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NIT The Challenge of Heroism
aCademIC voCabULary
context
technique
concise
nuance
function
negation
coherence
Literary Terms
archetype imagery setting point of view conflict mood protagonist plot
pacing
epic
tone diction denotation connotation allegory
GoaLS:
• To create and present an original illustrated narrative based on the Hero’s Journey archetype
• To analyze and synthesize a variety of texts to develop an original definition of hero
• To analyze and evaluate expository texts for ideas, structure, and language
• To develop expository texts using strategies of definition
Contents
Activities
1.1 Previewing the Unit ..................................................................... 4
1.2 Understanding Challenges .......................................................... 5
1.3 Opening with Imagery.....................................................................8 Novel: Excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
1.4 Visual Techniques ......................................................................11
1.5 Understanding the Hero’s Journey Archetype ............................15
Poetry: “Saturday at the Canal,” by Gary Soto
1.6 The Departure ........................................................................... 22
Short Story: “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” by Ray Bradbury
1.7 The Initiation ............................................................................. 31
Narrative Poetry: From the Odyssey, by Homer
1.8 Language and Writer’s Craft: Revising and Editing ....................41
Introducing the Strategy: Self-Editing/Peer-Editing
1.9 The Return .................................................................................47 Novel: Excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
Embedded Assessment 1 Writing and Presenting a Hero’s Journey Narrative.................................................... 56
1.10 Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and
the Definition Essay ...................................................................58
1.11 The Nuance of Tone ................................................................... 60
1.12 Physical and Emotional Challenges........................................... 62
Introducing the Strategy: TP-CASTT
Poetry: “A Man,” by Nina Cassian
Article: “Soldier home after losing his leg in Afghanistan,” by Gale Fiege
Introducing the Strategy: Free Writing
1.13 Definition Strategies .................................................................69 Poetry: “Sonnet 116,” by William Shakespeare
Article: “Where I Find My Heroes,” by Oliver Stone
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