The Hero's Journey

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Percy Jackson and

"The Hero's Journey"

​Learning Targets

• ​I can practice reading closely

• ​I can get the gist of an excerpt of "The Hero's Journey"

• ​I can gather important details and determine the main idea of an excerpt of "The Hero's Journey"

• ​I can identify the characteristics of a strong paragraph

​Root of the Day!

​Anti

Against

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Antidote

​Anti-inflammatory

​Antipathy

​Antithesis

​Anticlimactic

​Antioxidant

Open Ended

What or who do you think of when you hear the word "hero?" Provide reasons or examples to support your response.

​Closely Reading an Informational Text

• ​Pay attention to the subheadings

• ​Pause at the end of each section to consider the gist and make notes of what the text says.

• ​Make connections between the text and other texts you are reading (HINT!!)

​The Hero's Journey

This text describes an archetype of the Hero's Journey.

​An archetype is a model from which things are copied or repeated.

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​As we read...

• ​Consider the gist of the section

• ​Find 1-2 important details from the section

• Think about what questions come to mind​

• ​What connections can you make?

Open Ended

Joseph Campbell, an American psychologist and mythological researcher, wrote a famous book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell discovered many common patterns that are in many hero myths and stories from around the world. He described several basic stages that almost every hero goes through. 

What is the GIST of this paragraph? What is a question it raises for you?

Central Idea

Important Details/Questions

Open Ended

Follow along as I read the section "Act 1: Separation."

Identify the GIST of this section

Ask one QUESTION this section generates for you.

Open Ended

What CONNECTIONS can you make between "Act I: Separation" and Percy Jackson's story so far?

​Percy Jackson, the main character in The Lightning Thief, is following the path of the hero in "the Hero's Journey." Percy Jackson is a boy who is not accepted by many people around him. In "The Hero's Journey" it says that heroes "possess some ability or characteristic that makes them feel out-of-place." In The Lightning Thief, Percy says, "I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made above a C- in my life." In this quote, Percy expresses his feelings of exclusion because of his learning differences. This shows that Percy is like the archetype of a hero because he also has characteristics that make him feel out of place.

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​What is the author trying to show in this paragraph?

Exit Ticket (answer on the next slide)

​Finish reading the "Act 2: Initiation and Transformation" section.

​As you read, fill out your chart to not the Central Idea/Stages, and Important Details/Questions