September Schedule for World Lit
Wednesday 9/30
Discuss Chapters 1-6 of Into Thin Air with A to Z list; take quiz over 1st six chapters. Assign 7-9 for Friday and 10-12 for Tuesday.
Monday 9/28--
Chapters 1-3 of Into Thin Air
Read Chapters 4-6 for Wednesday.
Thursday 9/23
Finish Everest DVD
Reading calendars and outlines
Reading Day
Assign: Chapters 1-3
Tuesday 9/21
Intro to Into Thin Air
View New Movie Trailer for Everest
Why Earthquakes are Devastating Nepal
Earthquake in Nepal
Mt. Everest Moved During Earthquake
Read Wikipedia article on Sherpas
Sherpas: In Their Words
Sherpas: Sorrow on the Mountain (Everest)
Climbing Everest Today
Follow up to story above
View: Everest DVD
Friday, September 18
Evaluatie Keynote Presentations
Human video at 18:05
Wednesday, September 16
Go thru checklist and make sure you included all info. For example, be SURE you consulted your World Lit notes in your folder and included SPECIFIC themes or archetypes that we talked about that first day of class!
Air drop your keynote to me. I will put it in Google Drive folder and then share the folder with all of you. We will spend class time on Friday anonymously evaluating each other's Keynotes, so yours MUST be done and in the folder, ideally before you leave today! If I don't get it today, I will hound you!
Monday, September 14 (I have jury duty!)
Finish books. Work to finish Keynote. Stretch to include links to video and/or audio in Keynote--especially for current event. It would be great to start presentations on Wednesday!
Thursday, September 10
Senior Class meeting at start of 3rd block
Share setting and current event slides
Tuesday, September 8
Spend 5 minutes reading a newspaper from the country of your novel. See newspaper links below for current events.
Continue reading novel of choice.
Start adding info to Keynote Template.
On Thursday, everyone share the setting and current event slides.
Thursday, September 3:
Read novel for Adolescent Lives in Times of War and Conflict unit
Assignment: Journal Post on book
Top 100 World Lit Titles
Site of Interest: World Literature Today
For current event about your country: Now considered two of best sources for news of the world:
Al Jazeera and BBC News
or go to
Kenya News
Kenya Today
Sierra Leone Read this!
Sudan (Darfur is in the western part of Sudan)
Yemen
Iraq
Afghanistan
India
Read about Jharia coal fires!
Nepal Click on the link to Latest Issue on the right
**Directory for Online Newspapers of the World
Tuesday, September 1:
Introductions
Introduction to class: What is World Lit?
Video Notes
Since this is your first and possibly your last class dedicated SOLELY to literature, watch for the three key ideas in Why is Literature Important to Us?
View Why World Lit?
View Key Themes in World Lit
View Themes in Literature
Intro to Global Lit Project: Adolescent Lives in Times of War and Conflict (This is a document in progress!)
Go to Library to select book for project.
Record name, book title, and country of origin
Assignment: Bring novel to class on Thursday. I may have jury duty, so plan to READ!
Watch video for Adolescent Lives in Times of War and Conflict!
Wednesday 9/30
Discuss Chapters 1-6 of Into Thin Air with A to Z list; take quiz over 1st six chapters. Assign 7-9 for Friday and 10-12 for Tuesday.
Monday 9/28--
Chapters 1-3 of Into Thin Air
Read Chapters 4-6 for Wednesday.
Thursday 9/23
Finish Everest DVD
Reading calendars and outlines
Reading Day
Assign: Chapters 1-3
Tuesday 9/21
Intro to Into Thin Air
View New Movie Trailer for Everest
Why Earthquakes are Devastating Nepal
Earthquake in Nepal
Mt. Everest Moved During Earthquake
Read Wikipedia article on Sherpas
Sherpas: In Their Words
Sherpas: Sorrow on the Mountain (Everest)
Climbing Everest Today
Follow up to story above
View: Everest DVD
Friday, September 18
Evaluatie Keynote Presentations
Human video at 18:05
Wednesday, September 16
Go thru checklist and make sure you included all info. For example, be SURE you consulted your World Lit notes in your folder and included SPECIFIC themes or archetypes that we talked about that first day of class!
Air drop your keynote to me. I will put it in Google Drive folder and then share the folder with all of you. We will spend class time on Friday anonymously evaluating each other's Keynotes, so yours MUST be done and in the folder, ideally before you leave today! If I don't get it today, I will hound you!
Monday, September 14 (I have jury duty!)
Finish books. Work to finish Keynote. Stretch to include links to video and/or audio in Keynote--especially for current event. It would be great to start presentations on Wednesday!
Thursday, September 10
Senior Class meeting at start of 3rd block
Share setting and current event slides
Tuesday, September 8
Spend 5 minutes reading a newspaper from the country of your novel. See newspaper links below for current events.
Continue reading novel of choice.
Start adding info to Keynote Template.
On Thursday, everyone share the setting and current event slides.
Thursday, September 3:
Read novel for Adolescent Lives in Times of War and Conflict unit
Assignment: Journal Post on book
Top 100 World Lit Titles
Site of Interest: World Literature Today
For current event about your country: Now considered two of best sources for news of the world:
Al Jazeera and BBC News
or go to
Kenya News
Kenya Today
Sierra Leone Read this!
Sudan (Darfur is in the western part of Sudan)
Yemen
Iraq
Afghanistan
India
Read about Jharia coal fires!
Nepal Click on the link to Latest Issue on the right
**Directory for Online Newspapers of the World
Tuesday, September 1:
Introductions
Introduction to class: What is World Lit?
Video Notes
Since this is your first and possibly your last class dedicated SOLELY to literature, watch for the three key ideas in Why is Literature Important to Us?
View Why World Lit?
View Key Themes in World Lit
View Themes in Literature
Intro to Global Lit Project: Adolescent Lives in Times of War and Conflict (This is a document in progress!)
Go to Library to select book for project.
Record name, book title, and country of origin
Assignment: Bring novel to class on Thursday. I may have jury duty, so plan to READ!
Watch video for Adolescent Lives in Times of War and Conflict!
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