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World Literature I Content: · Sophocles, //King Oedipus// · Sophocles, //Antigone// · //Creation Stories//, //Sibi, Mulan, Haiku, Tanka,// · Shakespeare, //Julius Caesar// · __ Things Fall Apart __ · __ Things Fall Apart __ Webquest · Developing the Essay · Research and citing sources · Literary Circles · __ King Oedipus __, Watling translation · Creation Myths - Hebrew, Hindu, Chinese, Hawaiian (Kumulipo) - archetypes, symbols, and signs · Gilgamesh - excerpts including Humbaba, Enkidu's Dream, The Flood, and The Return - the hero archetype · Writing an essay - development of thesis, introductory paragraph, and support · Grammar - subject-verb agreement, commonly misused words, verb tenses World Literature II Content: · history of 100 year war and inquistion · historical fiction
 * Classroom Orientation
 * Syllabus
 * Meeting each other
 * Basic Vocab for Literature
 * Blogging
 * Creation Stories
 * Myths and Legends
 * Creation Stories
 * Myths and Legends
 * Shakespeare bio
 * Reading Shakespeare
 * Character Anaylsis
 * Reading analysis
 * Develop understanding of Shakespeare's style and literary techniques
 * Collaborative work for deeper understanding
 * Adapting historical work to modern times
 * Read teenage love story
 * Study life in small Japanese fishing Island
 * develop skills for identifying specific details
 * Discuss themes of book and issues of community
 * Attack on Pearl Harbor
 * Life in the Philipines during WWII
 * Folk Lore and storytelling
 * Creation Stories
 * Myths and Legends
 * Anchient Poetry
 * Venn Diagrams
 * Greek Gods Webquest to introduce culture and impact of beliefs on life
 * Study of Greek Drama (Read //The Theban Trilogy)//
 * Literary concepts: Fate, Irony, Antagonist, Protaganist, Tragic Flaw, conflict
 * Moral values in action
 * Roman history/literature (Read //Julius Caesar// by Shakespeare)
 * Removing leaders through assassination
 * Missionary work (charity or imperialism)
 * Might makes right??