1. 9th Grade Literature Monday October 24, 2016 Day 55
ACTIVATOR:
Grab handout from front table and answer questions after reading the quote by Albert Einstein…
ACTIVITIES:
Discuss Activator activity
Continue The Odyssey, PART 2 ( )
- answer study questions
Last 10 Silent Reading (BRING BOOK!)
SUMMARIZER:
- what are the traits of epic poetry?

2. 9th Grade Literature Tuesday October 25, 2016 Day 56
ACTIVATOR:
Grab unit 6 Vocabulary Handout from table…
ACTIVITIES:
Introduce Unit 6 vocabulary words
- story due Monday
- 15 words, 2 appositives, + bat, grenade, and skateboard
FINISH The Odyssey, PART 2 ( )
- answer ALL Part 2 study questions… (TURN IN)
- Video comparison…
Last 10 Silent Reading (BRING BOOK!)
SUMMARIZER:
- what are the traits of epic poetry?

3. 9th Grade Literature Wednesday October 26, 2016 Day 57
ACTIVATOR:
Complete the phrases grammar activity on back of Einstein quote handout from Monday…
ACTIVITIES:
Discuss activator activity
Vocabulary story due Monday
- 15 words, 2 appositives, + bat, grenade, and skateboard
Review The Odyssey, PART 1 & 2
Video comparison – OBWAT
Last 10 Silent Reading (BRING BOOK!)
SUMMARIZER:
- what are the traits of epic poetry?

4. 9th Grade Literature Thursday October 27, 2016 Day 58
ACTIVATOR:
Complete a “One Pager” for the article on front table…
ACTIVITIES:
Review The Odyssey, (Test tomorrow!)
Unit 6 vocabulary stories due Monday!
Discuss Monomyth and Heroes' Journey…
Video comparison – Finish OBWAT
- turn in list of comparisons at end of period
Last 10 Silent Reading (BRING BOOK!)
SUMMARIZER:
- what is an epic hero?

5. The Odyssey Harry Potter The Wizard of Oz Star Wars
Modern Day Myth
The Odyssey
Harry Potter
The Wizard of Oz
Star Wars

6. I. The Call to Adventure
Hero is called to adventure by mistake or called by a herald who summons the hero.
This call comes at a time when the hero is ready for inner growth.
Agamemnon and Odysseus

7. Who calls Harry Potter to adventure?

8. Harry Potter Hagrid
(on behalf of Dumbledore)

9. Who calls Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz to adventure?

10. Get’s called by a tornado
Dorothy
Get’s called by a tornado

11. II. The Refusal of the Call
The hero is not always eager to assume the adventure offered. This kind of hero is called a reluctant hero.
Agamemnon calling
Odysseus to war. Odysseus
is a “reluctant” or “unwilling”
hero.

12. III. The Refusal of the Call
The hero has the opportunity to reject the call. If the hero refuses, his or her life may enter a state of paralysis until something happens to release him or her. (continued)
Agamemnon calling
Odysseus to war. Odysseus
is a “reluctant” or “unwilling”
hero.

13. The Refusal of the Call
The hero may want to answer the call to adventure and this kind of hero is called a willing hero.
Agamemnon calling
Odysseus to war. Odysseus
is a “reluctant” or “unwilling”
hero.

14. Is Harry Potter a “willing” or “reluctant” Hero?

15. Harry Potter is a Willing Hero

16. Is Dorothy a “willing” or “reluctant” Hero?

17. Dorothy is a reluctant hero

18. Supernatural Aid
The hero encounters a helper as the journey begins: a guide and protector (often an old woman or old man)
Athena

19. Supernatural Aid
The protector usually appears to one who has already accepted the call but not always. The helper is often a wizard, hermit, or shepherd.
Athena

20. Who is Harry Potter’s Supernatural Aid?

21. Dumbledore

22. Who is Dorothy’s Supernatural Aid?

23. Glinda the Good Witch

24. IV. The Crossing of the 1st Threshold
The hero goes beyond the boundaries of everyday life accompanied by the guide and faces dangerous forces of the unknown.

