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interacting in meaningful Ways: Writing a Dialogue
Learning Targets
• Express and justify opinions about an epic in conversation and writing.
• Write a scene of dialogue that portrays characteristics of a hero and the Hero’s
Journey archetype.
• Use imagery and vivid verbs effectively to create precision and shades of meaning while writing.
Review your annotations and notes on the Odyssey and use them to complete the graphic organizer.
aCTiViTY 2.7
Road of Trials
Heroic Characteristics
Vivid Verbs and Imagery
What trials does Odysseus face? How does he overcome them?
What does Odysseus do, say, feel, or think that shows he is a hero?
What vivid verbs and imagery are used
to support the hero archetype?
Quick Conversation
Share your work with your partner. Compare your ideas about the heroic characteristics of Odysseus. Next, read aloud the last paragraph of the story:
I would not let them weep though, but stopped them all with a nod and a frown.
Discuss the sentence. What does it tell you about the hero? Why doesn’t he let his men grieve over the loss of their shipmates? What does the hero want to do first? Why is this important? Record notes from your discussion.
I agree because
I think the hero doesn’t let his mencry because .
Based on , Ithink the hero first wants to .
Could you explain that please?
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language
resources
heroic characteristics: the actions, words, feelings, and thoughts that show how strong, fast, brave, or smart the hero is
Road of Trials: the stage in the Hero’s Journey archetype when the hero faces mental and physical challenges he must overcome
dialogue: the words a character says, which are set off in quotation marks dialogue tag: the words that indicate which character is speaking and how the words are spoken, such as he
said, Cyclops shouted, they whispered.
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