Week 4 Syllabus: November 13-17
IF YOU HAVE NOT PURCHASED YOUR COPY OF HAROUN, do so. We are starting the novel this week. I know that the bookstore has been catch-as-catch-can, a phrase which here means “not open on a consistent basis.” Nonetheless, you need the book. You can purchase it via Alibris.com here We will also begin our study of Joseph Campbell’s hero journey, or “monomyth” as he calls it. In preparation for annotating the novel, we’ll study The Wizard of Oz, a film that Rushdie based his book upon ( in structure, character, and theme).
Tuesday, November 14
Independent reading.
6th period will read pages 3 and 4 of the handout on Haroun.
Lecture on the monomyth (keep notes in your book).
Short TED talk on the monomyth, aka hero journey.
Because many students didn’t have their book, we started the film analysis of Oz early.
HW: For those who didn’t do so, read chapters one and two. All others, read chapter two of Haroun.
Wednesday, November 15
Independent reading presentations for period 6.
Independent reading for period 8.
Period 6: Watching The Wizard of Oz, completing the hero journey example chart as we watch.
Period 8: Modeling how to annotate the novel, using desk camera (chapter one).HW: Read (and annotate—circle vocabulary, keep notes of free-speech and the novel Haroun) chapters one and two…due Friday!
Friday, November 17
After independent reading, we will continue or finish The Wizard of Oz.
Continue to take notes on the monomyth as it appears in the film. Remember, there will be MULTIPLE examples of: crossing a threshold, mentors, helpers, trials.
HW: Read chapter three in Haroun. Annotate for the monomyth (hero journey) in chapter three. Review what happens in chapters one and two, and add “departure” notes there, too.