Week 11

I'm enjoying our discussions more and more.  You are all getting better at narrations and at finding interesting things to bring up in class.  Its a joy to teach you!

This week we talked about some helpful tools to clarify your blues.  You can use the following symbols in your margin to remind yourself why you thought a particular passage was important. Try experimenting with these this week:

a lightbulb - something stood out to you, clarified another idea, or answers a question you had
a question mark - you have a particular question about this passage
an arrow - you think this passage has an interesting life application
a cross - you see shadows of stories or truths from the Bible in this passage

As we approach the end of the semester, please check your assignment record for any work that still needs to be checked off.  Remember that it is your responsibility to check for missing work and to approach me at the break to get that checked off.  The following people are up to date on resubmissions:

Lauren Rape
Luke Gray
John Picard
Savanna McGallion

If you do not see your name, please check the assignment record to see what you are missing.  All work must be marked A or E in order for you to receive an A (All work complete) for the fall semester.

Writing Assignment

• Choose a new issue from either a myth or The Odyssey and begin a new ANI chart.  Since we only meet twice more, we'll work on this ANI chart for the rest of this semester rather than write a new essay.  For those of you who are joining me in the spring, you can use this ANI chart to write essay 3, so hang on to it!  You will need 10 reasons in each column by our next class on December 3.  You can add 10 more for the last week, for a total of 20 by 12/10.
• Comparison I worksheet (pg 23) - list 10 similarities in each column

Reading Assignment

DeAulaires'

• The myth of Orpheus p. 102-104

Metamorphoses

• Orpheus and Eurydice pp. 341-344

Sir Orfeo

I look forward to comparing this "Christianized" retelling of the Orpheus myth to the pagan version.  As you read this week, try to think of similarities and differences between the tales.  What 'are' they both?  What do they both 'have'?  What do they both 'do'?  Are there any critical differences?  Do you think Sir Orfeo more closely reflects the gospel?  If so, why?

It's not necessary to highlight in Sir Orfeo (you can if you want to).  For each section, write one or two sentences summarizing/narrating the section.  You are basically making your own prose version of the poem.  Do try to use the new symbols we discussed (lightbulb, question mark, arrow, cross).  

• 1-24
• 25-56
• 57-76
• 77-88
• 89-116
• 117-130
• 131-148
• 149-162
• 163-174
• 175-190
• 191-200
• 201-218
• 219-226
• 227-240
• 241-264
• 265-280
• 281-296
• 297-314
• 315-330
• 331-342
• 343-354
• 355-372
• 373-386
• 387-404
• 405-416
• 417-428
• 429-434
• 435-446
• 447-456
• 457-462
• 463-476
• 477-490
• 491-496
• 497-510
• 511-518
• 519-530
• 531-534
• 535-548
• 549-574
• 575-582
• 583-591
• 592-595
• 596-end