A 9-Year-Old's Quest: September 25, 2017

Focus: Why is Oskar's quest important to us?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Viewing the hero's journey as depicted in Finding Joe; mapping out the Joseph Campbell hero's journey as a class (around 4:00--13:34)

"Here it is: there's only one story. There, I said it and I can't very will take it back. There is only one story. Ever. One. It's always been going on and it's everywhere around us and every story you've ever read or heard or watched is part of it." 

-- Foster, How To Read Literature Like a Professor

3. Trying out Campbell's hero's journey with your favorite quests, then using the hero's journey to understand the start of Oskar's quest

4. Reading, journalling, and conferencing on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Tuesday leaders: You have this time to prepare your syllabus.

HW:
1. Read through page 141 in ELIC and complete your third journal entry if you have not yet done so to prepare for Tuesday's Fishbowl discussion

2. Leaders need to prepare a syllabus and post it to the class website before class tomorrow.

3. THIS FRIDAY IS THE END OF 6 WEEKS. YOU HAVE UNTIL MONDAY, OCT 2 TO SUBMIT ANY MISSING WORK, TO RETAKE ANY "QUIZZES," AND TO ALERT TO ME TO ANY INCORRECT GRADES. AFTER MONDAY, THE GRADES WILL STAND AS THEY ARE.