Teach the Hero’s Journey (or Monomyth) with these background teacher notes, student presentation, and fun handout quiz!
Presentation
The presentation (PDF file) explains the stages and parts of the Hero’s Journey and breaks them down in step-by-step analysis in 50 full-color slides. Examples of each stage are included, highlighting four well-known narratives.
Student Handout/Worksheet
Use this fun handout/worksheet accompaniment alongside the presentation for students to note-take during your delivery and record their answers for the “guess the examples” quiz!
Teacher Notes
Discover the origins of the Hero’s Journey and the multiple variations developed over the years. A nice supplement to your teacher bank of knowledge and a good starting point if you’re new to the idea of a “common narrative template”! You could also introduce students to the Monomyth with these slides, as a time saver!
This Tomorrow, When the War Began Roll A Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing stories set in the universe of John Marsden’s invasion-torn countryside - which will definitely showcase their creativity! With over 7770 unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide the two characters in the story or scene, the location, their mission and the type of gear available. The stories your students write will be rich with imagination, for sure!
☸ Example Rolls
⚀ -1- Character 1: Ellie
⚁ -2- Character 2: Mr. Clement (Town Dentist)
⚂ -3- Location: Main Street - Wirrawee’s CBD
⚃ -4- Mission: Travel safely through the area
⚄ -5- Gear: Slingshot
Hero’s Journey graphic organizer that allow students to compile their knowledge and understanding of the monomyth (in the traditional 12-step cycle that most narratives follow) in a doodle notes style! Give your students a welcome change of pace by leading them through the ideas and concepts underpinning the Hero’s Journey and then gift them with time to doodle and make those connections! This graphic organizer would be great for an interactive notebook, too!
⚠ What are Doodle Notes?
It’s a method of revising or introducing a topic, coined by TpT Author Math Giraffe that increases student memory, learning and focus. Doodle notes are basically graphic organizers or guided note/work sheet, but with “brain-friendly upgrades” that allow students to make connections to the text/content in ways they normally wouldn’t. Students make these connections by color-coding, drawing patterns, doodling and otherwise owning the information in front of them. There is no “right way” to utilize doodle note resources, but it is recommended that the teacher models how to complete the sheet and the students follow along at the same time. Students should be doodling while the teacher is lecturing to create those neural pathways. Doodle Notes is a trademarked term used with permission. Please see doodlenotes.org for more information.
Teach the intricacies of the Hero’s Journey (or Monomyth) with this amazing bundle of worksheets, graphic organizers to suit multiple versions of the cycle, writing prompts, teacher notes, deconstructed plot summaries, character analysis ideas, doodle notes, narrative plot arc templates and more! What’s included?
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75+ page novel study for Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden containing a variety of teaching materials that are ready to print! This pack is designed to deliver you content that you can immediately utilise in your classroom with ease: resources at your fingertips! Take the stress out of teaching!
Choose between printing all student pages double-sided and stapled for students as a booklet (easy evidence of learning to be formally or summatively assessed), or printing individual worksheets, handouts and graphic organisers to help students scaffold their understanding of the text as you read the novel!
British English, suitable for Australian classrooms :)