 Please staple the following and turn in to the spinny chair:  Grading Slip with NAME on TOP  Second Draft in the MIDDLE  First Draft on the BOTTOM

 Could you be happy without…  Cell phone  Game console  Favorite fast-food  Favorite movies/TV  Favorite books  Your religious faith  A warm place to sleep  Legs  Arms  Sight  Hearing  Breathing

One man’s journey to discover “What is important?”

 India  Many gods  One Mega-”All” God  Karma  Reincarnation (Samsara)  Moksha (Nirvana)

Nirvana/ Moksha  Buddhism Brahmin Hinduism – Death/Rebirth

 Four Noble Truths  Nirvana

 Your second drafts of the Metamorphosis essays are due!  Turn in:  FIRST DRAFT (with edits)  SECOND DRAFT  Grading slip

1. If you are alive, you suffer. 1. pains of aging, trying to hold on, raising expectations 2. Suffering starts with our desires 1. sensory pleasure/needs, achieving status, trying to escape from reality 3. There is an end to suffering 4. Follow “The Path” to end your desires

 Please grab a handout off the spinny chair and title a loose-leaf paper “Synthesis Questions, Set #1”

 Thoughts? The combination of ideas to form a theory.  For us: Combining discussions, our experience with the world around us, and the text to come to new understandings.

This passage reflects the Noble Truth that “Life is suffering” because Siddhartha himself suffers. Everyone loves him, and he seems to have a great life, however, he still is unsatisfied. He felt that “he carried no joy in his own heart” (14). This is a feeling most people can relate to.

 One who practices severe discipline and abstention (ignoring the comforts of life) for religious reasons.

1. Siddhartha learns out to send his soul from his body out to other living and non-living forms. However, “they always lead back to the self” (23). Is this what he wants? If not, what does he want? 2. Why is Siddhartha so dissatisfied with his time with the samanas? Why does this shock Govinda? 3. What does Siddhartha mean about learning lessons from others when he says, “knowledge has no more aggressive enemy than learning” (25). 4. Siddhartha and Govinda eventually decide to travel to see the Buddha (AKA Gotama, Sakyamuni). What does this show about Siddhartha’s dedication to the samanas? What is Siddhartha dedicated to?

1. What religion is Siddhartha at the beginning of the story? 2. What does Siddhartha do to the oldest samana to convince him to let Siddhartha go to the Buddha? 3. Why do Govinda and Siddhartha separate from each other? 4. Why does Siddhartha not choose to follow Gotama the Buddha?

 Please take out your notes and title a new heading “The Eightfold Path”

Review:  Four Noble Truths  Life is suffering, Suffering comes from desire, suffering can end by putting an end to desire

The End to Desire: 1. Right view 2. Right intention 3. Right Speech 4. Right Action 5. Right Livelihood 6. Right Effort 7. Right Mindfulness 8. Right Concentration Chapters?

 How does the plot of the first four chapters represent the Four Noble Truths? (1 sentence each) 1. The first chapter shows that “Life is suffering” because… 2. The second chapter shows that “Suffering comes from desires” because… 3. … 4. …  Given what we know about the Noble Eightfold path, what do you predict will happen to Siddhartha by the end of the story? (at least 2 sentences)

The Ferry- man

 Please quietly take your seat and take out your Vocab Packets and Reading Logs  Today  Vocab and Siddhartha quiz  WHEN you finish read from page 81

1. An old man, cooky, crazy, peaceful 2. Kamala 3. Merchant, buys/sells stuff 4. He treats it like a game, doesn’t take it seriously 5. Eats/drinks more, gambles, gets depressed 6. Bird 7. Kill himself 8. Refreshed, ready to dedicate himself to his spiritual path once again 9. Govinda 10. Fasting, Waiting, Thinking

1. From which element of nature does Siddhartha want to learn? a) Forest b) Bird c) Snake d) River 2. What job does Siddhartha undertake in this chapter? 3. What is “that other thing” Vasudeva says Siddhartha might learn as he works his new job? 4. What special word does Siddhartha hear from this element of nature? 5. Who is it that so many people travel to see before he dies? 6. Who is Kamala’s travelling companion? 7. How does Kamala die?

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Please put your name on and number a half sheet of paper from 1-5

Please cover your answers as you write, and keep your eyes on your own paper.

