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The return
aCTIvITy 1.9
Learning Targets
• Analyze a narrative for archetype and narrative techniques.
• Draft and illustrate the final event in a narrative.
The Return
While some stories end once the hero has achieved the Ultimate Boon (the goal he or she set out to achieve), most stories continue into the final stage: The Return.
Preview
In this activity, you wil read another excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time and think about the archetype of the Hero’s Return.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read, identify steps in the Hero’s Return. Mark the text to indicate evidence of each step. Highlight transitions that indicate sequencing through time.
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Roots and Affixes
The prefix re-, as in return, is a very common and useful Latin prefix that means “again” or “back.” You can see it in many English words, such as replay,
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words rewrite, replace, regenerate, by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary. reproduce, recall, recreate,
• Meg is posed with a riddle in paragraph 3 which she must try and solve. When you read the riddle, make a prediction about the answer and write it in the My Notes section. Revise it as you get more information. You will eventually confirm your prediction later in the passage.
and so on.
my Notes
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LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Marking the Text, Shared Reading, Close Reading, Rereading, Diffusing, Skimming/Scanning, Drafting, Visualizing
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