Heroic Journey Narrative Project

1. Heroic Journey Narrative Project Integration of Technology Tools with the Study and Practice of Author's Craft

2. Literacy Project • Integration of Free Web 2.0 Tools • Aligned to CCSS • Literature and Writing focus with concentration on author’s craft and structure

3. CCSS (abbreviated) • CCSS 10.RL.3 Analyzing complex characters... • CCSS 10.RL.5 Analyzing text structure, order of events, time… • CCSS 10.RL.6 Analyzing point of view or cultural experience from outside the United States… (“such works offer profound insights into the human condition and serve as models for students’ own thinking and writing”)… • CCSS 10.W.3 Write narratives… • CCSS 10.W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience… • CCSS 10.W.5 Plan, revise, edit, rewrite as needed… • Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. • CCSS 10.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames…

4. Project Description The enduring fabric of world literature is lined with characters that exemplify the patterns for the variety of literary archetypes that fill our collective unconscious. Among the most prominent of these characters, are heroes, both epic heroes and tragic heroes, and the character archetypes that interact with these heroes. After having analyzed literary heroes, such as Gilgamesh and Oedipus, your task now is to develop a cast of characters, including a hero and related characters, towrite your own epic or tragic narrative. It is your job to demonstrate how these hero archetypes can be applied to modern hero stories written today.

5. Project Components(due at scheduled points throughout the year) • Hero Character Profile (choices: Tragic or Epic archetype) • Pre-Writing Chart • Traditional Plot Chart • Annotated Character list • Title • 1st Draft • Narrative Preview(choices: Book Jacket / Poster / Video Trailer) • 2nd Draft (then, 3rd Draft optional) • Summary • Ebook • Multimedia Presentation (to display all project components)

6. Web Tools • Turnitin.com • Voki.com or Voki Classroom • Glogster.com • Animoto.com • Wix.com • Youblisher.com • Bookemon.com

7. Turnitin.com:a revision tool (with teacher commentary)

8. Turnitin.com:a revision tool (w/plagiarism recognition)

9. Voki.com or Voki Classroom

10. Voki.com or Voki Classroom

11. Glogster.comcreate interactive posters Students can add: Video clips Text Images Etc… All on one poster!

12. Glogster.com Posters can be embedded into websitesor viewed in full screen mode.

13. Animoto.comcreate movies Students can: Add original or stock pictures into Animoto Add original or stock Video clips into Animoto Add music to Animoto Embed the full Animoto video into a website

14. Wix.comcreate interactive websites Students can add: Video clips Text Images Etc… for interactive viewing!

15. Youblisher.compublish e-books Students can easily upload documents to publish their work. Readers can “turn the pages” for an online reading experience.

16. Final Product • For this narrative project, the wix.com website serves as the final product as it posts the final youblisher.com draft of the student narrative, as well as the other aspects of the project. • Posting links to these student websites provides a great way for students to virtually present their work to classmates. • Student Website Work Samples: • The Cure • Deception • Flesh Click here to see our BookemonEbook: A Class Short Stories Collection

17. Bookemon.compublish e-books *Upload photos, text, documents *Save and Publish e-books for FREE *Order printed copies

18. Student Feedback “I am now analyzing works better.” “This was my favorite project all year because we got to use our creativity with a few limits, something we don’t always get to use at school.” “I enjoyed creating and customizing my own website and seeing how all the pieces of my work fit together at the end. It was truly my own creation.” “I learned how to use dialogue correctly.” “Feedback is ALWAYS helpful. The teacher and peer feedback was useful to me.” “My writing skills became sharper, and I also learned new literary skills to include in my own writing.”

19. Tech Tips • Set up project parameters, and watch the creativity unfold. • Trust your students to explore, process, and create. • Provide choices. • Make connections throughout the year to support student work and new learning – and also for your sanity when grading and planning during busy times of the year.

20. We can create class Gmail accounts! This works well for streamlining stock usernames and passwords for your students as they create various accounts for web tools that you utilize.

21. Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3 • Register for a free gmail account. • Create alias email accounts for your students. (This can be done in a spreadsheet.) • Assign to and share with your students so they can use this information when they set up few accounts. This allows you to have access to their accounts for progress monitoring or troubleshooting if needed.

22. Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3 • Register for a free gmail account.

23. Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3 • . • Create alias email accounts for your students. (This can be done in a spreadsheet.)

24. Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3 • … • … • Assign to and share with your students so they can use this information when they set up few accounts. This allows you to have access to their accounts for progress monitoring or troubleshooting if needed.

25. Questions, Comments, Collaboration? • waschmidt@ortn.edu • schmidt@goldmail.etsu.edu • http://waschmidt.wix.com/ORHS • @WhitneyASchmidt