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 * The Arthurian Legend and The Hero's Journey Assessment **

**Assignment Preparation:** Do some research and reading about Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Adventure and the power of story. Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythic Stories Help Unravel Meaning of Life Myths Writing Workshop

**The Hero’s Journey Assignment Choices:** The symbolism in your story should be more than an explanation of a natural phenomena. Symbols should represent life lessons and reveal life's meaning in significant ways. You will have an opportunity to read your writing aloud to the class.
 * 1) Write a myth/story that represents your life, your family’s life, or the life of someone you know well.
 * 2) Write a personal essay about a dragon that you must slay (a fear to overcome) and/or your anticipated Holy Grail.
 * 3) Create a piece of artwork that represents your journey, your family’s journey, or the journey of someone you know well. Write a statement that explains its meaning.

The Hero's Journey:
Listen to Bill Moyers interview Joseph Campbell: The Hero's Adventure Is John's journey in Stephen Vincent Benet's short story an archetype of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey?

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Create a graphic of John's journey in Stephen Vincent Benet's story using the Hero's Journey as a guide.

//Feb. 6-10, 2017 Article of the Week//
//"Wanted: Heroes Less Ordinary" Take the comprehension quiz without referencing the article.// [|Comprehension Quiz]

Look at the text to correct wrong answers.

//Great Books: Le Morte d' Arthur//
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//Opinion Piece Revision from Eli Review//
Printed Final Draft - Due Monday, January 30

//Rhetorical Devices Explained with Examples//
=//Analysis of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Speech//=

**Featured News AoW** 23 January 2017 This week, choose a featured news article from a source that you typically use to find out what is happening in the world. It may be a social media application that leads you to a popular news story, MLive, a local television station, a radio station, or any online news source such as abc.com, nbc.com, cbs.com, msnbc.com, oan.com, npr.com, pbs.com, cnn.com, usatoday.com, time.com, guardian.com, foxnews.com, bbc.com, etc.

Demonstrate close, active reading on a printed copy of the news feature.

Due: Friday, January 27, 2017

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//Fahrenheit 451// by Ray Bradbury
"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing" (84). How might Bradbury be defining happiness in //Fahrenheit 451//? What is happiness? Are you happy? Rao's TED Talk may be useful as an outside resource for the theme of happiness. What is Bradbury's message? What is Rao's?

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Srikumar Rao: "Plug into your hard-wired happiness" Copenhagen, Denmark · 18:12 · Filmed May 2009 MLA Citation: Rao, Srikumar. "Plug Into Your Hard-Wired Happiness." TEDTalks. May 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.

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Bradbury Theater's "A Sound of Thunder" (1989) media type="youtube" key="t5MZMRSFgYY" width="560" height="315"