One Class to Rule Them All!

Just kidding!  All classes are GREAT at FILA, but a Lord of the Rings literature class just begs for it to be used.

I am so excited to lead this class!  I love fantasy and I love this story.  

For the first two weeks, we laid the groundwork necessary to study literature.  First, we learned about the life of JRR Tolkien.  The students were encouraged to annotate, and we learned about archetypes, in the spirit of this:

The 2nd week we learned about the hero's journey with this video:

And these diagrams: 

Then we went over some popular literary devices, like allegory, alliteration, foreshadowing, backstory and eucatastrophe (Tolkien's favorite).

This week we are going on a field trip to the Brother's Nursery in Gorst where they have a life size hobbit house!  The students are encouraged to wear any LOTR costume for pictures for their binder cover.  If they don't have anything, that's okay, I am bringing some cloaks and sword/bow props.

  

See you on Thursday!