HEROES, VILLAINS, AND MONSTERS

Chapter 1: The Heros Journey

THOUSANDS OF HEROES. ONE JOURNEY.

1. THE CALL TO ADVENTURE

Hero is young and inexperienced.

Lives in a mundane, boring place; somewhere s/he does not want to be.
But adventure calls! Come, venture into the unknown!

2. CROSSING THE THRESHOLD

Accepts mission.

Hero ventures into unknown territory.

Begins transformation Meets a helper or mentor.

3. CHALLENGES & TEMPTATIONS

Hero completes tasks, overcomes challenges, has adventures and is tempted.

4. DESCENT INTO THE ABYSS

The hero has to venture into the deepest, darkest place.

Sometimes s/he dies.

The hero has an important revelation here.

5. REBIRTH & TRANSFORMATION

The hero emerges victorious from the underworld.

Hero sometimes has new look, new body, new clothes, new something.

6. THE RETURN HOME

Hero goes back to the regular world.

Hero is different now, though.

Makes things right at home.

NOW ITS YOUR TURN!

Choose a hero from a book or movie.

Trace that heros story through all the steps of the heros journey.

Example:

1. Call to Adventure: Marlin lives in a secure anemone on a pleasant reef, but when his son Nemo is kidnapped, Marlin must embark upon a quest to rescue his son.

BELLWORK: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Make a list of the attributes of a hero. Now, write a definition hero, incorporating the most important attributes that you listed.

GROUPWORK:
Write all the different attributes on post-it notes.

Then, sort the words into categories and name each category.

GROUPWORK, CONTINUED

As a group, write a definition of hero that incorporates the most important attributes.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 BELLWORK

Write a paragraph about someone who fits your definition of a hero. How does this person qualify as a hero?

(make sure your paragraph has a topic sentence, details, explanations, & examples, and a concluding sentence)