Cool Free Web Tools

1. Post an audio content to your blog using Gabcast.

Gabcast! FHS Mythology #1



2. Post a Powerpoint presentation to your blog using Slideshare.

Halverson, Caity. "The Three Nations." Powerpoint Presentation. March 2007.

The Three Nations

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.



3. Create a multimedia project to which people may add comments using Voicethread.

4. Create a different blog using Tumblr.

FHS Library MLA Citation Handout

Use the FHS Library MLA Citation Handout to cite your sources (including images) and avoid plagiarism.

Citing Images, Sound or Video Clips

In order to cite an image, sound or video clip, you need to have the following pieces of information. Information needs to be listed in this order as a continuous line of text, with information carrying over to additional lines indented. Follow punctuation standards as provided.

Author (if available)
"Title/Description"
Date of Publication (MLA Standards - Date Month Year; no dashes or abbreviations)
Medium (sound clip, painting, photograph, map)
Title of web page/site
Date of download/access.
Web Address

Author (Last name, first name). "Title or Description." Date of Publication. Medium. Title of Page. Date of Access. URL Address.



Nightowl. "Myths of the World." 1947. Collage. Joseph Campbell Mythology Resource Page. 27 October 2008. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/9277.

Final Evaluation Project

Students will be in the writing center for the next three days completing their final project for Quarter 1 evaluation.

Posting/Linking Mythology Definitions

1. Use the 3 different search/evaluation tools from yesterday's lecture to find QUALITY websites that connect your definitions/examples to information, pictures, stories found on the internet.

2. Evaluate 2 of your linked sites using the criterea from the handout.

3. Post your definitions for the 13 definitions we have been working with from class.

Myth

Hero

Hero Journey

Universal

Cyclical

Life from Death

Duality

Cosmology

Archetype

Creation

Matriarchal

Patriarchal

Sacrifice

Write your definitions using complete sentences and complete thoughts. Do not just list words and phrases from your notes.

4. Provide examples for each word/definition from our readings and discussions.

Enuma Elish and Osiris, Iris, and Horus

Read another version of the Mesopotamia creation myth in your World Mythology books (page 153-158) and they Egyptian myths of Osiris, Iris and Horus (162-168).

Answer these questions.

Senior Seminar Thank You Letter Addresses

Addresses for Senior Seminar Thank You Letters

Online Source Evaluation Lecture

We will soon begin researching for a new project and I want to make sure that we have the tools and knowledge for effectively evaluating online resources and information.

Today's lecture focuses on applying the 5  W's of asking questions to online source evaluation.

Who is the author?  Who publishes the information on websites?

What is the quality of the content?  Is it biased?  What is the tone?  

Why is the information being published?  Inform? Persuade? Sell?

Where is else is the information being used? Who has links to that information?

When was the information published?  Last update?  Is it current?

3 Great tools you should use when asking and answering these questions:

1.  Google Scholar

2.  Google Advanced Search

3.  Google Search - Link:  URL

Introduction to Matriarchal vs. Patriarchal Societies

Students will become familiar with two new vocabulary terms for future readings and further investigation into world mythologys.

Matriarchal
Patriarchal
Sacrifice

We will also expand our existing definitions:

Archetype
Hero
Heroic Journey

Introduction to World Mythology

We are turning in our Edith Hamilton books and getting into our World Mythology books. Unfortunately, the school does not have enough copies for every student, so all sections will be sharing a class set that will stay in the classroom. However, if you want to check out your own copy for missing homework and/or fun, there are extra copies in the Book Room. Feel free to visit Ms. Skaggs and get yourself your own copy.

Today we will be reading the Introduction (pages xv-xx) and generating at least three thoughtful questions for class discussion.

Assignments Due!

4 Assignments you need to have done by the Wednesday, October 15:

1. Letter to Parents (Juniors) OR Letter of Thanks (Seniors)
2. Creation Chart (Examples of Creation, Duality, Life from Death for Egypt, China, Mesopotamia readings)
3. 10 Myth Vocabulary/Definintions
4. Blog Posting - Post something to your Myth Blog (essay, NVR, definitions)

Writing Center: Letters and Blog Postings

Today and tomorrow we will be in the Writing Center catching up on all our writing projects.

