UOI3 What’s Old Is New Again

Myths and Legends: The Podcast

SOI: Communities use common narrative structures and archetypes to

teach the values of their cultures and to create historical bonds among
their people.

ATL: Communication (use appropriate forms of writing for different

purposes) and Critical Thinking

Your task is to create your own myth and produce a podcast that tells the story.

How To:
1. Create a hero – use your hero definitions from earlier in the unit to form the base of
your new character and remember that cultures express their values through their
heroes.
2. Determine your moral – what cultural value do you want to teach through your myth?
3. Create a hero’s journey graphic organizer for your hero – you need to use at least 8 of
the elements of the hero’s journey for this.
4. Write a script – use episodes from the podcast Myths and Legends as an exemplar for
this.
a. Make sure you explicitly state the moral and cultural value this myth is meant to
be teaching.
5. Record your podcast – be sure there is no loud background noises
6. Edit
7. Submit: Due June 3rd at 7:00PM

What you will submit to ManageBac:

- Audio file of your podcast
- Hero’s journey graphic organizer which includes a very short description of the moral

You will be assessed on the following:

Biii. use referencing and formatting tools to create a presentation style suitable to the context
and intention. Formatting of podcast
Ci. produce texts that demonstrate thought, imagination and sensitivity while exploring and
considering new perspectives and ideas arising from personal engagement with the creative
process. Link between hero’s journey and moral in how your myth teaches a cultural value.
Di. use appropriate and varied vocabulary, sentence structures and forms of expression. Your
podcast uses interesting, varied and correct language.
 Task Specific Criteria

Biii. use referencing and formatting tools to create a presentation style suitable to the context
and intention. Formatting of podcast
Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors listed below.
1-2 You did not use a podcast format.
3-4 You used a podcast format and used a few strategies from the exemplar.
5-6 You used a good podcast format and used several strategies from the
exemplar.
7-8 You used an excellent podcast format and effectively emulated many
strategies from the exemplar.

Ci. produce texts that demonstrate thought, imagination and sensitivity while exploring and
considering new perspectives and ideas arising from personal engagement with the creative
process. Link between hero’s journey and moral in how your myth teaches a cultural value.
Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors listed below.
1-2 Your podcast does not demonstrate thought, imagination and sensitivity to
cultural values linking the hero’s journey and moral.
3-4 Your podcast demonstrates some degree of thought, imagination and
sensitive ty to cultural values linking the hero’s journey and moral.
5-6 Your podcast demonstrates a good degree of thought, imagination and
sensitivity to cultural values linking the hero’s journey and moral.
7-8 Your podcast demonstrates a high degree of thought, imagination and
sensitivity to cultural values linking the hero’s journey and moral.

Di. use appropriate and varied vocabulary, sentence structures and forms of expression. Your
podcast uses interesting, varied and correct language.
Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors listed below.
1-2 You do not use language fitting of a podcast or a myth. There are several
errors of vocabulary and your sentence structures and forms of expression
are repetitive and dull.
3-4 You use language that is varied and attempt to paint of the hero’s journey.
Your use of vocabulary, forms of expression and sentence structure is
mostly correct.
5-6 You use language that is varied and interesting and paints a picture of the
hero’s journey. You correctly use vocabulary, forms of expression and
sentence structures.
7-8 You use language that is interesting and exciting to paint a picture of the
hero’s journey. You correctly use a variety of vocabulary, forms of
expression and sentence structures.