The Hero's Journey Assessment

Step 1: Select and read one of the following short stories. Each may be found online. Contact your instructor
if you need assistance locating the story.
 "Cranes" by Hwang Sun-won
 "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath
 "The Interlopers" by Saki

Step 2: Not every hero's journey plot will use all 12 stages. Authors will choose the stages that best fit the
characters and their story. Read your selected short story. Locate three stages of the hero's journey
that are present in the text. Complete the graphic organizer using complete sentences and details
from your selected short story.

Title of
Short Story
The Hero's
An Example from My Selected Short
Journey Definition In My Own Words
Story with Justification
Stage
Paraphrase the definition of the stage of In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy meets
Example: the hero's journey you select. This should Glinda the Good Witch. She gives her
Meeting the not be copied and pasted from the advice on how to get back home to
Mentor course. Kansas and continues to help her on
her journey to the Emerald City.

The Hero's Journey Rubric

On Target Almost There Needs Improvement
Definitions 15-12 points 11-9 points 8-0 points
(15 points)
The student shows an The student attempts The student may be
in-depth to show an missing some or
understanding of understanding of definitions or most
each phase of the each phase of the definitions were
hero's journey by hero's journey but incorrectly identified
thoroughly explaining may lack defining or copied from the
in their own words. details. lesson.
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 Identification 45-36 points 35-27 points 26-0 points
and Application
(45 points) The student correctly The student correctly The student correctly
identifies and justifies identifies and justifies identifies and justifies
three stages of the at least two stages of one stage of the
hero's journey from the hero's journey hero's journey from
their selected short from their selected their selected short
story. short story. story, or the
identification and
justification is
missing.

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