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RachelBooras

MiniUnit:TheHerosJourney
TechnologytoSupportLiteracy
SummerInstitute2016
MariaEsposito

Overview:StudentswillbelearningaboutJosephCampbellsresearchaboutthearchetypeof
ahero.TogetherwewillreadthestagesofTheHerosJourney.Studentswillbecomparingthe
maincharacterinthenoveltothestagesofahero.
ThisminiunitwillbecompletedduringModule1Unit3thataccompaniesthenovelThe
LightningThief.Asforthefinalassessmentstudentswillhaveachoiceastowhattheywould
liketodo.

EssentialQuestions:

Dotheattributesofaheroremainthesameovertime?

Whatistheroleofaheroinaculture?

Day1
Lesson1:
Studentswillbedefiningarchetypebycopyingnotesfromtheboardandthenhavingaturnand
talkdiscussion.StudentswillalsobewatchingaYoutubevideoonJosephCampbellandthe
journeyofahero.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMSfhWLpnc
Afterthevideostudentswilljotdownonethingthatstuckouttothemandtheywillbesharing
thatwithaneighbor.
Oncestudentsdefineandunderstandwhatanarchetypeistheywillbeusingthewebsite
Padlettogenerateideasandthoughtsofalltypesofarchetypesthattheycanthinkof.

Days2and3
Lesson2:
Studentswillbereadingthearticle

TheHerosJourney.Whilestudentsarereadingtheywillbe
highlightingandannotatingbyparagraph.Oncestudentsarefinishedreadingthearticle,they
willshowwhattheyknowbycreatingaPoplet.
StudentswillcreateaPoppletwiththestagesofahero.

Day4
Lesson3:
StudentswillparticipateinaKahootquiztoshowthattheycomprehendthemajoreventsin
TheLightningThief.Theteacherwillmonitorstudentstohelpcheckforunderstanding.

Day5and6
Lesson4:

OncestudentshavereadTheHerosJourneyandTheLightningThief,theywillchoosean
assignmentfromthechoiceboardfortheirformalassessment.

WORDLE

THINGLINK

Createawordlewiththecharactertraitsofa
hero.

Chooseaheroandexplainhowtheygo
throughthejourneyofahero.

BUNCEE

VOKI

TellusabouthowPercyJacksongoes
throughthestagesofaherowitha
presentation.

Pleaseseeattachedgradingrubric.

Dontjustshowus,tellus!
HowisPercyJacksonahero?Doeshefall
intothearchetypeofahero?


Studentswillbegradedusingtherubricpicturedhere.Thisrubricwascreatedusingthewebsite
rubistar.4teachers.org

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