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World Lit: Gilgamesh Test Day!

August 15, 2018 / / No comments

Standards
ELAGSE9-10RL1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10RL2 Determine a theme or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10RL3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. Georgia ELA

Objective
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of The Epic of Gilgamesh on a comprehensive unit test.

Opening Session
Five minutes to review and ask questions before your test!

Work Session
Let’s get right down to business and work on this test! It is 20 multiple choice questions, 5 short answers, and one essay. You’ll have the entire block. Good luck!

Closing Session
Pop quiz! After Mesopotamia, where did the center of civilization move to? If you said Greece, you’re right! And starting tomorrow, we’re going to talk about a Greek epic called The Iliad.

Assessment
Summative (test)

Differentiation
Process (Scaffolding)

World Lit: Flood Comparison Essay, Day 2

August 14, 2018 / / No comments

Standards
ELAGSE9-10W2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.a Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.b Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.c Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.e Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.f Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic). Georgia ELA

Learning Target
Students will finish writing their essay comparing and contrasting the two flood stories we have read in class, and analyzing why they are so similar.

Opening Session
Grab a laptop again! I’ll review how to upload your files to the class google drive so that you’re ready to go whenever you finish typing 🙂

Work Session
Today we’re going to have the entire class period to finish your essay on the two flood stories. Here is the prompt again:

In a well organized essay of about 500 words, compare and contrast the two flood stories and analyze why you think they are so similar. You can use the articles we read on Friday as additional sources. You should cite quotes from at least 3 of your 4 available sources (Gilgamesh, Noah, and the two articles we read). You should explain to your reader both the similarities and differences in the stories, AND you should analyze WHY the two pieces are so similar.

Your essay will be due at the end of class TODAY. If you and a friend both finish early, it would be a good idea to trade essays with them and review each others’ work.

Closing Session
One more chance to upload your essays to the class google drive! I’ll show you again on the board. Remember that I will NOT accept printed, emailed, or shared documents – only uploads to the drive!

Assessment Strategies
Summative (essay)

Differentiation
Process (Scaffolding)

World Lit: Flood Comparison Essay, Day 1

August 13, 2018 / / No comments

Standards
ELAGSE9-10W2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection,
organization, and analysis of content. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.a Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings),
graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.b Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples
appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.c Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and
concepts. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.e Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10W2.f Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the
significance of the topic). Georgia ELA

Learning Target
Students will begin to write an essay comparing and contrasting the two flood stories we have read in class, and analyzing why they are so similar.

Opening Session
Grab a laptop! I want to quickly go over how to set up your paper in MLA format with the correct font, spacing, and heading. I’ll also review how to save your work under your student number so you can upload it to our class google drive.

Work Session
Okay! Today we’re going to begin writing our first essay together. I want you to take a closer look at the two flood stories we’ve read together, the flood from Gilgamesh and the flood from Genesis. As we’ve discussed, both stories are very similar, but they do have some minor differences. Also, there is some major controversy surrounding which story came first.

In a well organized essay of about 500 words, compare and contrast the two flood stories and analyze why you think they are so similar. You can use the articles we read on Friday as additional sources. You should cite quotes from at least 3 of your 4 available sources (Gilgamesh, Noah, and the two articles we read). You should explain to your reader both the similarities and differences in the stories, AND you should analyze WHY the two pieces are so similar.

Your essay will be due at the end of class tomorrow. Although there is not a required number of paragraphs, you should know that 500 words is about 4 or 5 paragraphs, depending on how long you make them.

Closing Session
To close out the day, I’ll call your attention back to the board and show everyone how to upload your essay to the class google drive, tinyurl.com/BristowWorldLit. This will be how you turn in all your essays for my class.

Assessment Strategies
Summative (essay)

Differentiation
Process (Scaffolding)

World Lit: The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Utnapishtim

August 10, 2018 / / No comments

Standards
ELAGSE9-10RI1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10RI3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and
developed, and the connections that are drawn between them. Georgia ELA
ELAGSE9-10RI6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. Georgia ELA

Objective
Students will read Noah’s flood story from Genesis and then anylyze two articles that draw different conclusions from comparisons of the same texts.

Activator
Noah’s Ark Disney Storybook Video:

Work Session
Today we’re going to be reading another flood story, much like the one we read yesterday, but this one might be a little more familiar to you. The story is from Genesis, chapters 6-9, and is the story of Noah’s Ark.

We’re going to read the story aloud together, and then do a quick discussion just to make sure everyone knows what’s going on. Afterwards, I want us to consider how the two flood stories we’ve read over the past couple days are similar or different. We can make a venn diagram, or we can just talk about it 🙂

I have two articles for you guys to read. The first is entitled “The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Gilgamesh” and comes to us from the Institute for Creation Research (http://www.icr.org/article/noah-flood-gilgamesh/). The second is called “Before Noah: Flood Myths Are Older Than the Bible” and is from Time Magazine (http://time.com/44631/noah-christians-flood-aronofsky/). These articles both compare the two versions of the flood story and draw two different conclusions.

Why do you think these articles read the same stories and interpreted them in vastly different ways? What was each article’s intended audience? Do you think anyone reading either article changed their minds about which story came first?

Closing Session
To close out today, I want everyone to grab a sheet of paper (a half sheet is fine) and write a short paragraph on these two articles. Analyze the author’s motives and purpose in writing these two articles, consider if either author is biased, and theorize why they come to two exact opposite conclusions.

Assessment
Formative (paragraphs, class discussions)

Differentiation
Process (scaffolding, learning styles)

World Lit: The Flood and the Return

August 9, 2018 / / No comments

Standards
ELAGSE9-10RL1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Georgia
ELAGSE9-10RL2 Determine a theme or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. Georgia
ELAGSE9-10RL3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. Georgia

Objective
Students will continue reading in The Epic of Gilgamesh and examine the flood story.

Opening Session
Gilgamesh Summary Video:

Work Session
Today we’re going to continue reading in The Epic of Gilgamesh, this time reading about the flood story we’ve mentioned a couple times in class. This flood was really controversial because it so closely mirrors the story in the Bible (which we’re going to read tomorrow).

After we read the story aloud together, I want to give you guys some time to finish the bubble map and quotes activity we started yesterday. If we have enough time after everyone gets the bubble map done, we’ll do the Critical Reading questions in the text on page 32.

Closing Session
Let’s close out the day by discussing the questions and answers on page 32. I specifically want to look at question 3c: What lessons might Gilgamesh draw from the gods’ experiences? Talk with your neighbor about that, and then we’ll share together as a class.

Assessment
Formative (questions, bubble map, discussion)

Differentiation
Process (Scaffolding)

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