1. What does Siddhartha’s son think of living with his father and Vasudeva? 2. What are some reasons he thinks this? 3. What emotion does Siddhartha (the father) realize has taken over this thoughts and actions? Who is the recipient of this emotion? 4. What does young Siddhartha do in this chapter that his father did as a boy? 5. Where does older Siddhartha go at the end of the chapter, where Vesudeva finds him?

1. He hates it. He is bored. 2. He is used to a wealthy lifestyle; he hates the simplicity of Siddhartha and Vasudeva’s life; he wants Siddhartha to be angry and passionate, not calm and peaceful. 3. Love for his son 4. He runs away from his father 5. The city; Kamala’s grove

 Please choose three questions from this chapter’s synthesis questions and answer in complete paragraphs (Read the directions)  IF you finish:  Vocab Packets  Read through page 104

 Please turn in your synthesis questions to the spinny chair and title a heading in your notes “Om”

 Initial report by Friday  Major work/3 minor works chosen by end of week after break 11/7  Major analysis done by 11/28  Minor analyses done by 12/5  Presentations after school 12/8-12/12  START NOW!! USE FALL BREAK TO GET THIS DONE!

1. Reread the paragraph beginning “He looked upon people differently.” Describe how Siddhartha has changed the way he looks at humanity. How did he view them before? Now? 2. On pages , how does Siddhartha realize he is like his father? 3. What doest he river do in the face of all Siddhartha’s heartache (101)? Why? 4. Reread the paragraph Siddhartha endeavored (102). What does this metaphor of the water explain about the mistakes we make in our lives? Is this a bummer?

TeacherTeacher QualitiesTypical? Y/NWhat S. learns

1) a)Who teaches Siddhartha the most valuable lesson? b) What is that lesson? c)Why is it important? 2) a)Describe this person using 5 descriptive adjectives. b) What happens in the book that shows who this person is? 3) How does this lesson get taught? What are the learning steps(3) Siddhartha goes through? 4) a)Does this lesson apply to you? Did you learn from this book? b)Could someone else? Explain how.

 Please have out your efforts from yesterday on Siddhartha’s most important lesson and the teacher who teaches it.

 We will turn each of the Four questions from yesterday into paragraph form. Intro p. Body p. 1 Body p. 2 Body p. 3

QUESTIONS: 1) a)Who teaches Siddhartha the most valuable lesson? b) What is that lesson? c)Why is it important? Paragraph Sentences: INDENT 1. Explain the lesson, what is it? (DON’T mention S or the teacher yet!) 2. Explain why that lesson is important to humanity in general. Why should anyone understand it? 3. Describe how this lesson is shown in Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha. (You MUST mention the author and Title) 4. Briefly describe how Siddhartha learns this lesson. (This will be your thesis for the rest of the paper)

QUESTIONS: 2) a)Describe this person using 5 descriptive adjectives. b) What happens in the book that shows who this person is? Paragraph Sentences: INDENT 1. What is the BEST adjective for this character? 2. Describe what happens in the story that SHOWS this character trait. 3. Find a quote from that part of the story. Citations: IQPPP 4. Provide other adjectives and other stories (no more quotes are necessary)

QUESTIONS: 3) How does this lesson get taught? What are the learning steps(3) Siddhartha goes through? Paragraph Sentences: INDENT 1. Explain the multiple-step process by which people learn things. 2. Explain that Siddhartha goes through this process to learn his lesson. 3. Describe his learning process in three steps. 4. Provide a quote about what he realized. IQPPP.

QUESTIONS: 4) a)Does this lesson apply to you? Did you learn from this book? b)Could someone else? Explain how. Paragraph Sentences: INDENT 1. Explain if this lesson applies to you. 2. How does it; provide an example? If not, explain why. 3. Explain the other position. If you said it does, why might it not apply to others? If you said it doesn’t why might it apply to others. 4. What might someone else learn from this book?

 Answer the question, “Does this book recommend ignoring your teachers? Is this book dangerous? Why or why not? Explain the counter-argument (if you said yes, explain why no; if you said no, explain why yes)Why would a teacher assign this book to his/her students?

Conclusion INDENT 1. Explain again the value of this lesson from Siddhartha’s perspective. 2. Describe the kind of reader who would value this lesson also. 3. Final Impression. Recommendation? Suggestion? Rhetorical question?