1. Period 4: Staple your prompt/rubric (front page of essay packet) on top of your essay. Turn in your essays on the stool before class begins! Breathe a sign of relief!

2. No warm-up today. Instead, get out your books and turn to page 114 as we start prepare to read from the Rig Veda.

3.  Period 4: After class, drop off a) your Noah v. Utnapishtim chart stapled to b) your Point of Comparison warm-up  Period 4: Late essays are 10% off for each day late!  Period 2: Essay due tomorrow!  Period 5: Essay due Wednesday!  If you are going to send me your essay via e-mail, call or text message me to assure that I received it (include your name in the text; don’t text after 9:30).  The last day to turn in any late work from September (for ½ credit) is Friday.

4. STANDARDS Literary Response and Analysis 3.12: Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period. (Historical approach)

5. We will be reading a portion of the oldest Veda, called the Rig Veda. Turn to page 114.  What is a “Veda”?  Volunteer to read:  “Build Background: Book of Hymns”?  “Build Background: Aryan Life”?  “Connect to Your Life”?  “Focus your Reading”?

6. Get out your World Literature Key terms… PARADOX= A paradox is a true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction. They usually lead to a bit of confusion.  Example: “He who is blind can see the clearest.”  Example: “If you run the fastest, you will arrive last.”  Example: “Once you finally find truth, you will know that there is no truth.”  Example: “I always tell lies.”  Example:  The statement below is false.  The statement above is true.

7. As we read “Creation Hymns” and “Burial Hymn,” annotate (for questions/answer and analysis– not summary). Keep an eye out for the following:  What paradoxes exist and what is the point?  Who/what is “That One”?  What existed before earth?  What did Ancient Aryans believe about death? (how desirable or frightening is it? What happens to the dead man?)  What the mourners are told of death?  What is happening during this funeral speech? (Similarities or differences from funeral rites today?)