Journey+of+the+Hero-+Epic+Poetry+and+Persuasive+Writing

=The Hero's Journey= =

= =Gallery of Heroes- Check out this website!=

=//The Odyssey-// Homer= Textbook pg. 892



Elements:
 * ** Literary Text **
 * the classical epic poem
 * allusion
 * archetype
 * arete
 * epic poetry
 * epic/Homeric simile
 * epithet
 * hero
 * heroic couplet
 * iambic pentameter
 * invocation
 * narrative
 * oral tradition
 * Informational Text **
 * chronological order
 * thesis statement
 * evidence

Assignments:
Write an essay in which you take a position on whether or not Odysseus exhibits the characteristics of an epic hero. State your thesis clearly and include at least three pieces of evidence to support the thesis. (W.9-10.1) Due Date:
 * Essay **

Write a poem or prose narrative about a journey you or someone you know has taken, using epic similes, epithets, and allusions. (W.9-10.3)
 * Essay **

Due Date:

Write an essay in which you compare the ways in which the theme of heroism is treated in //The Odyssey// and one of the contemporary nonfiction accounts. State thesis clearly and include at least three pieces of evidence to support the thesis. (RL.9-10.2, RI.9-10.7, W.9-10.2)
 * Essay **

Due Date:

Select a one-minute passage from //The Odyssey// or //The Aeneid// and recite it from memory. Include an introduction that states: “Is Odysseus courageous?” The seminar question may also be used as an essay topic. (RL.9-10.3 and SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.4, and SL.9-10.6)
 * Speech **
 * What the excerpt is.
 * Who wrote it.
 * Why it is significant as an example of an important literary tradition. (RL.9-10.6, SL9-10.6)
 * Due Date:
 * Seminar Question **

Resources:

 * Informational Text **


 * Excerpts from //The Gold of Troy// (Robert Payne)
 * Excerpts from //Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming// (Jonathan Shay)
 * Excerpts from //Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War// (William Manchester)
 * // Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point // (Elizabeth D. Samet)
 * // Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families // (Andrew Carroll, ed.)
 * // The Hero with a Thousand Faces // (Joseph Campbell)


 * Art, Music, and Media **

Music


 * Henry Purcell, //Dido and Aeneas// (1689)

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