Today, Andrew and I reviewed the topic of this unit, The Hero's Journey. I explained that it's a formula used throughout history and in all cultures' literatures. We then read part-way through a commonlit.org article on the hero's journey, pausing for comprehension checks, answering the guiding questions, and taking notes on the stages of the monomyth.

Andrew went home sick today and was absent from class. I took the period to lesson plan.

Andrew was absent from class today. I used the period to lesson plan.

Andrew was absent from class today. I used the period to lesson plan.

Andrew was absent from class today. I used the period to lesson plan.

Andrew was absent for class today. I took the period to lesson plan.

Andrew was absent from class this morning. I took the period to lesson plan.

Andrew was not in class today. I took the period to plan for lessons.

As this is my first session with Joshua, we first reviewed novels he studied last year and at his prior school as well as his interest in British Literature. (I then introduced the word"anglophile"! )We scanned the literature text book and I explained that the course would be a survey course beginning with an epic poem,"Beowulf" probably written in the 600s . We discussed the various influences on the English language as well as the elasticity of English. HW- read intro pages about early English history and development of the English language.

Today, Andrew and I got to know each other, and discussed the syllabus for English II. We went over the 5 units of study we will be covering, which are The Hero's Journey, Shakespearean Play, graphic novel, African-American literature, and short stories. We discussed that we will be compiling a portfolio of work for the course, and will create a quote-book notebook that will encourage active reading and will also assist in our essay writing for the course. We started organizing our portfolio to include tabs for vocabulary, grammar, notes, hand-outs and novel study.