October syllabus

Here is what we are doing in October. Refining and Setting targets is our goal.
Archetypes of myth. Hero’s journey. Difference between paraphrasing and commentary. Learning to analyze. What is the test about? Skill developed-students will develop the ability to hunt for allusions in order to more richly appreciate what they encounter.
Poetry 180 exercise run on blogsite – apkennedy.blogspot.com
Museum visit.
Once upon a time exercise with class presentations on myth.
Literary term test.
Opera section from “Philadelphia.” To teach trancendance.
Barn Burning 190.
Excerpt from Long Way Down
“Schoolsville” 663.
“Ode to Grecian Urn” 1018.
“Musee de Beaux Artes” 986.
“Siren Song” 977.
Section 976.
Section 985.
Section 995.
Young Goodman Brown 436.
Myth exercise.
Exercise finding story archetypes in:
“Groundhog Day”
“Fisher King”
“Dead Poet’s Society”

Mr. Kennedy 9.28