Cave Mythology: February 2019

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Friday, March 1, 2019

Announcements and Reminders:

No school for students on Monday, March 4!

February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3

March 8: Last day of Term 3 -- Hand in your unused hall passes.

Targets for Today:

I can better understand the Hero's Journey and prepare to teach my classmates more about an example of the Hero's Journey.

Today’s Agenda:

Mrs. Ferrin will be visiting to teach us how to improve presentations.
She showed us a bit about using Adobe Spark.

Watch the last 5 minutes of Jason and the Argonauts.

About Some Real-Life Heroes

More about The Hero's Journey and your assignment.
Demonstration of how to sign up when you decide on your movie.
You can begin signing up for your movie of choice on CANVAS under

Movies for Hero's Journey Presentations

Hercules and the Hero's Journey -- These are your tasks as we watch the movie:

On your notes about the heroes journey, record examples from Hercules.
In your notebook, create a big Venn Diagram, and use it to record differences and similarities between the Greek Myth of Heracles and the Disney version of Hercules.

To 17:46

Allow time to sign up if ready.
Chromebooks March 14 and 18.

Hercules 1:35

If You Were Absent:

Add the movies you'd be interested in doing to the discussion

on Canvas titled

Movies for Hero's Journey Presentations -- Sign Up

There is more explanation of the project on Movie Monomyth.docx

You can see which movies are still available -- or suggest your own

-- on the document

Vocabulary:

Coming up:
March 6 -- Archetypal Characters in The Hero's Journey
March 8 -- Hercules and The Hero's Journey

Help and Enrichment

Hero's Journey in Hercules:
Steps 1-4 call, refusal, supernatural aid --through slide 7
Steps 5-5.5 - 6 crossing the threshold, guardian, belly of the whale (emotional challenge)
-- through slide 10
Steps 7 -9 Inmost cave, crisis, apotheosis -- through slide 13
Steps 9 -11-11 atonement with the father and reward -- through slide 16
Steps 12 - Return to the real world -- slide 17

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Wednesday, February 27, 2019:

February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3

March 8: Last day of Term 3 -- Hand in your unused hall passes.

Targets for Today:

I can identify parts of the Hero's Journey in various myths and stories -- and in my own life.

Today’s Agenda for Wednesday, February 27, 2019:

1. Attendance Question: Who is your hero or one of your favorite heroic characters?
Think of three or more so you don't have to give the same answer as everyone else.

2. Writing:
Write 1/3 to 1/2 page answering one of these prompts in your composition book:
Describe a time you felt a “lucky charm” or talisman made a difference in your life.
(or)
Who is or has been your mentor, your guide? Explain.

When the teacher directs, stand and find someone NOT near you to share this with.

3. Another look at the hero's journey -- Just watch and absorb the ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk4N9A0oCA (5 minutes)

4. Watch the rest of Jason and the Argonauts -- watching for ways the Hero's Journey fits.
Receive a chart to write your notes on. Read and follow the instructions on the chart.

Begin at 54:45 -- 49 minutes left.
to 5 minutes left?

If You Were Absent:

Vocabulary:

http://tatsbox.com/hero/

Help and Enrichment

Here is a more complex version:

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Monday, February 25, 2019

Announcements and Reminders Monday, February 25, 2019:

Work That Should Be Completed:

If you haven't, please finish (and present and/or hand in) these assignments:

-- Take, then, if needed, retake the test on Greek Mythology

-- You should have had your composition book check.

-- Turn in the paper you checked off on Hero Day.

1. Your Interview with a god. Make sure you have turned it in on Google Classroom. If it was returned to you, revise and edit and resubmit it.

2. Your Resident Expert Project -- handed in under the assignment on Google Classroom

3. Your Mural for Minos -- See examples on the bulletin board. If you need a paper, see me.

If your mural is not on the board, please pick it up

from the bottom wire basket.

4. Your disclosure signatures with the VIP form on the back filled out.

If you didn't get to visit all the shrines, either visit and read them in class, or read the texts on CANVAS under Shrines and Stories.
If you didn't get to read the hero stories here, go to CANVAS and look on the page titled "Heroes."

We took the test on Greek Mythology on February 21.

If you were not here, see me.

If you would like to do a retake, study (improve the notes in your composition book) and come to Cavetime or after school to do the retake.

Coming Up:

February 25: Look at graded tests, note missing information

Introducing the Hero's Journey/Monomyth

February 27: Finish watching Jason and the Argonauts

Plot the Hero's Journey for Jason and the Argonauts

February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3

March 8: Last day of Term 3 -- Hand in your unused hall passes.

Targets for Today:

I can begin to understand the basic pattern and parts of the Hero's Journey or Monomyth.

Today’s Agenda Monday, February 25, 2019:

If you would like to retake the Greek Mythology Test --

Look at your test for 15 minutes, and record in your composition book what information you still need to find.
Hand your test back in.
Spend time outside of class studying/Improving your notes.
Come in during Cavetime (you will have that 30 minutes to retake the test) or after school (you will have up to 40 minutes to retake the test).
Days available for retakes are this Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Just so you know -- this is the only test this semester on which you may use your composition book notes. From now on you will be expected to get the information into your head.
However, composition book work will still be graded.

Begin learning about the Hero's Journey.
Receive a notes page and take notes on the PowerPoint Lesson.