1 / 15

Exploring Heroes: The Hero’s Journey in Literature

Dive into the concept of heroism through "The Hero’s Journey," identifying key elements and connecting them to characters like Percy Jackson. Practice close reading, writing with evidence, and discussing how your perception of heroes has evolved.

juan
Télécharger la présentation

Exploring Heroes: The Hero’s Journey in Literature

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Agenda • Quick Write- What is a hero? • Learning Targets • Close Read- The Hero’s Journey • Introduction and Act 1 • Writing with Evidence- Model • Exit Ticket • How has your idea of “Hero” changed?

  2. Quick Write Sentence Starters…. • I believe a hero is…I think this because… • An example of a person who is a hero is… Write how you feel, there is no right or wrong. Support your thinking with examples or reasons!

  3. Today’s Learning Targets • * I can practice reading closely • * I can get the gist of an excerpt of the text “The Hero’s Journey” • * I can gather important details and determine the main idea of an excerpt of the text “The Hero’s Journey.” • I can identify the characteristics of a strong paragraph

  4. Think Pair Share • What are the most important words in the learning targets? • Thumps up (I understand the learning targets) OR • Thumps down (I do not understand the learning targets)

  5. Close Read The Hero’s Journey- Intro and Act 1 *First, scan the text for its structure, *Next, Read the intro and Act 1 Pause

  6. Intro and Act 1 • Re-read and annotate for the gist • After each paragraph write the gist of the paragraph in the margins • Circle unfamiliar words

  7. Different but similar…. • Archetype- A model after which other things are copied or repeated • Examples: The hero, the mentor, the villain

  8. Identifying Important Details • Take out “The Hero’s Journey” Chart/Recording Form • Review Annotations and re-read • This time, as you review and re-read identify the important details and on your chart record the central idea of the four parts of Act 1 • EXAMPLE

  9. Writing With Evidence Studying a Model Paragraph • Read the paragraph once to get the gist • THINK PAIR SHARE • What is the purpose of this paragraph? • What does the author want the reader to learn or understand?

  10. Model Paragraph • Percy Jackson, the main character in The Lightning Thief, is following the path of the hero in “The Hero’s Journey.” Percy Jackson is a boy who is not accepted by many people around him. In “The Hero’s Journey” it says that heroes “possess some ability or characteristic that makes them feel out-of-place.” In The Lightning Thief, Percy says, “I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made about a C- in my life.” In this quote, Percy expresses his feelings of exclusion because of his learning differences. This shows that Percy is like the archetype of a hero because he also has characteristics that make him feel out of place.

  11. Think Pair Share Responses

  12. Now… You will be writing with the same purpose- to show how Percy’s experiences in The Lightning Thief align with “The Hero’s Journey.”

  13. Directions • Now that you know whythe author wrote the paragraph, reread it to see howthe author achieved their purpose. • Re-read: Ask yourself • How did the author achieve his/her purpose of showing how Percy’s experiences aligned with “The Hero’s Journey”? • What writing strategies did the author use to make the purpose clear? • Underline important words or phrases • Annotate in the margin to show your thinking

  14. Discussion- Whole Group How and What:

  15. Exit • How has your idea of “Hero” changed?

More Related