Looking ahead to Fall!

 Reminder!

Tomorrow is auditions for Les Mis!  Check out the "links" on the sidebar or the pages on the top of the blog for more information.

Choir and Sign Language Choir is open until the day we start. Again, see links, registration page and top pages for more info.

History and Literature classes are open until the day we start. Ditto.  All the info that you need for the class beyond what is on the pages will be sent after you sign up by emailing me or contacting me that you are attending.

C4! Class is the same way: open until the first day.  I will have a sign-up link posted this week to make it more official since I will need a waiver for that class (we are using power tools...yay!).

Please submit questions, etc below in the comment section, thanks!

A Look at Hero's Journey for the year

For those considering it still or on the waiting list, please check out our fun overview of the semester!  As you can see, I have created it using a variety of learning styles.

OVERVIEW

We are going to immerse ourselves in so many iconic classics with this updated reading list.  Most books are available at the library or I've provided an audio/video option for the students.

(quick sample)

AUG 27

Intro to Hero’s Journey: Hero's Journey Intro video

Find it in the movies!  (Group projects)

BOOKS & OUTLINE

SEPT 3, 10, 24 & OCT 1 Weeks 1-4: Mythology

Week 1: Fairy Tales: 

Week 2: Greek/Norse Mythology

Week 3: Odysseus/Ulysses and Aeneas

Week 4: “Epic of Gilgamesh”

OCT 8, 15, 22, 29 Weeks 5-8 “Beowulf” and “Inferno”

Week 5 & 6: “Beowulf”--watch video and read/listen to while listening

Week 7: “Inferno”--watch video and read 15 min/day (1 hour total)

Week 8: Compare and contrast epic poems/heroes

OCT 29, NOV 5 & 12 Weeks 9-11 “Hiawatha”

Weeks 11-13: Hiawatha

Listen to while coloring “Woodland Indians” coloring book pages (provided by Mary)

NOV 19: (evening class)

Week 14: watch “Hamlet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5HKX1vicM and discuss

Dress in Shakespearean garb and eat feast while watching on projected sheet

DEC 3 & 4- watch/perform  “Les Miserables” and identify the hero's journey inherent in that story

DEC 3 & 10

Week 15 & 16: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (watch George C Scott version or read)

JAN: King Arthur & The Hobbit

Week 17...

FEB: Pride and Prejudice

MAR: Student vote! "A Sound of Thunder" short story by Ray Bradbury, "Lord of the Flies" or  "To Kill a Mockingbird" 

APR: Student pick!  “Hunger Games,” “Harry Potter” or “The Alchemist”

Literature Class 2021-22: "Exploring the Hero's Journey in Literature through the Ages"

Class full and closed! 

 LITERATURE-Fridays 9:30-10:30

Exploring the Hero's Journey in Literature through the Ages

Students will be reading, studying, analyzing, writing about, and doing group projects on one piece of literature per month. We will do the first month as notated, but the class will vote* on the upcoming books for certain months after that.

Sept: myths from different cultures and Padraic Colum version of "The Odyssey"

Oct*: "The Inferno" by Dante or "Epic of Gilgamesh" or "Treasure Island"

November:  "Hiawatha" poem by Longfellow (listen to youtube reading while coloring book option)

January: "The Hobbit" by Tolkien

February: "Pride and Prejudice" by Austen

March*:  "A Sound of Thunder" short story by Ray Bradbury, "Lord of the Flies" or "To Kill a Mockingbird"

April: student's choice: "The Alchemist," "The Hunger Games," or "Harry Potter"

Cost: price of books, coloring book and notepads required

Hero's Journey Video

Some are longer than others.  I will include activities and immersion experiences with the different books, dividing up the reading into four over the course of the months, though some are shorter and longer than others and readings can be staggered accordingly.

 

I will give the youth the option of being graded (for credit) or not. I have youth that will do both.