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Epic Hero Cycle

Epic Hero Cycle. Grade 6 Literature Circle Project. Requirements. Write your own epic hero story in your groups Develop your story using your epic hero cycle chart Present your story in a powerpoint/mixed media presentation (apple programs may also be used).

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Epic Hero Cycle

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  1. Epic Hero Cycle Grade 6 Literature Circle Project

  2. Requirements • Write your own epic hero story in your groups • Develop your story using your epic hero cycle chart • Present your story in a powerpoint/mixed media presentation (apple programs may also be used)

  3. Your story will show how well you have… • Read and understood the novel Gilgamesh: The Hero • Applied the elements of a hero cycle • Extended your knowledge by thinking critically and creatively • Cooperated with the other members of your group to produce a finished project • Met all project requirements by the deadlines

  4. Directions: Day One • Finalise your group’s story outline • Choose a character; name him/her • Decide on the quest/mission he/she will face • Complications • Setting • Climax and resolution • Theme/lesson/moral the hero and readers learn by the end of the story • Create a story map to write out the basic plot structure • Support the main events with details

  5. Organize, organize, organize! • Your story must be 13 slides in length--no more, no less! • Slide #1 is the title • Slides 2-13 will represent the 12 tablets of your epic story (just like in Gilgamesh, your story will be 12 tablets total)

  6. Drafting… • Use clear, concise words • Include both narrative and dialogue • Provide thoughtful details so your audience isn’t left wondering • Slides must be in bullet form; YOU will provide the details during your presentation

  7. Directions: Day Two • Type your story into your slideshow • Add background design/template • Add images • Check conventions of each slide (spelling, grammar, punctuation) • Submit by deadline

  8. Conventions Requirements: • Organize information for each slide according to directions • Maintain consistent subject-verb agreement • Use punctuation appropriately, especially COMMAS • Articles (a, an, the) with subjects must agree • Spelling, grammar, punctuation used appropriately

  9. Format Requirements: • Slide 1 must have complete heading with the due date used for the date • Font size no bigger than 32 • Font must be clearly legible • No sound effects or animation

  10. Images • Use appropriate images to add, rather than distract, your audience • Captions may be used to explain image content • Images highly recommended for Slide 1 to engage your audience

  11. Bibliography • Use www.bibme.org to create • Copy and paste the URLs used into website field of bibme.org • Add each source to your bibliography • Copy this bibliography into your presentation • Don’t forget to reference pictures!

  12. Project Submission • Submit your completed PowerPoint Presentation to Ms. Bilbrey’s Wiki • Make sure it opens appropriately before submitting • This PowerPoint presentation will be posted on the Wiki for you to access at any time during the week

  13. Deadline--Turn it in on time! • This PowerPoint Presentation is due no later than midnight on Sunday, Oct. 19 • The project is worth a total of 50 points • You will present your finished project in class during the week of Oct. 20

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