TABLET OF CONTENTS

AUGUST 2024

Frjadgr, 30 Aug 2024

1. 🚨 ABSOLUTE FIRST THING: Class Task: DFT.30AUG. (link)

2. While you are doing that, I will be implementing a new seating chart

3. Class Policy clarifications, effectively immediately…

   1. If you submit any assignment for which I do not have access to grade, it is an automatic zero (0) in the gradebook and will be coded as missing (red color). Should you allow access after the fact and resubmit in OCC in a timely fashion, you will receive partial credit.

   2. No loot will be awarded if you have a zero in the gradebook during that grading period. The current grading period ends on Frjadgr, 6 Sep.

4. Bell Ringer

   1. Adventurer’s Journal. Lay out your final battle plan that you have designed to conquer your threat. What weapon(s) will you use? How will you use them? Explain What has to go right for you to win. Describe how things can go wrong and cause you to lose, be injured, or worse … expire!  (min 50 words)

5. Assignments

   1. Week 3 Challenge in OCC, due by 1:30 PM

   2. Kamden, Christian, and Hunter: you have to do the GREEK Origin of the Universe video/task from yesterday

   3. Your re-assigned Week 3 Article Review is due today. Have you done it yet?

   4. Read the Mythikan Portals Doc BEFORE . No job board this week. 

6. Exit ticket

   1. Complete this form

Thorsdgr, 29 Aug 2024

1. Bell ringer

   1. Shopping day! Your showdown looms tomorrow, but today is the day to restock the essentials that wandering adventurer needs. Be as safe as you can in unfamiliar territory and restrict yourself to Guild-endorsed merchants as much as possible. Take a look at your pack and determine what you need. Then, go get the best deals you can.  (min 50 words)

   2. Use the merchants in your destination’s merchant directory

   3. Keep track of what you spend and deduct it from your treasury

2. Assignments

   1. View the second assigned video of the week for your location and complete the task for it in OCC.

3. Go back and make up/submit any missing assignments you have please. Zeroes kill.

4. Consider earning some loot?

5. You could get a head start on tomorrow’s challenge. Review your GRN, the questions will come from there.

Odinsdgr, 28 Aug 2024

Odinsdgr, 28 Aug 2024

1. Bell Ringer

   1. Select one of the local religious houses and view a relic on display. 

   2. Research the deity the structure is dedicated to. Be sure to determine if the “house-deity” could be of any help to you facing this week’s challenge! How would you go about seeking such aid?

   3. Research the relic. Explain the connection between the “house-deity” and the relic. Describe the relic’s appearance, characteristics, meaning, and importance to those who honor whichever deity the building is dedicated.  (min 50 words)

2. Assignments

   1. View Crash Course Mythology: Cosmic Eggs, Seeds, & Water and complete 10-question task for it in OCC

   2. Go back and make up/submit any missing assignments you have please. Zeroes kill.

   3. Consider earning some loot?

   4. You could get a head start on tomorrow’s lesson, view the first of your two videos assigned to you this week.

3. Exit Ticket

   1. In lieu of the normal journal entry for an exit ticket, complete this instead. 

Tyrsdgr, 27 Aug 2024

1. Bell Ringer

   1. select one of the attractions, elements, aspects, features, or citizens of your destination  and describe your impressions/thoughts/observances/evaluation about it, him, her, or them. This could be a random citizen (NPC), a relic on display at a local religious site, the scenery, a business, an event, anything related to the destination.  (min 50 words)

2. Assignments

   1. Complete your Guided Reading Notes for your assigned passage (in your visitor’s guide)

   2. Go back and make up/submit any missing assignments you have please. Zeroes kill.

   3. Consider earning some loot?

   4. You could get a head start on tomorrow’s lesson, view the first of your two videos assigned to you this week.

3. Exit Ticket

   1. To be started at 2:15 PM: make today’s entry into your Daily Journal (in Adventurer’s Journal Google site). Entry should be a minimum of fifty (50) words

Manadgr, 26 Aug 2024

Not sure why the Week 2 Challenge did not pop up for you on the set time. No worries, we can just do it first thing today.  Make sure you are NOT sitting to the immediate right or left of anyone else at your table. One of you should be on the eastern end of the table. One of you on the north side; the other on the south side.  I will start the W2 Challenge manually after I take role. 

I am reassigning the article review for you to do sometime this week. It is due Frjadgr, 30 Aug 2024 by 2:15 PM, but you can submit it any time. If you did it last F, and just need a place to turn it in, look in OC now. 

TODAY:

1. Bell Ringer:  

   1. My Journal for Manadgr, 

      1. Record your avatar’s impressions and thoughts of arriving in that week’s destination, and reflect on last week’s events - specifically, the outcome of your efforts to rid the last destination of its threat. (min 50 words)

2. Assignments

   1. Check out the Adventurer’s Job Board and select next week’s destination. Send me a gmail informing me of your choice in the subject line. No body required. Remember, you can only go to a new location that is connected to your previous one!

