"Follow your inner moonlight; don't fight the madness" - Alan Ginsberg

New classes will be created next week so ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE TURNED IN TO RECEIVE CREDIT BY OCTOBER 28TH. 

FINAL ASSESSMENT OVER THE ALCHEMIST TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4TH

Week of October 20th - 24th Mandala's and found poems

PSAT's October 15th

October 7th in school field trip Profile Theater's performance of Sam Shepard's material

First Quarter Assingments

First Quarter

• The role of storytelling in fiction according to; Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Eli Shafak, Chimamanda Adichie, and you (graph)
• Questions in response to Adichie and Shafak's Short Stories
• Short Story and Flash Fiction Literary Terms
• The Language of Cultures  
• Questions for "tunneling to the center of the earth"
• Short Story Assessment (summative assignment)
• Define literary terms for The Alchemist
• Dialogue journal The Alchemist
• Dream Journal
• Challenge Book First Semester Assignment
• The Geography of The Alchemist
• PSAT grammar refresher
• Summary of the Stages of the Hero's Journey
• First quarter journal check (entries 1 - 23)
• The Alchemist reading questions pages 1 - 79

Daily Entries....

First Quarter Journal Entries

•  Entry #1 If I didn’t care what people thought I would…
• Entry #2 “Music is the language of the spirit” - Kahil Gibran, watch Madihi Bhati’s Mu(sick) video and respond
• Entry #3 What is culture?
•  Entry #4 word bomb supermoon/coffee/wave/book cover/orange
• Entry #5 What is the role of literature in culture?
• Entry #6 What do you remember of this day (9/11) 13 years ago? Or what stories have you been told?
• Entry #7 As the moon…
• Entry #8 What is your favorite story? What is the stories theme?
• Entry# 9 What is a reoccurring theme in your life?
•  Entry #10 If your life were a song what would it be called?
• Entry# 11 where does your road lead you?
• Entry#12 What does it mean to lead a good life?
• Entry#13 How do we find meaning in life?
• Entry #14 What elements of magical realism do you see in the photo’s throughout the story?
• Entry #15 (word bomb) As the tide crashed against the rocks .../blue chevy/popcorn/dream/tethered
• Entry #16 choose a line from the Sam Shepard material presented in class, and respond in an original entry (piece inspired by quote)
• Entry #17 Shapes like stars...
• Entry #18 What is the Baker's dream? How would you compare his dream with most of society? Explain...
• Entry #19 "The secret of happiness is to see the marvels of the world, and never forget the drops of oil on the spoon" P.34 Explain this philosophy
• Entry #20 Where have you always wanted to travel to, why?
• Entry #21 and Entry #22 Metaphorical Journey's 
• Entry #23 Write about a dream you had that wasn't realistic at all - and had moments of magic in it.
• Entry #24 Define alchemy.
• Entry #25 List some essential qualities about Santiago. What defines him? What is important to him?
• Entry #26 List some essential qualities about your self. What defines you? What is important to you?
• Entry #27 Mandala (Sanskrit means circle) is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism representing the Universe.