Instructional objective: Students will write about the following six Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions for the Hero’s Journey tale called “The Heart.”
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Section 8: Hero’s Journey Writing Assignment for story called “The Heart”
After reading the story called “The Heart,” get your students to respond to the following questions.
- Hero’s Journey story link: The Heart
- Hero’s Journey role-play link: The Heart
Link to Teaching posters needed for these questions
- Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey – 12 Steps and 7 Characters
- Passive, Aggressive, & Assertive Responses to Conflict
- Three Outcomes to Conflict
- William Glasser’s Five Basic Needs and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Students answer the following questions:
1. Knowledge
1A. Look at the poster of the 7 main Characters of the Hero’s Journey. IDENTIFY who is Jack’s mentor.
1B. IDENTIFY who is acting as a threshold guardian to Jack.
1C. IDENTIFY who is a shapeshifter character in this story.
1D. IDENTIFY who is a shadow character in this story.
1E. IDENTIFY who is a trickster character in this story.
2. Comprehension
On that same poster, there is a character called a herald. DESCRIBE who was being a herald to Jack, giving him his various calls to adventure.
3. Application
- Click link for poster: Passive, Aggressive, & Assertive Responses to Conflict
3A. DETERMINE when or if any characters were using any PASSIVE responses to conflict.
3B. DETERMINE when or if any characters were using any AGGRESSIVE responses to conflict.
3C. DETERMINE when or if any characters were using any ASSERTIVE responses to conflict.
4. Analysis
- Click link for poster: Three Outcomes to Conflict
4A. In Option #1, DIAGNOSE which outcome Jack and Ron had: LOSE-LOSE, WIN-LOSE, or WIN-WIN.
4B. In Option #2, DIAGNOSE which outcome Jack and Ron had: LOSE-LOSE, WIN-LOSE, or WIN-WIN.
5. Synthesis
Click link for posters:
- William Glasser’s Five Basic Needs and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
5A. 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
5B. GENERATE a description of which basic needs Ron was trying to get met.
- 1. Belonging
- 2. Self-Respect
- 3. Respect
- 4. Power
- 5. Safety & Security
- 6. Freedom
- 7. Fun
5C. GENERATE a description of which basic needs Don was trying to get met.
- 1. Belonging
- 2. Self-Respect
- 3. Respect
- 4. Power
- 5. Safety & Security
- 6. Freedom
- 7. Fun
5D. GENERATE a description of which basic needs Mr. Brilhart 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 a friend gets kind of mean because he or she is jealous of your talents, skills, and abilities: the SILENT CHILD, the COMMUNICATOR, or the RAGE-AHOLIC? GIVE YOUR OPINION as to why that would be the case.
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