   2. Read your new destination's visitor's guide. I will share it with you as soon as I get your destination email.

   3. Complete your new destination's visitor's guide task. Only complete the VG task for you destination. 

   4. Read your assigned textbook passage. Complete for homework if you need to.

   5. Look into earning LOOT!

3. Exit Ticket

   1. To be started at 2:15 PM: make today’s entry into your Daily Journal (in Adventurer’s Journal Google site). Entry should be a minimum of fifty (50) words

Frjadgr, 23 Aug 2024

Many of you have angered the great and powerful Grademethesis this week by submitting work that is restricted (no access) or have "marked as done" without submitting a file or link. Despite this, he has communicated to me he will stay his wrath upon those of you who have not submitted this week's assignments until Sunday evening when he again visits this realm. If your work still has not been submitted, the mark of the demon Zeros will be applied and will be irrevocable. 

1. Bell Ringer

   1. Respond to the following prompt in the My Journey subpage in their Adventurer’s Journal: 

      1. Adventurer’s Journal for Frjadgr: Lay out your final battle plan that you have designed to conquer your threat. What strategy and weapon(s) will you use? How will you use them? Explain What has to go right for you to win. Describe how things can go wrong and cause you to lose, be injured, or worse … expire! 

2. Assignments 

   1. Complete the Week 2 Challenge in OnCourse Classroom (assessment). Due by 2:15 PM today.

   2. After completing the Challenge, access 🔮 The Oracle → Greek subpage → G Articles, Posts → Scroll below the section titled “The Great Houses” → Pick any one of the fifty five (55) articles listed and complete an article review using the template provided in OCC.

   3. Then, check out the Adventurer’s Job Board and select next week’s destination. Send me a gmail informing me of your choice in the subject line. No body required. Remember, you can only go to a new location that is connected to your previous one!

   4. Look into LOOT!

3. Exit Ticket

   1. To be started at 2:15 PM: make today’s entry into your Daily Journal (in Adventurer’s Journal Google site). Entry should be a minimum of fifty (50) words

4. BONUS information

   1. The grade you make on the weekly Challenge determines your success vs. that week’s threat.

GRADE   %    RESULT WHICH MEANS

   A 100-90 Thee slay'd the monst'r with drip! Prepareth to rolleth f'r treasure! You get paid!

   B 89-80 Thee wonneth a hard-fought battleth. Taketh thou reward. You get paid!

   C 79-70 Thy hurlyburly wast a stalemate. Not a loss, but not a vict'ry. Neither a win nor a loss, but no reward.

   D  69-60 The monst'r wast vic'orious, but thankfully thee did survive expiration. You lost, but lived. No payday.

   F 59-0 Thee kicked the bucket, but has't been reviv'd by a practition'r You died in the fight, but have been revived to live again. No reward though.

2. This information could have been found in 🔮 The Oracle → About this class → What is Mythika? → Mythika Grading Scale Translator

3. Remember, loot is independent of the result of your challenge. You can earn loot even if you don’t score coin with the results of your challenge.

Thorsdgr, 22 Aug 2024

1. Bell Ringer

   1. Respond to the following prompt in the My Journey subpage in their Adventurer’s Journal: 

      1. Shopping day! Your showdown looms tomorrow, but today is the day to restock the essentials that wandering adventurer needs. Be as safe as you can in unfamiliar territory and restrict yourself to Guild-endorsed merchants as much as possible. Take a look at your pack and determine what you need. Then, go get the best deals you can.

      2. Remember, you only have 10gp to spend. Include what you buy, where you bought it from, and how much it cost in your journal. Record how much money you have left over too.

   2. Because I haven’t had time to invent an actual shopping experience, today you will help me create one. 

      1. Open up a fresh Google Doc

      2. Look at the Merchant’s Directory I have added to your visitor’s guide to see what is already there. What medieval/fantasy businesses is your settlement missing? There are other generic resources linked to help. Go to 🔮 The Oracle → Mythika → Shopping.

      3. Pick one of the business for your settlement NOT listed in your guidebook and create an inventory for it resembling the entries that already exist

         1. Come up with a good name for the shoppe and the proprietor

         2. Include a short description, 50-ish words or so. Think “print advertisement”

         3. Make a list of everything the store has to sell, 

         4. A price (in sp or gp only please) 

      4. Repeat this process three more times. You should have four (4) DIFFERENT businesses that do NOT already exist in your town.

