DAY 9

DAY 9

"Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow" Discussion
        1. What elements of Vonnegut's "world" don't seem so sci-fi today?
        2. How would the "rules for Immortals" set up for the Swift's Struldbrugs made the situation for the Schwartz Family a little more tolerable?
        3. What is significant about the title Vonnegut chose for his story?
        4. While this is kind of a dark story it is also humorous, and I would contend, positive. Support or refute my claim.
        5. At what age would YOU stop taking anti-gerasone?

Last moments for Trading Card or working on objectives in class.  Rough Drafts are DUE!!!


 HW: Trading Cards are due at beginning of class. Be prepared to talk about your "New Immortal".
ALL ROUGH DRAFTS--


FRI: Immortality War Rules

DAY 8

DAY 8

6 minute perusals--Quest: to learn one new thing

Looking at two famous Shakespeare Quotes:
        Hamlet's Soliloquoy
        Macbeth's Lament 

Work time for objectives or "New Immortals Trading Cards"

HW: Read Vonnegut's "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" and be prepread to discuss the following questions THUR:
        1. What elements of Vonnegut's "world" don't seem so sci-fi today?
        2. How would the "rules for Immortals" set up for the Swift's Struldbrugs made the situation for the Schwartz Family a little more tolerable?
        3. What is significant about the title Vonnegut chose for his story?
        4. While this is kind of a dark story it is also humorous, and I would contend, positive. Support or refute my claim.
        5. At what age would YOU stop taking anti-gerasone?

TRADING CARD GENERATOR (This doesn't really save that well- so make sure to have your info written somewhere else!!)

FRI: developing "rules of play"/structure for Immortality War

DAY 7

DAY 7
Sharing "Pairings"
Working on Objectives

HW: Work on New Immortal "Trading Card"


Looking Ahead:
Day 8 (WED)-- book round robin (hw read Vonnegut)
Day 9 (THUR)-- discuss Vonnegut
Day 10 (FRI)-- New Immortals "TRADING CARD" DUE + significant progress on objective

WEEK TWO: Day Six

Immortal "Shipping": creating the perfect Immortal

1. Each person must write down the following stats for their TWO favorite immortals.
NAME
COUNTY OF ORIGIN:
ORIGIN OF "BIRTH" (how they came into being):
SPECIAL POWERS:
WEAKNESSES:
WHAT COULD KILL THIS CHARACTER:
ANY THING ELSE OF INTEREST:

2. Random Pairings

3. Purposeful Pairings

4. Individual Pairings-

Deciding as class what ELEMENTS must be included on "Trading Card"

HW: Design your own "Immortals Trading Card" for your Individual Pairing.
Must include the Statistics of your "PARENTS" as well as the new statistics of your character on the New Immortal Card.  Hand in a ROUGH DRAFT for Tue-- Then USE  the card stock to make it nice for Wed.

TUE/WED are working on your objective days!!

DAY FIVE:

DAY FIVE:

Bon Jovi: I Don't Want to Live Forever (Lyrics) (Audio)

Three Pieces of Literature -- (Immortals, Tuck Everlasting, Gulliver's Travels)
       Common Elements?

Oldest Woman who ever lived: 122 Years Old

Oldest Man currently living

Immortals "Shipping": The Perfect Pair

Hand in Objective Time Charts

HW: work on objective!

DAY THREE

DAY THREE:

Finishing Student Objectives--

1. Finish reading/answering questions for TUCK EVERLASTING
2. Attempt to "Categorize Immortality"

Discussion:
Borge's "Immortals"
Tuck Everlasting 

Dilemma:  No Computer Labs
Solution : ???

HW:  Write a Detailed Calendar/Time plan for yours and instructor objectives. Design backwards.

DAY TWO

Finish up with Sonnet 18

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/02/translating-shakespeare-into-dna/273287/

WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHEN/HOW/WHY Categories and Discoveries

 Questions to answer on THE IMMORTALS:
What story-telling technique is used to offer credibility to this narrative?
What kind of immortality is offered in this story?
What elements of this story are no longer science fiction?
Would you pay for this kind of immortality?

Coming up with Student Objectives.

 HW:  (you will work on this while I meet with each student regarding Objectives)

Read selected chapters from Tuck Everlasting and answer the following questions:

1. From what you surmise from the reading what are the reasons The Tucks are petrified about anyone finding out about the "spring"?

2. What are some of the oddities about this family that Winnie attributes to their immortal state?

3. Ponder this (and then write about it): Is immortality a blessing or a curse?

DAY ONE:

Intro Game: IF I WERE IMMORTAL 1.

                    2.

                    3.

PREASSESS:

WHO

    is Immortal?

WHAT

    does Immortality mean?

WHERE

    do we find examples of Immortality?

WHEN

    does Immortality show up?

HOW

        do Immortals become immortal?

        do Immortals ever lose immortality?

    WHY

        are humans fascinated with immortality?

BASIC INTRO TO COURSE:

        Literature + Writing + Creative Thinking

        Final Product:   

            -tangible

            -comprehensive

            -purposeful

            -high quality

        Immortality Wars (known + hybrids)

SONNET 18

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/02/translating-shakespeare-into-dna/273287/

STUDENT OBJECTIVES:  

HW: Read and Annotate Borges’ IMMORTALS--- be prepared to analyze story in class.