 30, 2013

Today and tomorrow you all will be writing an in class essay.  You will use Monday to write you outline and Tuesday to compose your final draft.

Please follow the link below to your assignment.  Please make a copy of this assignment and place it in your shared folder.  You will title the assignment Creation Myth Essay Assignment.

CREATION MYTH ASSIGNMENT

Saturday & Sunday, September 28-29, 2013

Please complete the following by Monday

Friday, September 27, 2013

Objective: In an 8 sentence paragraph students will examine and describe the relationship between humans, Gods, and nature, using modeling, cornell notes, and collaboration

Agenda: 

1. Take class survey 
2. Complete analysis paragraph

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

OBJECTIVE: After reading “Enuma Elish,” I will be able to answer the basic Who, What, When, Where, and How questions.


Today:
We will read Enuma Elish.

As you read you will need to take notes in this weeks notes (9.23-9.27)

Friday, September 20, 2013

Your assignment for today will be to create a comic using the Pixton website.
Here is what you will need to do: 

The Assignment Requirements:

1 Comic about Theogony

• 6 Boxes
• Tell the Story of The Origins of the Gods and of The Earth, and The Olympian Gods overthrow the Titans (Pick the most important 7 events)
• A relevant quote from the text in each box
• Illustrations that make sense to the reading and what you are summarizing
• This means no skyscrapers, or aliens, or things that are not logical.
• 1 Comic about Genesis

Telling the story from beginning to end selecting the 7 most important events

The Pixton Website:

Partner up: You and One other person

• If there’s three, you have to do a comic for a third myth of your choice

Create an account @ Pixton.com

• Select “Fun” then “Login”
• Select “Sign Up” and create a free account
• Use your school MLK email.
• Go to Create a Comic
• Create a Sunday Funny
• Select the 7 box template

This assignment will be due Monday at the end of the period. What ever you do not finish will be homework.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Hesiod Theogongy

Please answer the following questions in your notes:

1. Why do you suppose the Greeks thought that each these four powers or beings (Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, Eros) were necessary at the beginning of creation? 
2. Have you ever seen the sky mating with the earth? What events in nature could account for this image of mating? 
3. Why do the Greeks have so many Gods? 
4. What do you think are the main messages of each creation story? 
5. Comment on the symbolism of Kronos' deed. Do you think Uranus deserves his punishment? 
6. Why do you suppose the gods are allowed to commit incest (Rhea and Kronos, Zeus and Hera) but men cannot? 
7. Name some reasons why Kronos might want to swallow his children as they are born. 
8. Why should Zeus be the god most worthy of respect and worship? What do you think of him? Why do you suppose Hesiod likes him so much? What powers do you think Zeus represents?

Tuesday 17, 2013

Genesis Quiz: Complete the following quiz.  Be sure you base all your answers are supported by the text.

September 13, 2013

Warm up

Please take a few minutes to complete the following quiz.  I would like your feedback on the class so far as well as some suggestions you may have for moving forward.  Please be honest, constructive, and reasonable. Thank You. 

Module

Today you will be demonstrating your understanding of the two readings (Hopi: Spider Woman & Boshongo (Bantu): Bumba's Creation) You and a partner need to create two AVID one-pagers.  One for the Hopi Myth and one for The Boshongo Myth.  You should have already begun the Hopi piece, today you will finish each of these pieces.

These should both be in the same document.  Page one is The Hopi Myth, Page two is the Boshongo Myth.  These one pagers are a chance for you to be creative; make your piece interesting. Just make sure it is one per page.

One-Pager Requirements

• At least three important quotes (cited correctly)
• At least three images
• A paragraph explanation
• For each of the myths explain your initial reaction to the myth, identifying important elements of the myth, connections you see to other myths, how these myths connect to your myths
• No more than one page for each
• Include the title of the piece and the author somewhere on the page.
• Include your names in the footer (in size 7 font)

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENT IS IN YOUR DRIVE FOLDER FOR THIS CLASS.  IF IT IS NOT, I CANNOT SEE IT AND YOU DO NOT GET CREDIT. 

The Hopi and Boshongo (Bantu) Creation

By the end of the module you should be able to explain and analyze the key elements of each of the creation myths (The Hopi and The Boshongo)

You will:

• Closely read The Hopi: Spider Woman Myth and the Boshongo (Bantu): Bumba's Creation while completing cornell notes
• Complete an AVID 1 pager with a partner
• At least three important quotes (cited)
• At least three pictures related to reading.
• Paragraph explaining your reactions to the Hopi: Spider woman creation myth, identifying important elements of creation myth, how it relates to your beliefs.
• Think of this like mini-essay (grammar,spelling,mechanics matter).

The Iroquois Creation Story

The Iroquois Creation Story

By the end of this module you will be able to understand and explain the Iroquois creation story, explain the elements of creation stories and define just what a creation story is.
Additionally, you will answer the following:

In conjunction with the list we have created what common elements of the creation story are present in this tale?

• Closely read the Iroquois creation story while taking cornell notes