Unit Focus: Archetypes in Historical Fiction
Week Focus: Unit Review/Satire
Resources: Syllabus Link, How to Create a Works Cited Page, SSSLOP: Types of Media Bias, Logical Fallacies, Debate Vocabulary, Persuasive Appeals (K.E.L.P), Novel: 1984, The Alchemist Text
Monday: (LAB DAY)
- Complete Unit Test using answer sheet.
- Finish your Modest Proposal from our list of Ridiculousness below.
- Complete a book review for 1984
- Test your Mythology IQ
TUESDAY:
- Intro: Elements of Magical Realism
- Activator: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
- Writing Prompt: At the start of his journey, when Santiago asks a gypsy woman to interpret his dream about a treasure in the Egyptian pyramids, she asks for one tenth of the treasure in return. When Santiago asks the old man to show him the path to the treasure, the old man requests one tenth of his flock as "payment." Both payments represent a different price we have to pay to fulfill a dream; however, only one will yield a true result. Which payment represents false hope? Can you think of examples from your own life when you had to give up something to meet a goal and found the price too high?
- Vocabulary (Alchemist): Define each word in vocab sec. of notebook
- Trace Santiago's archetypal journey leading up to his departure.
WEDNESDAY:
- Writing Prompt: One of the first major diversions from Santiago's journey was the theft of his money in Tangiers, which forced him into taking a menial job with the crystal merchant. There, Santiago learned many lessons on everything from the art of business to the art of patience. Of all these, which lessons were the most crucial to the pursuit of his Personal Legend?
- Venn Diagram: Choose one member of your family (mother, father, sibling, etc) and interview them on their journey. Was there ever a time their dreams were put on hold? Did they ever regain their "Personal Legend?"
THURSDAY:
FRIDAY:
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