There are a series of tasks that you must complete over the next few days:

1. Letter of Thanks. You need to follow the guidelines and formatting criteria outlined in letter that is linked in this post. Print one copy, have it proofread by another student, make corrections and reprint. Turn in by the end of class Wednesday.

2. Interpretation Essays. You need to revise your interpretation essays making corrections based on Ms. Turcotte's comments and recommendations for grammar and spelling. Post your final essays to your blog. Go to blogger.com and sign in using your email and password.

Reminder: For those of you who did not create a blog, Ms. Turcotte created one for you. Your username is fhsmyth#@gmail.com. Your password is turcotte.

3. Finish your Non-Verbal Representation (NVR). See earlier postings on this blog for instructions. Publish your NVR to your blog. If you did a Powerpoint, you will need to save your file as a picture.

4. Mythology Academic Vocabulary. Enter your vocabulary words and definitions as another new post on your blog. Write vocabulary definitions in complete sentences. Also, provide examples for each term using a complete sentence.

5. Blog Comments. View other mythology student blogs by visiting fhsmyth.blogspot.com. Click on the comment link at the end of each post and leave an supportive and academic comment for your peers. Read their essays. Look at their NVR's. Compare definitions and examples.

6. If you finish early. Create links for your definitions and examples to online dictionaries, wikipedia, and other great websites related to mythology. Or explore Twitter, Gabcast, and/or Voicethread, which are great web tools that I want to use. What do you think about them? Leave me a comment here.

Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Chinese Creation Myths

ATTENTION SENIORS: You need to select your favorite workshop and/or presentation from Friday's Senior Seminar. You need to write down your favorite and include 5 specific reasons that it was your favorite. This is due Tuesday, October 14. You will be writing a formal thank you letter expressing your gratitude and confirmation of what your learned from a given presenter. Letters must be typed and turned in at the end of class Tuesday, October 14.

Students will have class time to (re)read the creation myths from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China. You need to complete the creation chart for these three cultures for Tuesday.

Vocabulary Review: Please define the following terms for Wednesday, October 15:
1. Myth
2. Hero
3. Hero Journey
4. Universal
5. Cyclical
6. Archetype
7. Duality
8. Creation
9. Cosmology
10. Life from Death

Senior Seminar

Since most students will be absent from class because of the Senior Seminar, sophomores and juniors will have an opportunity to catch-up on missing work and draft letters to their parents/adults informing them about their future plans.

Universal and Cyclical Creation Myths

Students will extend the ideas of mythology and heroic journeys as being universal and cyclical by comparing the creation myths from four different cultures.

Students will provide examples of creation, duality, life coming from death, and heroic journeys as being universal and cyclical.

Hero Posters

Students will transfer their quotes from their readings/research of their Greek hero and create an attractive poster that illustrates the hero's cyclical journey.

Posters due Thursday.

Independent Hero Project

Students will create a poster and selecting quotes to demonstrate their understanding of the Hero Journey.

Independent Hero Project description and expectations.

Homework: Find quotes from your selected hero myth for the 16 components of the Hero Journey.

Counselor Visit

Ms. Barber will be visiting with juniors and seniors about post-graduation plans and Senior Seminar, which is Friday, October 10.

Evaluation of Hercules Quotes

Students will evaluate the quality and effectiveness of student-selected quotes that are to validate their application of details from Hercules adventures to fit the Hero Journey.

Criteria for effective quotes:

1. Specific.
2. To the point.
3. Descriptive.
4. Accurate.
5. Identifiable to the component being illustrated.

Students will share and evaluate each others' quotes in a group discussion.

Hercules

Reading Quiz: Hercules

Student will practice applying the components of the Hero Quest to the adventures of Hercules.

Students will select a quote from Hamilton text to validate their application of Hero Quest components.

Homework: Select and read a hero myth (Hamilton 122-246).

The Universal and Cyclical Hero Quest

Students will develop an definition for the terms universal and cyclical and apply them to the Hero Quest.

Students will diagram and label the component of the Hero Quest.

Students will use the Hero Quest cycle to illustrate the heroic adventures of the Egyptian sun god, Ra.

Homework: Read Hercules (Hamilton 167-179)