Description: The course The Hero's Journey: Literature & Composition explores the question "What does it mean to be a hero?" It looks at literature featuring ordinary people who find themselves in circumstances that require extraordinary acts and examines these acts in relation to the archetypal hero's journey.Lessons provide historical background on the setting and author while offering discussion points students can use to explore literary topics with family and peers. The course includes the use of a main lesson book as a reader's journal to keep track of key passages new vocabulary observations about characters settings literary techniques etc.Students develop a wide range of composition skills throughout the course by exploring techniques and formats such as comparative essays first-person writing figurative language summarizing poetry persuasive writing inferential reading and contextual clues and observational writing. Additional Materials Required but NOT included in listingThe House of the Scorpion by Nancy FarmerKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonThe Raybearer by Jordan IfuekoWhere We Come From by Oscar CásaresTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonHouse of Light by Mary OliverA Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker and Nancy SommersWrite It Right: A Handbook for Student Writers Second EditionTwo Blank Journals Brand New, Still in Plastic Wrap There is no writing in any books we sell. All sales are final and not subject to Oak Meadow's regular return policy.
Price: 110 USD
Location: Brattleboro, Vermont
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Workbook
Format: Book, Ring/Wire Bound
Subject Area: English
Language: English
Publication Name: Oak Meadow Hero's Journey Coursebook and Teacher Manual (Current
Author: Oak Meadow
Level: High School
Publisher: Oak Meadow, Inc
Subject: English
