Recognize the ‘The Road Back’ in hero journeys.
Explain what the tenth stage of the hero journey is.
Identify and provide examples of the tenth stage of the hero journey in other texts.
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Missouri Learning Standards: Grade-Level Expectations (Adopted April 2016 for implementation in the 2016 – 2017 school year, assessed beginning in the 2017 – 2018 school year.)
6th Grade ELA
Reading Literary Text
1: Comprehend and Interpret Texts (Approaching Texts as a Reader)
A. Comprehension (K-5 Correlation RL1A, RI1A) 6.RL.1.A …show more content…
Teacher will then briefly discuss how the poem relates to Harry's journey so far.
Purpose: (For the student’s benefit, explain what students will be able to do by the end of the lesson and their importance. A connection is made to the real world, detailing why this is necessary to learn.) Students will be able to identify the different stages of the monomyth as they progress through stories. Students will also be able to qualify whether a story is in fact a monomyth or just contains certain elements of the monomyth.
Input: (Also known as prior knowledge. What information is essential for the student to know before beginning the lesson? Detail how this will be communicated.)
Teacher will review the structure of the “Hero’s Journey” with the students. Teacher will describe the first stage (The Road Back) of the third act (Ordinary World).
The Road Back: This stage in the Hero's journey represents a reverse echo of the Call to Adventure in which the Hero had to cross the first threshold. Now he must return home with his reward but this time the anticipation of danger is replaced with that of acclaim and perhaps vindication, absolution or even …show more content…
Then the teacher will draw a stick figure picture on the whiteboard to represent those feelings and label them. Teacher will then explain how the journey home is similar to the hero's 'road back'. Teacher will then read chapter 16 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Check for Understanding: (Identify strategies to be used to determine if students have learned the objectives. A rubric may be substituted for the Check for Understanding.
Teacher will check for understanding by answering any questions students may have in the guided practice.
Guided Practice: (List all activities which will be used to guide students’ practice and provide a time frame for completing the practice.)
Students will each take turns drawing stick pictures on the board and the other students will try to guess how they feel on their 'road back' from school in the evenings. Each student will then give a brief explanation of how they feel. Each student will be given three