      5. JUST for today, share the Doc with me. 

2. Assignments

   1. Video: “What are the Greek and Norse Gods” task in OCC

      1. You were assigned to watch the video yesterday. Remember?

   2. Catch up on any assignments you may be behind on from this week.

   3. Review your GRN for tomorrow’s challenge. All the questions are taken literally off the GNRs.

Odinsdgr, 21 Aug 2024

1. First, draft today’s Adventurer’s Journal entry: 

   1. Select one of the local religious houses and view a relic on display. Research the deity the structure is dedicated to. Be sure to determine if the “house-deity” could be of any help to you facing this week’s challenge! How would you go about seeking such aid?

   2. Research the relic. Explain the connection between the “house-deity” and the relic. Describe the relic’s appearance, characteristics, meaning, and importance to those who honor whichever deity the building is dedicated. 

2. Second, complete the Guided Reading Notes for those pages. Even though this is not due until 11:59 Thorsdgr, you can submit them as soon as you are done.

   1. View the video from Fortress of Lugh: “What are the Greek and Norse Gods?” and complete the OCC task for it by 2:15 PM today.

3. Make sure you have completed the following assignments from earlier in the week

   1. Guided reading Notes for EHM pages  17-50 (or 18-43 in the PDF)

   2. Crash Course Mythology: “Creation from the Void” task in OCC

4. Devise a method for getting extra loot. Look in your guidebook for ideas

5. At 2:15 today, enter today’s Daily Journal entry

Tyrsdgr, 20 Aug 2024

1. First, finish reading the assigned textbook pages for this week: 17-50 (or 18-43 in the PDF)

2. Second, complete the Guided Reading Notes for those pages. Even though this is not due until 11:59 Thorsdgr, you can submit them as soon as you are done.

3. Then do either of these in the order that you choose:

   1. Today’s entry for your Adventurer’s journal: select one of the attractions, elements, aspects, features, or citizens of your destination  and describe your impressions/thoughts/observances/evaluation about it, him, her, or them. This could be a random citizen (NPC), a relic on display at a local religious site, the scenery, a business, an event, anything related to the destination.

   2. CHANGE: View the video from Crash Course Mythology: “Creation from the Void” and complete the quiz in OCC for it. Due by 2:15 PM TODAY, 20 Aug.

   3. Complete the Google Form “Survey 20 Aug 2024” by 2:15 TODAY. 

   4. View the video from Fortress of Lugh: “What are the Greek and Norse Gods?”. The quiz will be assigned tomorrow at 2:15 today, enter today’s Daily Journal entry

4. At 2:15 today, enter today’s Daily Journal entry

Manadgr, 19 Aug 2024

1. FIRST, 

   1. Check the Mythikan Adventurer’s Guild job board and select your first destination. 

   2. by 1:10 PM 19 Aug 2024. email Coach Melton with the name of your destination choice (for a 10 pt grade) 

2. THEN,

   1. Read through your destinations’s guidebook

      1. Pixithos

      2. Mantinda

      3. Astrium

      4. Centaurus

   2. By 1:15 PM 19 Aug 2024, complete and submit the guide book request for your destination (for a 5 pt grade)

   3. Start reading the textbook section assigned to you for this week in your guide book. 

3. FINALLY,

   1. At 2:15 PM each day, make that day’s entry into your Daily Journal (DJs will be assessed unannounced on a date TBD)

4. FOR HOMEWORK

   1. By 11:59 PM each day, make sure you have completed the day’s entry into your Adventurer’s Journal. Of course, you can do this in class if you have time, but it is not technically late until after the time posted. 

5. LOOKING FOR EXTRA LOOT?

   1. Read at the very end of your guide book for the week for ideas.

Frjadgr, 16 Aug 2024

Thorsdagr , 15 Aug 2024

1. Don’t be an obstacle to success, for yourself or anyone else.

2. Resume working through your assignments from whatever point you find yourself.

3. DUE Frjadagr  16 Aug by 2:00 PM

   1. Read

      1. Textbook pages 1-16 (PDF pages 7-17)

      2. the excerpts from Mythology Unbound titled “Why Study Myths?”

      3. the excerpt from Celtic Mythology

   2. View

      1. the Crash Course Mythology episode “What is Myth”.

      2. the Mythology Unleashed video “What is Mythology?”

   3. Complete and submit by 2:00 PM 16 Aug

      1. the Guided Reading Notes (GRN) for pages 1-16. 

