Trip the Underworld: October 25, 2018

Focus: Why must every hero make a trip to the Underworld?

1. Warming up with a trip to the Underworld (Inside Out: Start around 1:05)

• What's at stake in this scene? In other words, what does the main character risk losing?

• Ex: Riley risks losing her ability to feel joy and sadness; Joy risks losing her ability to make Riley happy.

• What physical aspects of this space make it seem like an Underworld?

• What's this character's external battle?

• What's this character's internal battle? How is reflected in the external battle?

• On the verge of losing this battle, what does the main character realize?

• What does the character have to leave behind in order to get out of the Underworld, and why?

2. Conquering your final reading assignment: finishing The Kite Runner; tomorrow's leaders may use this time to prepare their syllabus

3. Rising up out of the IXL underworld (if you're up to it today)

HW:

For FRIDAY: 

• Finish reading and annotating The Kite Runner.

• Complete the two IXL lessons on Semicolons, Colons, and Commas (Level J recommended).

• BRING YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK TO CLASS.