1. JOURNAL ENTRY: VOCAB PRACTICE JANUARY 22, 2016 Using at least ten of the words below and your knowledge of imagery, write a story. Underline the words you chose. You may need to look up the words; you may use your phone. Obsequious Precipitous Fiduciary Hubris Incontrovertible Loquacious Supercilious Unctuous Winnow Vehement Subjugate Paradigm Pecuniary Lugubrious Abstemious Bellicose Deleterious Facetious Gauche Feckless

2. JOURNAL ENTRY PART 2 Trade journals with a partner. Underline examples of what you think is particularly strong writing. Consider use of imagery and show, not tell. Give one suggestion of how they might improve their writing. Any exemplary stories?

3. CNN ARTICLE DISCUSSION http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/opinions/manning-isis- antiquities/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/opinions/manning-isis- antiquities/index.html Recall our conversation about cultural cleansing here and in other countries. What did you think of this article in relation to that discussion? Why does ISIS destroy artifacts? What about other historical examples of destroying culture? Why do regimes do this? Why is it important for us to preserve culture?

4. EXAMPLE OF A FOLKTALE “THATAKA’S STORY” Excerpt from The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan Modern version of ancient collection of sacred stories from India. Book as a whole is mythology; this portion takes form of a folktale Many of these stories were told orally overtime Instructions: Take out a piece of paper and draw the story as you imagine it while I read.

5. A NOTE ON HINDUISM AND THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY… Hinduism focuses largely on death and rebirth (life as a cycle) Three most prominent gods are Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer Premise of the story… The ten-headed king of demons, Ravana, has obtained incredible powers and is destroying goodness. Brahma and Shiva gave Ravana many of his powers, so they were powerless to help. The gods went to Vishnu, who told them than Ravana could only be defeated by a human. Vishnu prophesied that he would be reincarnated as a man and would defeat Ravana. Vishnu is reborn as Rama, the main character of The Ramayana. He goes on a long journey with a sage named Viswamithra. As he travels, he runs into people who have been imprisoned or are waiting for the incarnation of Vishnu.

6. BRAINSTORM ACTIVITY Do some research on your own or brainstorm with your peers. Come up with a current event about which you would like to write your folktale. You will need to attach an article about the current event you chose to your prewrite.

7. REMINDERS AND ASSIGNMENTS Read “A Girl, a Shoe, and a Prince: The Endlessly Evolving Cinderella” (link below) http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/03/13/392358854/a-girl-a-shoe-a-prince- the-endlessly-evolving-cinderella http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/03/13/392358854/a-girl-a-shoe-a-prince- the-endlessly-evolving-cinderella Keep in mind the discussion on folktales and whether they are still relevant. First draft of your Current Event Folktale is due Tuesday, 1/26 Meeting on Senior Project Proposal on January 29 Resume review on February 3 Resume due on February 5