Agenda 11-24-2014

Juniors - Huck Finn Freshmen - Odyssey

Good Morning/Afternoon 11-24-2014Step 1: Please grab your notebook and I will be handing out Huckleberry Finn TodayStep 2: Please open your notebook to a new page or where you left off of from yesterday, date

it, and label it Vocab

Please define and use in a sentence

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POLICE REPORT

We will be filing a police report about “Pap" Finn and coming home thinking he son had been murdered. Obviously we know Huck planted the scene so you can describe what Pap might be telling the police of how the scene looked based on pages 32-34 or middle of Chapter 7 on what Huck did to prep for it. The POLICE is YOU, and you are writing down what you are gathering from “Pap."

TEAM

• Prepare 15 Minute Lesson

• Three Twain Examples• Three Modern World

Examples

INDIVIDUALLY

• Find 12 Best Mentions• Research Modern

Examples• Submit Four Summaries

w/article or link

Huck Finn Theme Expert Assignment

Good Morning/Afternoon 11-24-2014

Step 1: Please grab your notebook & a dictionary

Step 2: Please open your notebook to a new page or where you left off of from yesterday, date it, and label it Vocab

Please define the following words and use them in a sentence.

•Rancor

•Stealth

•Mandate

Gods and Monsters Video: Odysseus

After the video you will tell me if you ended up actually liking Odysseus or not and why?

Greek Mythology Videos: Heroes Between Battles

Who are the two heroes?

What are the two heroes doing? How can the experts tell? Give me three details.

What other details do we learn about their past?

Greek Mythology Videos: Land of Odysseus

The island home of Odysseus is usually thought to be which island? What is wrong with that idea?

Make a prediction about what could have happened to this island?

Origin Stories

It has been said that mythology is a way of making sense of the aspects ofthe world we don’t yet understand. Today, we look at some origin storiesas fanciful and almost playful explanations of the origins of our world. Evenlong after we understand the science behind these phenomena, we seethese stories all through our popular culture, retold in books, films, and evengames. Popular films such as The Avengers weave together charactersand themes of Norse and Greek mythology, as well as a variety of others.

Origin Stories

• Read & Annotate• Concentrate on Vocab & Questions• Summarize the Story

Answer These Questions:1. What or who is the source of the World?2. What or who is the originator of the world?3. How is Earth Formed?4. Age of Earth?5. What were the First Life Forms?6. How were humans formed?7. What was the relationship between humans & animals/plants?

HOMEWORK

Find your own origin story to fill in the last column of the chart

Origin StoryIn this activity, you will write a brief “treatment” for a film of your own. With The Avengers making millions of dollars, the“studio” (your teacher) is eager for a fantasy film to compete. You must come up with a single page that tells the story of the origin of the world and be ready to “pitch it” to the class. Your teacher will ask some of you to present your stories.Your classmates will decide whose film should “be funded” and get made.

Review the notes in your journal and notebook about the discussion of origin stories your class had. Think about whatyou will need to make your origin story believable. Choose at least a few details from the world around us and incorporate them into your story. Note that something doesn’t have to be real to be believable. Think about “the force”in Star Wars. You merely need to include enough detail that the overall story makes sense.

Your origin story should be no more than one page. The stories do not have to be unique, but like The Avengers, mayblend different origin stories as well as combine modern, historical, and fantasy elements. The single requirement is that you must include details about how our world was formed; although to get funded, you will need to make it a great

story. Once you have completed your story, your teacher may ask several students to pitch their story to the studio. DO

NOT READ YOUR STORY OUT LOUD! Tell your story in your own words and make it compelling. After all of the

pitches are complete, the class must decide which film to fund and make.