What's the Big Idea?
Group discussion, hands-on activities, lectures, projects, and presentations make up this component of World Literature.
What are instructional methods?
The independent reading project is worth this percent of your overall grade.
What is 15%?
For your independent reading project (which includes writing!), you will read this number of texts over the school year.
What is 2 - one each semester?
This epic from our Asian Lit Unit closely resembles parts of the Bible, including the flood narrative.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
This is how the new Mrs. Pahlkotter and the returning Pahlkotters are related.
In-laws/married their son.
With successful completion of World Lit, you will be able to evaluate this.
What is reliability/credibility of sources?
To earn a 2.00 GPA and a "C" letter grade, a student would receive a percent within this range.
What is 73-76%?
You should bring these materials to class every day.
(3 answers - all or nothing!)
What are paper, writing utensils, and an organizer?
These are two countries we will NOT study texts from.
(2 answers)
What are the United States and Great Britain?
This is Mrs. Pahlkotter's favorite color.
What is purple?
This course will provide practice in these 3 tasks.
(3 answers)
What are critical reading, analysis, and writing?
Along with the final exam and other assessments, this assignment category makes up 20% of your overall grade.
What are writing assessments?
Before submitting an essay, you should go through these three stages.
(3 answers)
What are planning, drafting, and editing?
These three types of short texts were included in the course outline without specific texts named.
(3 answers)
What are poems, haikus, and proverbs?
Mrs. Pahlkotter also teaches this class.
(Name any 1 for all 300 points)
What is Drama, Journalism, 7th Grade Theology, OR British Lit?
In World Lit, these two behaviors will enable you to comprehend texts and communicate ideas effectively.
(2 answers)
What are active participation and thoughtful inquiry?
You should expect assignment feedback at least this often.
What is once per week?
These are the types of essays you will develop.
(2 answers)
What are expository and analytical?
The course outline is subject to these.
What are changes?
Mrs. Pahlkotter graduated from this university in May.
What is Concordia University of Chicago?
This is the primary skill that will be developed during World Lit.
What is close/critical reading/analysis?
You should expect these qualities from my grading.
(2 answers)
What are fair and objective?
You should check this for policies on late work.
What is the student handbook?
This ancient Greek text describes one man's journey home from war.
What is The Odyssey?
Before wanting to be a teacher, 5-year-old (or so) Mrs. Pahlkotter wanted to be this.
What is an artist?