Grade 12

• Yesterday:
• Wrote response paper for "Parable of the Prodigal Son."
• Any remaining time: read and annotate "The Language of the Birds."
• Finished for HW.
• Today:
• Those who haven't read "The Language of the Birds" did so, rest began reading "The Six Swans."
• Cclass discussion on  "The Language of the Birds."
• What is Ivan's Essential Nature?
• How is this an unintentional hero journey?
• How is "atonement with the father" turned on its head?
• What mythic elements can you find in this story?
• HW: Response paper for "The Language of the Birds."
• Read and annotate "The Six Swans."

Grade 10

• Started Chapter 9. Read up to page 63. Finish the chapter for homework.
• I will be out tomorrow. Students will take quiz on chapters 1-5.
• Chapter 10 should be finished by Monday.
• Research papers due on Monday.