Sunday, February 22, 2015

Teaching is a Hero's Journey

Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Mentors
Superstition
Threshold
Threshold Guardians
Abyss: Realizing my Units have been crap. I should have asked what the witch trials are characterized by, what the true meaning of justice is...

I should have had discussion DAILY. Theme-focused journals.
Dialectical journals should focus on a theme.

How to Analyze Quotes Lesson.

Great Gatsby narrator and other people's reactions to Nick Carraway.

Huck Finn theme journal (sort of did this with my four-square notes)

With Cuckoo's Nest:
Power/powerlessness
Reality
Insanity/Sanity
Discussions about themes

With Jane Eyre:
Gender
Religion
Social Class
Spiritual/Supernatural

Review what are the most important plot events in the novel?? (did many plot review related activities for freshmen)