25. Harry Potter encounters…

26. “Fluffy” in Harry Potter

27. Do you notice any similarities to characters in Greek Mythology?

28. Dorothy encounters…

29. Wicked Witch

30. V. Belly of the Whale The hero is “swallowed” up by the unknown.
(Gate to Hades)
There he awaits the rebirth or release from this state.

31. Where is Harry Potter’s Belly of the Whale

32. Hogwarts

33. Where is Dorothy’s Belly of the Whale

34. Wizard of Oz
Yellow Brick Road

35. VI. The Road of Trials
The hero undergoes a series of trials often on a perilous journey.
The guide or other helpers support him.
Each trial prepares him for the ultimate goal.

36. The Road of Trials Each trial may bring new victories.
Victories may be repeated but are not lasting.

37. Take a minute to list at least 8 trials that Odysseus had to deal with to get back home.

38. 1. Cyclops

39. What trials did Harry Potter encounter?

40. For example Harry had to: √Get the Sorcerer’s Stone √Fight “the one who shall not be named.” √Find the Horcruxes

41. What trials did Dorothy encounter?

42. Dorothy’s trial is to get the broom of the wicked witch

43. Trials for Dorothy
include the flying monkeys

44. More trials for Dorothy
and the
Poppy Field
(Remind you of …Odysseus
and the Lotus Eaters?)

45. Helpers
Helpers are not in your packet but
are worth mentioning because all
great heroes have helpers!

46. Odysseus Could not make it home without help.

47. Odysseus’ helpers are his men!
Odyssey
Odysseus’ helpers are his men!
“Additional Helpers”
Athena his wise guide.
Circe
Tiresias
Scylla and Charybdis

48. Harry Potter had helpers!

49. Harry Potter Besides --- Harry’s Wise Guide Dumbledore
Battles with Snape

50. Harry’s main supporters
through his trials
are Ron and Hermoine

51. Dorothy had helpers!

52. Cowardly Lion, Strawman, Tinman
Helpers for Dorothy
Cowardly Lion, Strawman, Tinman
And, of
Course,
her
Wise
Guide
Glinda

53. VII. The Magical Flight
This is often the climax where the hero defeats the antagonist using his or her new knowledge.
(Continued)

54. The Magical Flight
The hero returns to the world from which he came accompanied by his guardian.

55. Harry Potter

57. Dorothy

58. Glinda who tells Dorothy
that she has had the
power to go home the
entire time.

59. VIII. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
The hero leaves the realm of the unknown and returns from the dark to the light. The transition is not easy.
He may hold the belief that those from his former world cannot comprehend what the hero has learned.

60. IX. Master of the Two Worlds
The hero through the journey, has won the ability to pass back and forth from one world to the other.

61. X. Freedom to Live
The hero can now live with the new freedom as a result of the journey, having matured and grown.
Fear of death has no power over him.

62. Review your notes and complete the questions on pages 3 & 4
Call to Adventure
The Refusal of the Call
Supernatural Aid
The crossing of the First Threshold
The Belly of the Whale
Road of Trials
The Magical Flight
The crossing of the Return Threshold
Master of Two Worlds
Freedom to Live

63. How does Star Wars exemplify The Hero’s Journey. https://www. youtube

64. 9th Grade Literature Friday October 28, 2016 Day 59
ACTIVATOR: (4-6 sentences, S.E.E.D. format!)
What is the scariest movie you have ever seen? WHY?
ACTIVITIES: (REGISTRATION!)
Discuss activator writing assignment
Vocab. Story due Monday!
Odyssey TEST
- turn in study questions…
Last 10 Silent Reading (BRING BOOK!)
SUMMARIZER:
- what are the traits of epic poetry?