Tag: Gilgamesh

  • English Journals: 3rd Nine Weeks Topics

    Unit One (Choose One) Write a myth comparable to the ones we have read in class. Compare Gilgamesh and Sundiatta as Epic Heroes. Identify and describe an Epic Hero of Pop Culture. Gilgamesh Required How does knowing about death change the way you live? Unit Two Essay Response to Prisoner p1029 #9 or Train p1015 #10 Unit Three…

  • English: Week Three Activities

    Class Activities for the week Monday Read Rubaiyait p557 Ans# 1,2,5,6 Read Dead Man’s Path p1000 Ans #4 Tuesday Read “The Train from Rhodesia” p1015 Ans#3-7 Read “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” p1029 #1-4,6,7 Wednesday Write an essay response to “Prisoner” p1029 #8-9 Thursday Read “Anecdotes” p568 Ans#1,3,5,7 Write three 3 of your own. Read “Norwegian…

  • English: Week Two Writing Journals

    Write a myth comparable to the ones we have read in class. Compare Gilgamesh and Sundiatta as Epic Heroes. Identify and describe an Epic Hero of Pop Culture.

  • Do you Fear Death?

    Image via Wikipedia originally Published January 2010 After reading Gilgamesh, I asked all of the students to write about their views of Death and Life. You know an assignment that sounds way to complicated for simple homework; thus, they all commune together in the slog of academia. Yet, for me I was almost completely befuddled…