Unit Overview and Guidelines

Siddhartha: An Interactive Digital Novel Study

"The Flipped Digital Class"

- Length: 5-15 minutes each/1 online lesson per chapter

- Annotate the novel, Siddhartha, at your pace, in-class or wherever you are.

- Spend class time annotating the text, in discussion with students and asking questions.

- Watch Mr.Cohen’s Online Videos as support for your ongoing digital annotation.

[PURPOSE OF THE UNIT]

(1) To develop autonomous thinking skills in a 21st century innovative learning environment.

(2) To learn and practice a leading edge form of QUOTATION ANALYSIS which will further develop your critical thinking and creative thinking skills in the process.

(3) To be knowledge creators not passive receptors

(4) To personalize and contextualize learning.

(5) To build a collaborative, peer-driven digitally annotated text with daily,
constructive guided feedback.

[TARGET]

- APPLY THE HERO’S JOURNEY
- IN-DEPTH CHARACTER STUDY: through digitally annotating SIDDHARTHA

SIDDHARTHA, AN INTERACTIVE NOVEL STUDY

[CHAPTER 1 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: The Brahmin’s Son]

(a) Characters: Siddhartha, Siddhartha’s father, Govinda
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Key Terms or Vocabulary
(d) Extension: Hermann Hesse/
(e) Map of Ancient India/Brahmin
(f) Background of Siddhartha Gautama’s time period or geographic location/Summary of Siddhartha Gautama’s life

[CHAPTER 2 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: With The Samanas]

(a) Life Lesson: Meditation
(b) Key Terms and Vocabulary
(c) Extension: Caste System
(d) Buddha Boy/Map of Ancient Nepal/Map of Modern Nepal

[CHAPTER 3 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Gotama]

(a) Characters: Siddhartha, Gotama, Govinda
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Key Terms and Vocabulary
(d) Extensions: Interpretation of “Halachi 2” Segment of Tradtional Jewish Thought on Idol-Worship/Dalai Lama/Bodhi Tree

[CHAPTER 4 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Awakening]

(a) Characters: Siddhartha
(b) Key Terms and Vocabulary
(c) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(d) Extension:The Four Noble Truths

[CHAPTER 5 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Kamala]

(a) Characters: Kamala, Siddhartha
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Key Terms or Vocabulary
(d) Extension: Women’s rights in modern India

[CHAPTER 6 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Amongst the People]

(a) Characters: Kamaswami, the merchant, Siddhartha
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Key Terms or Vocabulary
(d) Extension: Modern East Asian economy/Bollywood cinema

CHAPTER 7 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Samsara

(a) Characters: Kamaswami, Siddhartha

(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Key Terms or Vocabulary
(d) Extension: The Eightfold Path

CHAPTER 8 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: By the River

(a) Characters: Siddhartha, Govinda
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Key Terms or Vocabulary
(d) Extension: Karma/River as symbol

[CHAPTER 9 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: The Ferryman]

(a) Characters: Vasudeva, The Ferryman, Siddhartha
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) Quotation Analysis Option
(d) Extension: Reincarnation/Ferrymen or Boatmen in mythology/Phonecast

[CHAPTER 10 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: The Son]

(a) Characters: Siddhartha, The Son, Vasudeva, The Ferryman
(b) Key Terms or Vocabulary
(c) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(d) MM Quotation Analysis: Option
(e) Extension: The Hero’s Journey
Project Option/Group Audio/Visual
Phonecast Post Discussion

[CHAPTER 11 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Om]

(a) Characters: Siddhartha, Vasudeva, The Ferryman
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey
(c) MM Quotation Analysis: Option
(d) Extension: The Hero’s Journey Project Option/Group Audio/Visual
Phonecast Post Discussion

[CHAPTER 12 ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY: Govinda]

(a) Characters: Govinda, Siddhartha
(b) Stage of the Hero’s Journey: Concept of Nirvana
(c) Extensions: Nirvana/Articles on the novel, “Siddhartha”/The Hero’s
(d) Journey Project Option
(e) Group Audio/Visual Phonecast Post
(f) Discussion of MM Quotation Analysis: Option

