1. Bellringer: Real World Grammar Fails
What is wrong with this picture? How could it be fixed to be grammatically correct? Answer in at least 3 sentences.

2. Grammar Lesson Verb-subject agreement
It’s vs. Its (see sentences on board)

3. Set Up Binders

4. Archetypes

5. We are more interested in the second definition.
What is an archetype?
The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based
A collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches
(from Dictionary.com)
We are more interested in the second definition.

6. Archetypes can refer to…
Images
Themes
Symbols
Ideas
Character types
Plot patterns
We will mostly be looking at themes, character types, and plot patterns.

7. Archetypes can be expressed in…
Myths
Dreams
Literature
Religions
Fantasies
Folklore

8. Names to Know
Carl Jung: psychologist who first applied archetypes to literature
Joseph Campbell: writer who applied Jung’s ideas to world mythologies in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (more on this tomorrow)
George Lucas used Campbell’s ideas to create the Star Wars saga.

9. Heroic Archetypes

10. Epic Heroes From: history, myth, or legend
Connected to a god (or son of a god)
Smarter, braver, and stronger than the average person
Embarks on a quest or voyage

12. Tragic Heroes
Make a judgment error that leads to their own destruction
Possess a “tragic flaw”
Tragic flaw: a personality trait of a main character that leads to his/her own downfall (e.g. pride, stubbornness, greed)

14. Romantic Heroes Rejected by society or nonconventional in ideas
Embark on quests, but can be physical OR emotional/spiritual
Quest begins from a desire to fulfill something for himself and ends up serving a greater cause

16. Anti-Heroes
Antihero: a central character in a story who lacks conventional heroic attributes
Have imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters
Have qualities typically associated with villains (e.g. violent tendencies)
Antiheroes blur the line between protagonist and antagonist.

18. Group Activity
In groups of 3-4, come up with two characters from two different books/movies/TV shows whom you consider to be heroes. What kind of heroes are they? Find two different types of heroes.
Epic Hero
Tragic Hero
Romantic Hero
Antihero

19. Homework Surveys/Parent Signatures by Friday Syllabus Quiz Friday
Set up Remind if you haven’t done it already

20. Exit Slip
Write the definition of an archetype in your own words.