04.09 - Roy and Gilgamesh

We continued our discussion today of Gilgamesh's story by comparing and contrasting it to a similar journey story, that of Gimmesome Roy in Shel Silverstein's poem "The Perfect High". Our work and discussion with this sheet was guided by the provided processing questions which we followed along with in class.

We will wrap up our discussion of Gilgamesh in class tomorrow by reviewing the hero's journey note sheet that everyone completed and by reviewing the last page of discussion questions which we started work with yesterday.

Handouts:
Gilgamesh and Roy
Gilgamesh discussion questions

Homework:

Finish reading the "Gilgamesh" story in the World Mythology text (starts on page 172)
Complete the hero's journey note sheet for "Gilgamesh".


Finish responding to the Gilgamesh discussion questions (see handouts above).

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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04.08 - Babylonian Values and Gilgamesh

We started class today by reviewing what we knew about Babylonian values from their creation story the Enuma Elish (see notes below). Then, everyone had about 20 minutes to respond to some discussion questions based on the first half of the Gilgamesh story (see handout below, we worked with the front sheet only today).

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After everyone had a chance to respond to these questions we came together as a class and discussed the responses that people had drafted. We will continue working more with this story tomorrow.

Handouts:
Gilgamesh discussion questions

Homework:

Finish reading the "Gilgamesh" story in the World Mythology text (starts on page 172)
Complete the hero's journey note sheet for "Gilgamesh".

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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04.07 - Hero's Journey Revisions

For today's class, I returned work that was submitted last week and handed out grade report sheets. We looked at class performance on individual assignments and overall trends in what people were doing well and what to continue to be mindful of in completing assignments (see below). After reviewing this work, everyone had the period to complete and revise assignments. People who finished all assignments and revisions were able to read from the "Gilgamesh" story in our World Mythology text.

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Homework:

Finish reading the Gilgamesh story in our World Mythology text (pages 172 - 203).
Complete the hero's journey note sheet for Gilgamesh.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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04.04 - Out of Labyrinth into Gilgamesh

The focus of our class today was on how the hero's journey could be applied to Labyrinth which we watched on Tues and Wednesday this week. In class, we discussed what order the stages of the journey seemed to come in in the movie and why and which characters fit which archetypes (see chart below). We focused specifically on the ordeal and what the nature of the ordeal told us about Sarah's journey. We also discussed the meaning of the story and how the meaning effects they way in which we interpret the role and purpose of some of the characters.

At the end of class, we began reading the epic Gilgamesh. While reading this everyone should fill out a hero's journey note sheet. We will start talking about this epic in class on Monday.

Handouts:
Hero's Journey Note Sheet 

Homework:

Read the introduction and books 1, 2, 3, and 4 from Gilgamesh (pages 172 - 184)

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

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04.03 - Organizing Labyrinth

For today's class, everyone was focused on completing their hero's journey notes on Labyrinth and putting this information together with stages of the hero's journey ordered as they occur in the movie.

While people worked, we discussed general reactions to the movie and possible meaning behind the story. We will discuss specific organization and elements of the story next class.

When it is all put together the piece should look something like this:

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The set up may change as long as the diagram has all of the elements.

The circle with known/unknown labeling and lines to stages are drawn on. All other elements are cut out from the provided sheets and glued in place (the ones in the picture were taped for the sake of simplicity)

Handouts:
Labyrinth Summary (helps with names and as a refresher for what happens in the movie. Today we watched through the whole front side of the sheet in class)

Story Diagram:
Hero's journey stages for Labyrinth
Character archetypes and header
Hero's journey map for Labyrtinth (we will use the wheel section on Thursday)

Hero's Journey Information:
Introduction to the Hero's Journey (has good definition information)
Hero's Journey map (also has good definition information)
Hero's Journey diagram (shows stages of the journey)


Homework:

If you did not do so in class complete the hero's journey diagram for Labyrinth.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

 

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04.02 - Labyrinth (cont'd)

Today, we continued working more with the hero's journey and how that model can be applied to a complete story (Labyrinth).

We continued watching the movie with everyone jotting down notes regarding different steps of the hero's journey and different archetypal figures in the story. These notes should be fleshed out and completed for homework.

Tomorrow in class, we will explore how the hero's journey model fits this story and how that can help us to better understand the message of the story.

Handouts:
Labyrinth Summary (helps with names and as a refresher for what happens in the movie. Today we watched through the whole front side of the sheet in class)

Hero's journey stages for Labyrinth
Hero's journey map for Labyrtinth (we will use the wheel section on Thursday)

Introduction to the Hero's Journey (has good definition information)
Hero's Journey map (also has good definition information)
Hero's Journey diagram (shows stages of the journey)


Homework:

Complete the hero's journey stages for Labyrinth and archetypal characters for what we have seen so far in the movie.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

 

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04.01 - Labyrinth and the Hero's Journey

The focus of class today was in working more with the hero's journey and how that model can be applied to a complete story. Previously, we had looked at this model in relation to a simple classic myth (Orpheus and Eurydice). Today, our focus was on a more detailed, yet still generally straight-forward story through the movie Labyrinth.

We began watching the movie today and will finish watching it next class. While watching the movie, everyone was asked to jot down notes regarding different steps of the hero's journey and different archetypal figures in the story. These notes should be fleshed out and completed for homework (everyone should be able to cover about half of the hero's journey and have a good sense for all of the archetypal figures).

We will finish the movie tomorrow in class.

Handouts:
Labyrinth Summary (helps with names and as a refresher for what happens in the movie. Today we watched through the whole front side of the sheet in class)

Hero's journey stages for Labyrinth
Hero's journey map for Labyrtinth (we will use the wheel section on Thursday)

Introduction to the Hero's Journey (has good definition information)
Hero's Journey map (also has good definition information)
Hero's Journey diagram (shows stages of the journey)


Homework:

Complete the hero's journey stages for Labyrinth and archetypal characters for what we have seen so far in the movie.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

 

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