Probably the epic’s most significant moment, on his journey to seek everlasting life, Gilgamesh meets the wise man Utnapishtim. It turns out that all six signposts are illustrated in the story: SIGNPOST LITERATURE. The next day, students can work together to apply the signposts to Gilgamesh. To get started thinking about the signposts, I could do a little flipped learning and ask students to watch this wonderful set of videos made by teacher Brent Peterson. In my 9th grade world literature course, that’s the Epic of Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative, translation by Herbert Mason. I plan to introduce the signposts with the first piece of literature we study. Eventually, I’d like to generate a long list of N&N related quickwrite prompts (future post?). I’ll likely just focus on the first three signposts at this stage, as these seem the most immediately accessible to students. List of things you’ve learned in the last year (A-Ha Moment).Favorite memory of the summer (Memory Moment).List of the best/worst advice you’ve ever gotten (Words of the Wiser).I’ll weave in quickwrites that address the signposts, though the students won’t know it yet. Doing so early will set the stage for the regular writing students will do in their writer’s notebooks all year. Before officially talking signposts, we’ll take some time to do some notebook work. (If you are new to Notice and Note, read more about it here.) Since my last post on the subject, I’ve thought about how this would actually work―practically speaking―in my classroom. I’ve been doing more thinking about how to use Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading to invite students to write.
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