Week of April 26

Friday
Tales #83
when harold and his freinds arrived in mrs noisomes classroom the sub loomed over them menacingly and asked for there homework
Vocab: loomed , menacingly
Tales #84
everyone in the class except the slothful conan of course had their homework
Vocab: slothful
Tales #85
as the sub prepared to verbally pulverize conan harold with a wink skiped him a copy of the homework so conan could pretend to find it
Vocab: pulverize, verbally
We graded Roots Test (pend) and shared Original Myth Movie Projects.
Homework:
Work on the Bad Hair Day narrative (details under Wednesday).



Thursday
More time to work on the creation myths in the lab. Students also conducted research for the Even Gods have Bad Hair Days assignment. Some typed their papers.
Homework:
Finalize the poster project. Due tomorrow.




Wednesday
Students continued working on their creation myths in the lab. As time permitted, students conducted research for the Even Gods have Bad Hair Days assignment.
Handout: Even Gods have Bad Hair Days.
This is an individual assignment, due May 4.
Homework:
Work on the poster project. Due Friday.



Tuesday
In groups of two or three, continued researching creation myths in the lab. Began brainstorming poster project.
Homework:
Work on the poster project. We will share them on Friday.



Monday
Today we researched Creation Myths (took notes in our composition books). We will use this information to develop our own creation myth according to the handout.
Handout: Original Creation Myth Movie Poster Project - with directions and rubric.
Tomorrow we will work on developing the original myth. Wednesday and Thursday will be spent continuing the research into mythology (using links under Mythology on my Lang. Arts Resources web site), which will be used for upcoming assignments (see Upcoming Deadlines link at top of blog).
Homework:
Creation Myth Movie Posters will be presented on Friday.