fairy tales

Storytelling & Heroes

Literature & Composition 1

2012-2013

Essential Questions:
Why do we tell stories?

How can fiction reveal the truth?

What patterns exist in stories?

Objectives:
To recognize and emulate different types of storytelling
To gain knowledge of the archetypal hero’s journey and the journey hero
To read and annotate text for understanding

Texts:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
“Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon
Excerpt from The Odyssey by Homer

Table of Contents

Vocabulary Words 2

“Where I’m From” 3

Poem Pre-writing & Brainstorming 4

Visual Poem 5

Poem Rubric 6

Hero’s Journey Diagram 7

Haroun Excerpt 8

Haroun Socratic Seminar 9

The Odyssey excerpt 10

Definition Essay Assignment & Outline 25

Analytical Writing Rubric 26

Vocabulary

Directions: For each word, you need complete a vocabulary square. They should look like the sample in your Reference Guide. Remember to use the Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes page from your Reference Guide or from the Internet.

List 1: inference, observation, individualism, autobiography
List 2: archetype, allusion, hero’s journey, annotation
List 3: evidence, analysis, claim, explain

Sample Square:

“Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon

I am from clothespins, 
 from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. 

I am from the dirt under the back porch.
(Black, glistening, 
 it tasted like beets.) 

I am from the forsythia bush the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own.
I'm from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. 

I'm from the know-it-alls
 and the pass-it-ons, 
 from Perk up! and Pipe down! 

I'm from He restoreth my soul
 with a cottonball lamb
 and ten verses I can say myself.
I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, 
 fried corn and strong