[Do 4-10 of the following per Chapter]

(a) Question or insight about one character
(b) Key Terms/Vocab. definitions or link
(c) Specific Example of a Stage in the
(d) Hero’s Journey and brief reason why
(e) Answer, question or comment on another student’s question, comment or answer.
(f) Add video, images or audio links on all-of-the-above
(g) Multi-MediaExtension Activity (5 -7 For the whole novel)

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Annotation of Text
= Novel IQ Points
/20 TOTAL

Due By Friday, March 22nd
500 Points: Chapters 1-8 10/10
450 Points: Chapters 1-8 9/10
400 Points: Chapters 1-8 8/10
350 Points: Chapters 1-8 7/10
300 Points: Chapters 1-8 6/10

Due By Friday April 11th
300 Points: Chapters 9-12 10/10
270 Points: Chapters 9-12 9/10
240 Points: Chapters 9-12 8/10
210 Points: Chapters 9-12 7/10
180 Points: Chapter 9-12 6/10

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Critical Thinking through written insights
Creative Connections through multiMedia links integrated into text
/20

Due By Friday, March 22nd for Chapters 1-8 /20

6 to 10 combination of diverse, insightful, creative
contributions in the form of text and multi-media plus 3 Extensions connected to passages in the text.

One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

At this level students have shown real mentorship in engaging their peers with informative, constructive feedback on a wide range of other students' comments.

The student has created and researched links that make authentic connections between media sources and the text.

A+

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4-5 combinations of diverse, insightful, creative contributions in the form of text and multi-media plus 3 extensions connected to the passages in the text.

One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project

A

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4 combinations of somewhat insightful or creative contributions in the form of text and some multi-media plus 2 extensions connected to the passages in the text.

One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

B + to A-

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3 combinations of somewhat insightful or creative contributions in the form of text and some multi-media plus 2 extensions connected to the passages in the text.

One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

B- to B+

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Under 3 combinations of contributions in the form of mostly text. Under 2 extension are present.

C to C+

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Critical Thinking through Digital Annotation of the Text/Creative
Connections/Application of Multimedia presentation skills to text

/20

Due: Friday, April 11 for Chapters 9-12 /20

6 to 10 combination of diverse, insightful, creative contributions in the form of text and multi-media plus 2-3 extensions connected to passages in the text.

One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

At this level students have also shown real mentorship in engaging their peers
with informative, constructive feedback on a wide range of other students comments and created and researched links that make authentic connections between media
sources and the text.

A+

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4-5 combination of diverse, insightful, creative contributions in the form of text and multi-media plus 2 extensions connected to the passages in the text. One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

A

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4 combination of somewhat insightful or creative contributions in the form of text and some multimedia plus 2 extensions connected to the passages in the text.

One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

B+ to -A

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3 combination of somewhat insightful or creative contributions in the form of text and some multi-media plus 2 extensions connected to the passages in the text. One of these extensions may be your Hero’s Journey Project.

B- to B+

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Under 3 combination of contributions in the form of mostly text. Under 2 extension are present.

C to C+

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Multi-Media Quotation Analysis on 1 Quote (Your Choice) from Chapters 9-12 with a multi-media link related to your analysis attached.

Style (How it is written)
/5

Content (Substance of Writing and Quality of Media-Link)
/5

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SOME MULTI-MEDIA TOOLS TO USE

Peer-to-Peer Phonecast
discussion (Google Voice)

Peer-to-Peer Podcast
discussion

TED TALK

iTunes U

Blog

Podcast

Twitter and Vine

Museum Website links

News or magazine online articles

Instagram

Movie clips

Songs

Poetry

Sound FX

Create a digital mind map or timeline

Google Maps

Skype Interviews

Garage Band

Texting Summaries

Pics 4 Learning

Gamestar Mechanic

Futebol TV

Classik TV

Youtube Education

eHow

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