Instructional objective: Students will write about the following six Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions for the Hero’s Journey tale called “The Drum.”
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Section 8: Hero’s Journey Writing Assignment for story called “The Drum”
After reading the story called “The Drum,” get your students to respond to the following questions.
- Hero’s Journey story link: The Drum
- Hero’s Journey role-play link: The Drum
Link to Teaching poster needed for these questions
- Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey – 12 Steps and 7 Characters
- William Glasser’s Five Basic Needs and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Students answer the following questions:
1. Knowledge
IDENTIFY who acted as mentors for Jack and TELL why.
2. Comprehension
RETELL this story IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
3. Application
DETERMINE who was trying to act as a threshold guardian to Jack and tell how that was taking place.
4. Analysis
DETERMINE THE FACTORS that would take Jack from feeling like a martyr to being the master of his own life.
5. Synthesis
Here are the two Basic Needs posters you will need to answer the following three questions.
- William Glasser’s Five Basic Needs and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
A. GENERATE a description of which basic needs Jack was trying to get met.
1. Belonging
2. Self-Respect
3. Respect
4. Power
5. Safety & Security
6. Freedom
7. Fun
B. GENERATE a description of which basic needs Tom was trying to get met.
1. Belonging
2. Self-Respect
3. Respect
4. Power
5. Safety & Security
6. Freedom
7. Fun
C. GENERATE a description of which basic needs Marcus was trying to get met.
1. Belonging
2. Self-Respect
3. Respect
4. Power
5. Safety & Security
6. Freedom
7. Fun
6. Evaluation
EVALUATE which method of communication works better when an older kid kind of bullies you or pressures you to do something you don’t really want to do: the SILENT CHILD, the COMMUNICATOR, or the RAGE-AHOLIC? GIVE YOUR OPINION as to why that would be the case.
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