Planner through February break:

10 In class essay: Thomas Hardy preferred fantasy over realism, claiming that “a story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling,” and that a writer must have “something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman.” Choose ONE of the short stories read in class and use it to respond to Hardy’s claim.

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12 BEGIN PORTAL QUEST LITERATURE UNIT Read and discuss Where the Wild Things Are Are children more receptive to this genre?  Discuss. The quest trope in literature:  Joseph Campbell and the hero quest Begin Campbell video

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14 Complete the Campbell video  Preview the Campbell chart and discuss expectations Apply aspects of Campbell to The Wizard of Oz