Project / "Two Tramps in Mud Time" / "The Lady and the Tiger"

Grade 12

• Distributed and discussed project directions. As of now, the due date is next Wednesday. Extensions will be granted for good cause. Project options are:
• Creation Myth Unit
  Project Options
  Due date: 12/15
  Maximum: Min 600 – Max 1000 words
  1. Write your own myth. This option should include expected elements; the creation of the world, cosmological structure, introduction of duality, etc. Consider the environment of the culture that would generate such a story. Sociological, psychological and cosmological implications should be implicit in the story.
  
  
  2. Compare/contrast three or more of the stories studied in class. Analyze the symbolic significance of the imagery and how the imagery differs or parallels the imagery in other stories. Discuss the sociological, psychological and cosmological functions of myth explicit
  
  
  3. Treat any one of these stories as a personal dream. Relate the story, modifying it as necessary, and analyze it in terms of its application to your own life. Be specific. Be descriptive.
  
  4. Be the Devil’s Advocate: The serpent in the Garden of Eden demands a trial. Be the serpent’s lawyer and argue his case before a court. You may introduce elements from some of the other stories in his defense.
  
  5. Design a creative project of your own. May be done in a group, but must be signed off by me.
• Tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday we'll be in the computer lab in Mr. G's room.

Grade 10

• Distributed analysis essay for "Danny Deever" as model. Read and discussed.
• Checked HW.
• In notebooks, made prosody notes for "Two Tramps in Mud Time." Discuss, complete notes
• Practice analysis essay on this poem due in notebooks on Monday

Grade 9

• Checked HW
• Began outline (The Big 4) for "The Lady and the Tiger," in groups:
• A. Characters: Princess, king, princess’ lover, the girl behind the door
  
  B. Theme: if you love someone you have to be able to let them go. You may not be able to trust the one you love.
  
  C. Plot: A semi-barbaric king has created an arena to try accused criminals. Chance is the judge. The outcome is either marriage or a hungry tiger. The king puts his daughter’s lover in the arena. The princess knows where the lady and the tiger are. However, she hates the lady and has to decide her lover’s fate. The reader isn’t told.
  
  D. Setting: Ancient times, like Rome, in the arena
• Will continue tomorrow and possibly take quiz if time.