SPRING 2016 PROF L OVERMAN'S ENGLISH 495
WEEKLY SCHEDULE 6-10
Class Day
What We Will Do in Homework:Readings done
Class Today
prior to Class
Writing Projects
Due in prior to class:
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Read Myth &
Knowing: Chapter 1
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Read Introduction of the
chapter assigned to your
presentation group
Chapter 2: Creation
Myths-Arellano,
Lopez,Velasquez,
Alexis Roberts
Chapter 3: The
Female DivineMartinez, Ayala,
Olguin, Bailey
World Mythology
Wk 6:
& Prezi Workshop
3/2
Chapter 4: The Male
Divine-Stewart,
Romero, Brooks,
Flores
Chapter 5: Trickster
MythSibrian,Mendez,
Garcia, Kahn
Chapter 6: Sacred
Places-Nate Roberts,
Sandoval, Knaak,
Kaufman
Prior to
class/download/read/review
handouts from Projects link
above:
1. Creating a Myth Peer
Review
Due in class:
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In groups work to
prep Myth
presentation/lesson
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Prezi Workshop
Due prior to class:
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Review your chapters/
presentations:
Chapter 2:Creation
Myths - "Out of the
Blue" (68)
Chapter 3:The
Female Divine- "Kali
Beheaded" (154)
World Mythology
Wk 7:
Chapter 4:The Male
Divine"-Thor's Duel
with Hrungnir" (232)
Myth Websites
Workshop
3/9
Due in class:

Bring rough draft of
myth to exchange
with partner
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Wix website
workshop
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Pick Myth pages
for presentation
and assign to class
to read for next
week!
Chapter 5: Trickster
Myth- "The Raven
Steals the Light"
(311)
Chapter 6: Sacred
Places -"The Castle
in the Lake" (370)
Due prior to class:
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World Mythology &
Wk 8:
3/16
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Group
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Group
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Group
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Group
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Group
Read assigned pages in
Myth & Knowing by
each group-Chapter 2:Creation
Myths - "Out of the
Blue" (68)
Chapter 3:The
Female Divine- "Kali
Beheaded" (154)
Chapter 4:The Male
Divine"-Thor's Duel
with Hrungnir" (232)
Chapter 5: Trickster
Myth- "The Raven
Steals the Light"
(311)
Chapter 6: Sacred
Places -"The Castle
in the Lake" (370)
Due in class:

Collaborative Myth
Presentations
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Written responses
to Presentations
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Create/Tweak Myth
Websites
Wk
9:Spring
Break
Enjoy the holiday!
Spring Recess
.
3/23
Due in class:
Prior to Class:
1. View Niki Caro’s
film Whale Rider (2002)
2. Read Marjane Satrapi's
graphic
novel Persepolis: The
Story of a
Childhood(Note: If you
purchased The
Complete Persepolis
then you only need to
read the first half – i.e.
through “The Dowry”).
Wk 10:
3/30
3. In MOODLE:
Download/Review scroll
to Readings
Persepolis& Whale
Rider
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Discuss & analyze
Graphic Memoir
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Discuss & analyze
filmic elements
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Brainstorm World
Fiction Essay
Due outside of
class Sat 4/2
1155pm:
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Post a link to the
homepage of your
Myth Website on
the "Posting
Assignments" page
on our class
Moodle.
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Blog #3 (at least
250 words):
Reflect on how
your experience
of creating a
myth differs
from and/ or
enhances the
study of myth?
What did you
learn from this
experience that
you could use in
your future
teaching?
Bangs & Nodleman
handouts
Prior to
class/download/read/review
handouts from Projects link
above:
1. Review World Fiction
Essay prompt
2. How to Read a Film
3. Citation Style for
Graphic Narrative
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Updated on 3/16/16
Also, respond to at
least two of your
classmates' blogs
by 1155pm
(approximately 150
word responses)