Phase: | During/Explore/Explain |
Activity: | The teacher will share My Hero's Journey Narrative Correspondence from the publishing editor. Once the students have had the opportunity to read the letter and its attachment (My Hero’s Journey Narrative Rubric), the teacher will ask questions to ensure the students understand what they will need to do to be successful with the activity.
The students will use My Hero's Journey Narrative Correspondence to write their narratives independently.
The students will work with a partner to complete My Hero's Journey Peer Review of their work.
The student will write a business letter response to his/her editor to share the link to the class Padlet page and request feedback on his/her work.
The students will use the peer review notes to revise, edit, and publish their narratives to the class Padlet page.
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Assessment Strategies: | The teacher can assess the students' narrative writing skills and application of the traditional hero's journey patterns and characteristics using the same My Hero’s Journey Narrative Rubric.
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Advanced Preparation: | The teacher will need to ...
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Variation Tips (optional): | Although this learning activity is designed to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the traditional hero's journey patterns and characteristics, it could easily be modified to use with any narrative writing activity. As students will finish this activity at different times, the teacher may want to share the Giraffe Heroes Project with early finishers to let them explore stories about real-life heroes to share with the class at another time.
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Notes or Recommendations (optional): | The teacher may need to conference with the student(s) concerning the peer review - may be done one-on-one or with both partners. Padlet is a collaborative tool that allows students to share their work, images, videos, etc. with others. It can be set up using a private link so that only those with the link can view or access it. (Padlet Tutorial if needed.) This learning activity could be taught with |
Keywords and Search Tags: | buisness letter, hero, heros journey, myth, narrative, peer review, publishing, writing |