2. The student will be able:  to answer the Big Question: "What is the Hero's Journey?"  provide examples from an informational text article to explain the elements of the Hero's Journey.

3.  RI 6.1 Cite textual evidence to support an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.  RI.6.2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.  RL.6.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.  RL.6.3. Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

4. What do these movies have in common?

5. Let’s read to find out! We each have at our desks:  A copy of “The Hero’s Journey” by Zachary Hamby  Highlighters that will be used to highlight key words and phrases to determine the main idea.  Hero’s Journey Chart for note-taking as we read.

6. The Hero’s Journey Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, wrote a famous book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In his lifelong research, Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. Years of research lead Campbell to discover several basic stages that almost every hero-quest goes through (no matter what culture the myth is a part of). He calls this common structure “the monomyth.” George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, claims that Campbell’s monomyth was the inspiration for his groundbreaking films. Lucas also believes that Star Wars is such a popular saga because it taps into a timeless story structure which has existed for thousands of years. Many followers of Campbell have defined the stages of his monomyth in various ways, sometimes supplying different names for certain stages. For this reason there are many different versions of the Hero’s Journey that retain the same basic elements. What key words or phrases are repeated? Monomyth=Hero’s Journey

7. THE HERO’S JOURNEY Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, wrote a famous book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In his lifelong research, Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. Years of research lead Campbell to discover several basic stages that almost every hero-quest goes through (no matter what culture the myth is a part of). He calls this common structure “the monomyth.” George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, claims that Campbell’s monomyth was the inspiration for his groundbreaking films. Lucas also believes that Star Wars is such a popular saga because it taps into a timeless story structure which has existed for thousands of years. Many followers of Campbell have defined the stages of his monomyth in various ways, sometimes supplying different names for certain stages. For this reason there are many different versions of the Hero’s Journey that retain the same basic elements. Work in your groups and use the repeated key words and phrases to write a 1-2 sentence summary of the main idea of the text.