Unit Lesson Plans The Heroic Journey and Whirligig

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1、TheHeroicJourneyandWhirligigUnitPlanfor9thGradeEnglishMarkJ.WelchInstructionalMethodsI:EnglishTED5390-32Dr.DeniseFlemingAugust4,2003TableofContents Rationale:TextSelections2Rationale:Assumptions3Rationale:Adaptations3Rationale:Standards(9th/10thGrade)4LESSONPLAN5AssessmentoftheUnitPlan

2、15Day2Handout17Day4Handout18Day5Handout20Day7Handout22AdditionalMaterials23“TheMotherWritestotheMurderer:ALetter”26Rationale:TextSelectionsNovelselection:IchosePaulFleischman’sWhirligig,ashort“youngadult”novel,asthefirstnovelofthefreshmanyear.Thenovelfitsthe“HeroicJourney”themequitewel

3、l,butintroducessome“twists”thatmaychallengeandultimatelydeepenstudents’understandingofthe“heroicjourney”template.Ifstudentsselectthemostobviousjourney(“tobuildthewhirligigs”)thenthenovelcontainsnoexplicit“return”;however,thereisaveryclear“return”sceneinthefinalchapterwhichshouldhelpval

4、idatean“alternativejourney”thatfitsthetemplatemoreclosely.The“sharingofthegift”stepisreflectedinaseriesoffourflash-forwardvignettes(intheeven-numberedchapters),sothatstudentsencounterthefirst“sharedgift”beforemostothersteps.Thelanguageandvocabularyshouldnotbechallengingformost9thgrader

5、s.However,thenovel’suseofflashbacksand“flash-forwards”mayconfusesomestudents.Whirligigincludesmanycomplexanddifficultsub-themes:moving;“fittingin”;lying;teendrinking;rejection;despair;suicide;deathandthe“afterlife”;remorse;restitution;permissive/protectiveparents;valuingalife;community

6、;race,ethnicity,gender;andmore.Thesethemespresentaseriesofopportunitiesforstudentdiscussionandwriting.Becauseofthenovel’sshortlength(133pages)andsimplelanguage,itcanbecoveredfairlyquickly(Iwouldanticipateabout12-14days,notcountingtheHeroicJourneyintroduction).Dependingonthereadingabili

7、tiesandmotivationofthestudents,itisconceivablethattheentirebookcouldbereadin-class,butIhaveassumedthatmoststudentscanandwillcompletemostreadingoutsideclass.MovieSelection:Ichosethe“TheSandlot”becauseitprovidesanengagingandcompact“hero’sjourney”(withall10stepsinabout20minutes),includi