1. Monday, January 26th, 2015 Standard:
RL Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

2. Projects
Please turn them in!!
Does anyone want to share?!

3. Activator and Journal
Journal 4: Look into your past. Is there any conflict or issues you had to overcome? How did this make you a better person, or maybe not?
Star Trek video – Picard and the story of Gilgamesh

4. Please take out your books
We will start to read the first two sections of Gilgamesh. Prologue, The Battle with Humbaba and The Death of Enkidu

5. Archetype? Noun: Is Gilgamesh an archetypal hero?
1. A very typical example of a certain person or thing.
2. An original that has been imitated.
Is Gilgamesh an archetypal hero?

6. Thinking Map
Create a thinking map (bubble map) that uses 5 examples of Gilgamesh. For each adjective I want to know how you came up with them. Cite from the evidence we have read about. Use quotes and add those to your map.

7. Share!
Now share with a partner your bubble maps! Get ready to turn these in.
DON’T FORGET YOUR NAME