Week 8 World Lit/ Expo Comp II

Week 8 Class Work and Homework Expo Comp/ World Literature

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Period 3  Left Hand of Darkness Green Book-TBA P 5  In China the dominant philosophical and religious ideas have come from Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.  Perhaps no culture has placed a greater value on learning and the literary tradition than China. In your essay how these traditions of contemplation and a heightened awareness of nature as a means to discover the truth are reflected in the poems and maxims you have read.	P5 Philosophy essay
Tuesday	Period 3   Left Hand of Darkness Green Book-TBA P 5 –Philosophy Essay	Period 3 Activity Green Book Left Hand of Darkness
Wednesday	Period 3- Left Hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- P5 – Philosophy Essay due to turnitin.com.	Period 3 Left Hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Philosophy Essay due to turnitin.com by 7 PM
Thursday	Period 3 –Left Hand Of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Read The Literature of Japan, pp. 558-568 Take Cornell Notes to be used later	Period 3 – Left hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Finish Cornell Notes pp 558-568
Friday	Period 3 – Left Hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5 –Read Tanka Poems In groups discuss The way Tanka Poets use images of nature to convey the inevitability of change. Discuss the feelings associated with the Tanka. Share your own feelings about change and compare and contrast them with those of Tanka Poetry.	Period 3-Left Hand of Darkness Green Book TBA Period 5- Compare and Contrast two translations pp. 570-571 Reread Ono Komachi’s tanka on Page 570. The read the translation of the same poem on pp. 571. Write a two parahraph essay as instructed on page 571.

Week 7 World Lit/Expo Comp II

Week 7 Class Work and Homework Expo Comp/ World Literature

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Vacation President’s Day Revise Essays	Revise Essays Catch up!
Tuesday	Period 3   Left Hand of Darkness Green Book-TBA P 5 –Finish film on Confucius	Period 3 Activity Green Book Left Hand of Darkness P5 –1500 Word Essay Due before class Monday the 25th or you will be locked out of turnitin.com. DVD will be available for review during advisory and lunch Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.   Resources for Essay Daily Variety Review http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942342/ People’s Daily in English http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6871144.html Oscars.org Sound and Music http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/sound/index.html Costumes and Makeup http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/costumesmakeup/index.html Cinematography http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/cinematography/index.html Consider casting, characters, point of view, dialogue, costumes, setting, visual effects, cinematography, editing, sound, and music. How did each craft contributed to the film’s story, tone, emotions, characters, and positive or negative impressions? Take one element, such as music, cinematography, special effects, and analyze it in detail. For example, you might ask what kind of instruments the composer uses and why? When does music play in the scene? When is it absent? How is the music different in different scenes? What does the score add to the film? For production design, you might ask the students how the look of the film creates mood and emotion. Are certain colors associated with certain characters or emotional states? What kind of objects can be found in each scene? How do they relate to the character, the time period, the genre, and the story?
Wednesday	Period 3- Left Hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Lao-tzu pp. 541-544 Take Cornell Notes to be used latter In Teams: Answer the Questions on Ambiguity on pp. 535	Period 3 Left Hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Work on Essay
Thursday	Period 3 –Left Hand Of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Read Taoist Writers pp. 546-549 Take Cornell Notes to be used later	Period 3 – Left hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5- Work on Essay
Friday	Period 3 – Left Hand of Darkness Activity TBA Period 5 –Read Ssu-ma Ch’ien pp.551-556 Take Cornell Notes to be used latter.	Period 3-Left Hand of Darkness Green Book TBA Period 5- Do Anecdote assignment pp. 550

Week Six World Lit. /Expo Comp II

Week 5 Class Work and Homework Expo Comp/ World Literature

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Period 3: Activity 17 Green Book Period 5 Happy Chinese New Year! Gong Hay Fat Choy. Read Li Po pp 520-526 Read Art of Translation pp. 523 Write a reflection comparing and contrasting the Theme of Song 103 and Song 130 From the book of Songs ( 512-517) with the Poems by Li PO on PP. 520-521  1page	Period 3 Activity 18 P5 – a.   Compare the wife’s situation in Li Po’s poem with that of the Wife in “O Oriole, Yellow Bird” on pp. 515. 1 page b.   Which translation of the Li Po Poem’s do you prefer? Explain why.
Tuesday	Period 3 Green Book-TBA P 5 –Tu FU pp. 526-530	Period 3 Activity Green Book  TBA P5 Compare and Contrast the mood of Jade Flower Palace on pp. 530-531 with Shakespeare Sonnet 64 pp.  810
Wednesday	Period 3- Activity TBA Period 5- Read Li Ch’ing Chao In Teams: Answer the Questions on Ambiguity on pp. 535	Period 3 Activity TBA Period 5- Read Confucius PP. 536-539
Thursday	Period 3 –Activity TBA Period 5- Confucius Film with Chow Yun Fat	Period 3 – Activity TBA Period 5- Team Questions on Confucius
Friday	Period 3 – Activity TBA Period 5 –Finish Watching Film	Period 3-Green Book TBA Period 5- Consider casting, characters, point of view, dialogue, costumes, setting, visual effects, cinematography, editing, sound, and music. How did each craft contributed to the film’s story, tone, emotions, characters, and positive or negative impressions? Take one element, such as music, cinematography, special effects, and analyze it in detail. For example, you might ask what kind of instruments the composer uses and why? When does music play in the scene? When is it absent? How is the music different in different scenes? What does the score add to the film? For production design, you might ask the students how the look of the film creates mood and emotion. Are certain colors associated with certain characters or emotional states? What kind of objects can be found in each scene? How do they relate to the character, the time period, the genre, and the story? Rubric Handout

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Week 5 Expo Comp II/ World Lit

Week 4 Class Work and Homework Expo Comp/ Literature

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Period 3: Revise Last Meow Essay Bring Green Book to class Period 5 Test cancelled  Mira Bai and  The Motif of the "divine lover" is common in mystical traditions throughout the world.  Rumi, troubadours, Christian mystics, John Donne, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, William Blake, Emily Dickenson. Read pp. 496-497 Read Mira Bai Poems Write a reflection.	Period 3 Revise Last Meow Essay and Do Activity 1 and 2 Green Book  "Language, gender, and Culture" P5 – Read pp. 125- Take Cornell Notes on Ancient Middle East 6 Page Narrative due Thursday- all steps of hero’s Journey must be included. Don’t forget to submit completed graphic organizer to Inbox
Tuesday	Period 3 Green Book-Activity 3,4, and 5 P 5 –Read Epic of Gilgamesh	Period 3 Activity 6 Do Both Green Book   P5 Narrative
Wednesday	Period 3- Activity 7 and 8  Period 5- Team Activity on Epic of Gilgamesh	Period 3 Activity 9 Period 5- Narrative due Typed triple space for peer review
Thursday	Period 3 –Activity 10 and 11 Period 5- Peer Review Narratives ( a for credit assignment).	Period 3 – Activity 12 Period 5- Final drafts of Narratives due before class on Friday to turnitin.com. No late work accepted. Locked out.
Friday	Period 3 – Activity 13 Period 5 –Read Chinese and Japanese Literature pp. 503-511 Take Cornell Notes	Period 3-Green Book Activities 14, 15, and 16 Do carefully Period 5- World Literature Read The Book of Songs Creative Writing Assignment( Grammy Week) : 1.   Composing a rap or hip hop song. 2.   Songs should contain repetitive rhythms, alliteration, and refrain. Imagery should depict a current situation, but emotion should arise from basic human nature. Or 3. Compare and Contrast two Folk Songs using either point-by-point comparison or a block organizational pattern.