      2. the Quizizz for “What is Myth”

      3. the Quizizz for “What is Mythology”

      4. The Quizizz for “Why Study Myths?”

      5. The Quizizz for Celtic Mythology

4. DUE Sunnudagr 18 Aug by 11:59 PM

   1. Today, you are assigned Adventurer’s Journal Part Two.

5. Do @ 2:15 PM = today’s entry in your Daily Journal in your Adventurer’s Journal

6. I welcome your feedback on anything that has to do with the class. If you have a thought about something, jot it down in an email and send it to me. I will always hear what you suggest and consider it thoughtfully. I probably will not act on most suggestions, but I can’t decide to put it in if you don’t ask! russell.melton@bossierscools.org 

Odinsdagr, 14 2024

1. Follow directions.

2. DUE TODAY by 1:15 PM. DO THIS FIRST! Writable.com -> High Five for Wed, August 14

3. Adventurer’s Journal

   1. One (1) of you followed directions and received full credit.

   2. The rest of you need to correct your mistakes or address your omissions BY THE END OF CLASS TODAY.

      1. Seven (7) of you did not follow directions yesterday and have a blue code in OCC for yesterday’s assignment. MOST of those who have a blue code did not complete the Home page of the Site. 

      2. Fourteen (14) of you never bothered to submit your link. You have a red “Missing” code in the gradebook. The grade is a zero until your link is submitted properly. When I can see your Site, I will reevaluate the grade.

         1. Ironically, most of the fourteen seemed to highly enjoy yesterday’s class judging by the laughter, giggling, and general buffoonery. Since those behaviors obviously result in not meeting deadlines, those behaviors shall cease. 

      3. Five (5) of you submitted the published site link via Kami which are inactive, and I can’t access the Site. You were sent an email by me if this was you. Since I couldn’t see the Site, I could not evaluate its status.

4. DUE Frjadagr  16 Aug by 2:00 PM

   1. Read

      1. Textbook pages 1-16 (PDF pages 7-17)

      2. the excerpts from Mythology Unbound titled “Why Study Myths?”

      3. the excerpt from Celtic Mythology

   2. View

      1. the Crash Course Mythology episode “What is Myth”.

      2. the Mythology Unleashed video “What is Mythology?”

   3. Complete and submit by 2:00 PM 16 Aug

      1. the Guided Reading Notes (GRN) for pages 1-16. 

      2. the Quizizz for “What is Myth”

      3. the Quizizz for “What is Mythology”

      4. The Quizizz for “Why Study Myths?”

      5. The Quizizz for Celtic Mythology

5. DUE Sunnudagr 18 Aug by 11:59 PM

   1. Today, you are assigned Adventurer’s Journal Part Two.

Tyrsdagr, 13 Aug 2024

Today’s agenda

1. Check the gradebook in OnCourse. Verify that you have credit for joining Canva, Writable, and GoGuardian. If not, review the steps for those and join now.

2. DO NOW

   1. Read

      1. How to Set Up your Adventurer’s Journal as a Google Site

   2. Submit

      1. The published site link for your Adventurer’s Journal into OnCourse by 2:00 PM 13 Aug - TODAY

3. Read

   1. Textbook pages 1-16 (PDF pages 7-17)

   2. the excerpts from Mythology Unbound titled “Why Study Myths?”

   3. the excerpt from Celtic Mythology

4. View

   1. the Crash Course Mythology episode “What is Myth”.

   2. the Mythology Unleashed video “What is Mythology?”

5. Complete and submit by 2:00 PM 16 Aug

   1. the Guided Reading Notes (GRN) for pages 1-16. 

   2. the Quizizz for “What is Myth”

   3. the Quizizz for “What is Mythology”

   4. The Quizizz for “Why Study Myths?”

   5. The Quizizz for Celtic Mythology

Manadagr, 12 Aug 2024

Today’s agenda

1. Review classroom procedures for start of class

2. Assign textbooks

3. Reconnect with Go Guardian via Clever

   1. Either enter Clever.com in the omni box above 

   2. Or use the BPSB site -> Student Portal -> clever Single Sign-on

4. Take two minutes and join Writeable by following the instructions in this Doc. You will start using this platform on 14 Aug

5. Mythika. Week 1

   1. Read through the Doc “Week 1.1 Alphacite”

      1. Pay special attention to the Instructions section!

   2. The assignments for the week are the in final section

      1. Read textbook pages 1-16 (PDF 7-17)

         1. As you read complete the Guided Reading Notes (GRN) for pages 1-16. Submit by 2:00 PM 16 Aug

      2. View the Crash Course Mythology episode “What is Myth”.

         1. Complete the  Quizizz for that video

      3. View the Mythology Unleashed video “What is Mythology?”

         1. Complete the Quizizz for that video

      4. Read the excerpts from Mythology Unbound titled “Why Study Myths?”

         1. Complete the Quizizz for that reading

      5. Read the excerpt from Celtic Mythology

         1. Complete the Quizizz for that reading

Frjadagr, 9 Aug 2024

1. Practice classroom routines

   1. Backpacks on the table

   2. Using the seating chart

   3. Getting Chromebooks / headphones

2. Join GoGuardian by using this link (grade)

3. Assignment: Avatar F24

   1. Google Form

   2. Join Canva

   3. Generate an AI image for your avatar