Portfolio; Psychology (Intro, again)

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Period 1: Lab. Please work on your portfolio projects. Deadline coming up. You will need your revision of your analysis paper, a draft of a myth that you retold, and any other projects you would like to work on or revisit. There have been several ideas you should be kicking around, including an adventure story, poem drafts, the use of archetypes, and, of course, any revision of work and feedback from MP1. Feel free to use Google docs and share your work with a partner to gain feedback on your writing.

Use your time in the lab (until 8:00) to work on your portfolio.

Period 2: We will continue where we left off (which wasn't very far) for our psychology unit. In pairs, summarize the psychological theory presented in the packets. Be prepared to share main ideas and your summary to your classmates.

Let's read Galen together. Then a creative response based on this idea for a model.
The Four Humours by Rafael Campo (Cuban/Italian American; Gay)
Take a few minutes to generate some ideas based on what you learned today. Write a list. Brainstorm or freewrite. Make a mind-map. Draw up a cast list. Create some opening lines inspired by these theories or what you read/heard. Create a few premises for a story or poem or play script. The mind is waiting to be inspired!

With time remaining we will read about Abbe Faria's theory of hypnotic trances (sometimes used in psychology) and the short story by Edgar Allan Poe: "The Facts in the Strange Case of M. Valdemar"--all about hypnotism.

HOMEWORK: Complete The Sword in the Stone, or continue to read The Once & Future King. There will be a quiz on the book next class, and we will be delving into another text. More details to follow.

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