Tuesday, December 17, 2019

HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTERS 11-15
QUIZ THURSDAY HUCK FINN, CHAPTERS 6-15
QUIZ THURSDAY over vocab 1-12

Online text: Huckleberry Finn; audiobook: Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn Vocabulary--Memorize 1-12 for next Thursday

NEXT TIME: Myth and Archetype notes/Archetypes in Literature

--Hero's Journey, the dilemma that faces Huck at the beginning of the book and the changes that will need to take place for him to be a well-adjusted member of society

If you're interested, you might want to watch the Twain video at home:
 Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures

Huck stands up to his father--illustration in book
Optional: Watch TED Talk, Your Body Language . . . 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EXTRA--for those who are interested (not required, but very interesting)
Apple Computers TV ad narrated by Steve Jobs:  The Crazy Ones (Twain and Thoreau would be "crazy ones," too)
And the same message at Jobs' memorial service Crazy Ones
Can you see that the message of this ad is in line with Emerson and Thoreau's thinking?
How?
Do Schools Kill Creativity?--Sir Kenneth Robinson. The is the #1 TED Talk of all time.
Changing Education Paradigms, by Sir Kenneth Robinson--FASCINATING
In what ways is the message of this TED Talk in line with Emerson and Thoreau's thinking?

HUCKLEBERRY FINN SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT--ESSAY

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