Dana Huff's Posts - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-29T13:24:22ZDana Huffhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/DanaHuffhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2790067058?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://mcpopmb.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=danahuff&xn_auth=noNCTE Session G.41 Teaching the Hero's Journey: Understanding Our Past, Creating Our Futuretag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2011-11-22:2665237:BlogPost:1101992011-11-22T19:09:32.000ZDana Huffhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/DanaHuff
<p>On Saturday, I presented with Glenda Funk and Ami Szerencse on teaching the Hero's Journey. Here you will find my slide deck and handouts. You can find the <a href="http://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2011/11/ncte-2011-g41-teaching-heros-journey.html?spref=fb" title="NCTE 2011: G.41: Teaching the Hero's Journey: Understanding Our Past, Creating Our Future ">handouts Glenda and Ami shared here at Glenda's blog</a>.</p>
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<p>On Saturday, I presented with Glenda Funk and Ami Szerencse on teaching the Hero's Journey. Here you will find my slide deck and handouts. You can find the <a title="NCTE 2011: G.41: Teaching the Hero's Journey: Understanding Our Past, Creating Our Future " href="http://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2011/11/ncte-2011-g41-teaching-heros-journey.html?spref=fb">handouts Glenda and Ami shared here at Glenda's blog</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.huffenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/heroicjourneyandarchetypes.pdf">Heroic Journey and Archetypes Note-taking Sheet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/starwarslevelsofreading.docx">Star Wars Levels of Reading (MS Word document)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/starwarsessay.pdf">Star Wars Essay</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hobbitessay.pdf">Hobbit Essay Assignment</a></li>
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<p>Please feel free to share feedback about the presentation and/or add to our list of hero's journey texts. The Google Doc Glenda shared is not editable, but feel free to add suggestions in the comments. Also, if you have questions or need additional resources, feel free to ask in the comments.</p>
<p>I wanted to add this video for folks interested in <em>The Matrix</em> as a hero's journey text:<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8AG4rlGkCRU?wmode=opaque" width="420" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe>
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<p>Thank you Glenda and Ami for being awesome co-presenters.</p>
<p>I will share my own reflections and thoughts about the conference at a later time, but it was wonderful to see you all, and Chicago is a beautiful city.</p>