Mod 2 Lesson 2 Updated 11/24

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Steps of a Hero's Journey
Character Archetypes

Welcome

Character and Setting Journals Pgs. 10-23
Vishnu (126)
Vayu (128)
Vishvamitra (130)
Agastya (131)

​FQT 1: Lesson 1-8
Lesson 2: Pgs. 24-37 and 132-145

Essential Question

What is the significance and power of the hero's journey?

Focusing Question

How does Ramayana: Divine Loophole exhibit the genre expectations of a monomyth?

Content Framing Question

Organize: What's happening in Ramayana: Divine Loophole?

Genre Expectations

Genre: A kind, style, or type of something.

Literature Examples: poetry, short stories, novels, plays, etc.

Genre Expectations

What are some of the expectations of some Literature genres?

Monomyth

What do you think this word means?

Monomyth

​Also known as a Hero's Journey is the classic story about a hero undertaking (going on) a quest, or a myth that is found in all cultures and across all time periods. It's plot follows a certain pattern and also features certain kinds of characters known as archetypes. An archetype is a well-known recurrent "character type" that possesses certain traits. Ramayana is an example of this kind of myth.

Monomyth Expectations

Let's take a look at the Character Archetypes Handout and the Stages of a Hero's Journey Handout.

Which Archetypes have we met so far.

Which stage do you think we are currently in?

Monomyth Expectations

Let's take a look at the Character Archetypes Handout and the Stages of a Hero's Journey Handout.

Which Archetypes have we met so far.

Which stage do you think we are currently in?

Context: Handout 2A

In today's lesson we will begin organizing our understanding of the story's characters and events so far by building understanding of the story's context.

Handout 5A: Anticipation Guide

We will use Handout 2A throughout the coming lessons, and after reading Ramayana: Divine Loophole.

Let's read the first two statements together before you complete it independently.

Handout 5A: Anticipation Guide

For the next few questions refer to your answers on the Anticipation Guide.

Poll

It is important to choose to do what is right rather than what is easy?

• Agree

Poll

The old saying is true: what goes around comes around.

• Agree

Poll

Its is important always to keep your word; you should never break a promise.

• Agree

Poll

Most heroes are exceptional people with extraordinary abilities.

• Agree

Poll

Heroes always need help and assistance if they are to be successful.

• Agree

Poll

A person only becomes a hero through struggle.

• Agree

Poll

Have you ever heard of dharma?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Have you ever heard of karma?

• Yes

• No

Dharma

Dharma is an important belief of Hinduism and Buddhism (Religions from Southeastern Asia).


Simplified it means "righteous or proper behavior that a person has a moral duty to show."

Match

Dharma is the main tenet (belief) of the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. It can mean a lot of things, but simplified it means "righteous or proper behavior that a person has a moral duty to exemplify." These rules changed depending on a person's position in society and family. In the end Dharma is about your duty in certain relationships. Try to match who each of these people should be dutiful to.

• son dutiful to

• younger sibling dutiful to

• commoner dutiful to

• student dutiful to

• human dutiful to

father

older sibling

king

teacher

divine (god)

• father

• older sibling

• king

• teacher

• divine (god)

Multiple Choice

Think about Ravana: is he following his dharma?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Find an example from what we have read so far (pgs. 10-23) that demonstrates that he is NOT following his dharma.

Karma

• Karma is also an important belief Eastern Religions.

• It means that a person's actions will come back to them and effect and determine their future destiny.

• If a person behaves badly, they will eventually suffer as a result.

• What goes around comes around.

Open Ended

Because Ravana has disturbed cosmic, or universal, harmony, what does Vishnu suggest will be Ravana's karma? (pg 18 "Vishnu's Loophole")

Vocabulary

​Word	​Meaning
​dharma (n.)	​The principle that a person has a moral duty to exhibit righteous or proper behavior.
​karma (n.)	​The principal that a person's actions affect and determine their future or fate.

Craft Question

Examine: Why is establishing a story's context important?

Craft Question

• A context means the situation or set of circumstances in which something happens.

  • It provides readers with important background information.

  • Helps the reader understand any upcoming action in the story

  • Helps get the reader familiar with main characters.

  • Gets the reader interested in the story.

Open Ended

What is something on pages 12-23 of the story that seems like it is preparing us for something that will happen later in the story?

Drag and Drop

TDQs: The Chapter "Vishnu's Loophole" establishes context by identifying the ​

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who will be enemies. Patel also identifies the story's ​

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and ​

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. He also introduces the story's

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good versus evil.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

main characters

setting

main problem.

main conflict:

Open Ended

TDQs: How do the texts and illustrations provide context for why Rama will function as the hero archetype?

Open Ended

TDQs: How do the texts and illustrations provide context for why Ravana will function as the shadow archetype?

Next Steps

• Pages 133-145

• EdPuzzle Pgs. 24-37

• Add to Characters and Settings Journals