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ELA 12 Mods 12,13 May 14, 2008

Siddhartha
Read Chapter 10 for tomorrow, and in a paragraph describe Siddhartha’s problem with his son using the comment feature below.

ELA 12 Mods 12,13 May 12, 2008

Siddhartha
In Chapter 8, Siddhartha says to himself, “Things are going downhill with you!”  What are the possible meanings of this statement.  Is he talking only of himself?  Please use the comment feature to complete this homework.
 Also, please read Chapter 9, The Ferryman.

ELA 12 Mods 12,13 May 7, 2008

Siddhartha
In the blog a buddhist perspective, the blogger makes the following distinction between detachment and non-attachment:
Question: I was talking to a friend and she told me “she tried” Buddhism but the following was her reason for not pursuing it further: “I don’t think that it is a good thing to detach from the body and [...]

ELA 12 Mods 12 and 13

Siddhartha
Since I will be out over the next three days, and many of you will be with me, I am assigning Chapters Seven and Eight for Monday.
Today’s Question (please answer in one paragraph via the comment feature):
The opening sentence of Chapter Seven is, “For a long time, Siddhartha had lived the life of the world [...]

ELA 12 Mods 12,13 May 1, 2008

Siddhartha
Please read the first 3.5 pages of Chapter 6 for tomorrow.  Don’t forget to have your essays on Walt Whitman’s poem and Chapter 4 for tomorrow.

ELA 12 Mods 12, 13 April 30, 2008

Siddhartha
For tomorrow, please finish reading Chapter 5.  Chapter 4 notes from the class discussion can be found in the PDF format here.  Remember that you have an essay due Friday.

ELA 12 Mods 12,13 April 29, 2008

Siddhartha
Please read the first three pages of Chapter 5 for tomorrow.

Today we will review Chapter Four, The Awakening, and read and discuss Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself.  For Friday, please prepare a one to two page essay which compares Chapter 4 with the poem.  Some questions to ponder:

Do Whitman and Hesse share common goals?
How does [...]

ELA 12 Mods 12,13 April 28, 2008

Siddhartha
Please read Chapter 4 The Awakening for tomorrow and submit a two paragraph summary of the chapter using the comment feature below of type it and submit in class tomorrow.

ELA 12 Mods 12, 13 April 23, 2008

Siddhartha
Please read pages 4-6 in Chapter 2 for tomorrow.  We finished with the question asked about the Siddhartha line in Little Buddha about “learning involves change.”

ELA 12 Mods 12,13 April 22, 2008

Siddhartha
For tomorrow please answer the following question:
At the end of Chapter One, Siddhartha smiles when Govinda joins him to travel into the forest to be with the Samanas.  Why does he smile?
Also, please read the first three pages of Chapter Two.