World Literature

World Literature Google Classroom Class Code:

Agenda Week 1 

Thurs: Course Introduction/Guidelines for Success/ "Censorship" EOC

Fri: Snow day

Agenda Week 2

Mon: Snow day

Tues: Snow day

Wed: Snow day

Thurs: "Censorship" Writing Practice

Fri: Animal Farm Vocabulary

Agenda Week 3

Mon-Tues: Animal Farm: Author's Background/ WebQuest

Wed: Context Notes/ Read Chpts 1-2/ Complete Response Questions

Thurs:  Senior Reward Party

Fri: In-Service No School

Agenda Week 4

Mon: Animal Farm Chapters 3-4/ Response Questions Due

Tues: "Herd Mentality" EOC/ AF Chpt 5 Response Questions

Wed: AF Read Chpt 6-7 Response Questions Due

Thurs: Propaganda Video/ AF Read Chpt 8 Response Questions 

Fri: AF Structure Notes/ Read 9 Response Questions

Agenda Week 5

Mon: President's Day No School

Tues:  AF Read Chapter 10 Complete the Response Questions

Wed: "Total Control in North Korea" EOC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdxPCeWw75k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLeeTVmVrtA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWsJ6NFMpE&t=1s

Thurs: Themes/ Review Worksheet/ "Top 10 Things to Know" Videos

Fri:  AF Test

Agenda Week 

Mon: "Why We Read" Crash Course Video / Textbook Worksheet

Tues: Mesopotamia Document Analysis

Wed: Mesopotamia/Egypt Vocabulary

Thurs: Mesopotamian People and Culture

Fri: Gilgamesh Background/ "The Epic of Gilgamesh" Part 1

Agenda Week 7

Mon: "The Epic of Gilgamesh" Part 2- 3

Tues: Hammurabi Background /"The Code of Hammurabi" EOC

Wed: Ancient Egypt Intro/"Fertile Crescent"

Thurs: Ancient Egypt Webquest

Fri:  Egyptian Myths/ "Book of the Dead" Wkst

Agenda Week 8

Mon: Ancient Hebrew People / Ancient Hebrew Vocabulary

Tues: No School (SAT DAY)

Wed: Sacred Literature / Ancient Hebrew: from Genesis 

Thurs: Sacred Literature / Book of Ruth" Wkst

Fri: No School 

Agenda Week 

Mon: No School 

Tues:  "Cain and Abel"/ "Psalms"/ "Prodigal Son"  

Wed: Mayan People and Culture / WebQuest/ Binder Due

Thurs: "Popol Vuh" Comparison Wkst

Fri: No School Records Day

Agenda Week  

Mon: Ancient Greece People/Culture/ Vocabulary

Tues: Ancient Greece WebQuest

Wed: Greek Literature/ from The Iliad Book 1

Thurs:  from The Iliad Book 6-22

Fri: Career Day

Agenda Week 

Mon: The Iliad Book 24 

Tues-Thurs: The Never Ending Story

Fri: Good Friday

Agenda Week April 13th

Mon: "The Apology" Wkst

Tues:  Horace and Ovid Poetry Packet

Wed: Middle Ages People/Vocabulary

Thurs: Middle Ages WebQuest

Fri: Middle Ages Crossword

Agenda Week 

Mon: Renaissance Reading Article

Tues-Wed:  Dante Alighieri "Devine Comedy" Wkst

Thur-Fri: "Apollo"/"Sun and Moon" Comparison Activity 

Agenda Week 11 

Mon: 

Tues: 

Wed/Thurs: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Response Questions

Fri: "Button, Button" EOC Evidence (Junior/Senior Reward Party)

Agenda Week 12  Nov 11th-15th

Mon: China and Japan Vocabulary

Tues: Ancient China People/Culture

Wed:  "Four Dragons" EOC

Thurs: Literature of Ancient China "Analects/"Book of Odes" Wkst

Fri:  "Village School and Travelling Soldier" EOC

Agenda Week 13  Nov 18th-22nd

Mon: Japan WebQuest/"Samurai and the Tea Master"

Tues: Japan People and Culture

Wed: "The Real Hacksaw Ridge" EOC

Thurs: "Green Willow" / Ancient Japanese Literature 

Fri: "Pillow Book" Wkst

Agenda Week 14 

Mon: Cultural Traditions Slideshow Project

Tues: Cultural Traditions Slideshow Project

Wed-Fri: NO School "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Agenda Week 15 

Mon: Middle East Vocabulary

Tues:  Middle East People and Culture

Wed: Islam/from "The Koran" 

Thurs: "A Thousand and One Night's" Worksheet

Fri: "A Call for Change in the Middle East" EOC

Agenda Week 16 

Mon: West African Vocabulary

Tues:  West African People and Culture

Wed:  Spider Stories

Thurs: Chinua Achebe Background/ "An Interview with..."

Fri: "Dead Men's Path"

Agenda Week 17 Dec 16th-20th

Mon: India WebQuest

Tues:  /India People and Culture

Wed: "A Wish for Kali" / Sumintra Celebrates Divali 

Thurs: Culture and Literature/Rig Veda 

Fri: from Mahabharata/ Wkst/Binder Checklist

Agenda Week 18

Mon: "Button, Button" EOC Evidence

Tues: "The Renaissance Man" Worksheet

Wed: "The Renaissance Man" Worksheet/Binder Due

Thurs: "The Renaissance Man" Worksheet

Fri: Final Exam Review

Agenda Week 19 

Mon:  Final Exam Review

Tues-Thurs: Final Exams Schedule

Fri: 

Animal Farm

Audio Book