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The Obstacles of the Hero’s Journey

Discover the commonalities and differences in initiation rites through engaging discussions, reading "initiation" stories, and analyzing diction and connotation. Explore the importance of initiation rites and their relevance to the Hero's Journey.

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The Obstacles of the Hero’s Journey

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  1. The Obstacles of the Hero’s Journey Do all heroes face the same obstacles? What obstacles must all humans face?

  2. Dragons Let’s share our writings from last night: • What are your dragons? • What obstacles are you facing?

  3. Initiation • Find a reliable website that explains an initiation rite. **Once you find one, write it down on the board so no one else reports on it.** • Using Microsoft Word, create a “mini poster.” • Include 1 picture • Explain the initiation rite (be sure to reword or use quotation marks) • Include the name of the people, time and place to which it belongs • On the back, write down the MLA citation for the website and the picture you used. • Also on the back, explain how you know the website is reliable.

  4. Let’s Draw Some Conclusions Based on the examples • What is an initiation rite? • Is it important? Why or why not? • What do all these rites have in common? • In what ways do they differ?

  5. Extend… • What initiation rites do American teens face today? • What things have you done personally in order to “fit in” to a certain group or feel “grown up”? • Is initiation a part of the Hero’s Journey? Where? • Does an initiation story belong to the monomyth or is it something separate?

  6. Reading Strategies • Set a purpose • Determine what you want to know • Decide pace • Notice Text Structure • Stop & Process • Make connections • Notice diction

  7. Diction • Diction = word choice • Creates tone and mood • Denotation = literal meaning • Connotation = feelings associated w/ a word http://www.scribd.com/doc/92993528/DICTION-Voice-Lesson-PPT

  8. Literature Circles • Discussion Director • 5-10 discussion questions • Literary Luminary • 5 sentences/passages • Why you chose it (funny, important, etc.) • Illustrator • Draw picture related to story • Connector • 5 connections to other stories, personal life, etc. • Vocabulary Enricher • 5 new, important, strange, or interesting words • Write down sentence found in & definition

  9. “Initiation” Stories • Choose a story • Form a group (3-5) • Assign roles (1 role per person; MUST have discussion director) • Read the story and jot down 5 examples of diction. Write the word and its connotation. (20 mins.) • Prepare for literature circle (5 mins.) • Discuss & Share (10 mins.)

  10. “Initiation” Stories • “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing • A young boy wants to be able to swim through the tunnel like the older boys. • “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett • A young girl must decide whether or not to tell the hunter where the White Heron is. • “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell (p. 25) • A young boy scores a date with an older neighbor. As they ride along in the boat, he must decide whether or not to reel in the big bass he has inadvertently caught.

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