1. The Refusal of the Call Objective:
Lesson 10
Objective:
Students will be able to examine stages of the hero’s journey in order to explain potential consequences should a hero refuse his/her “call to action.”
Journal topic:
Analyze the picture…
Write a description including the setting, tone, and character.

2. Homework
Put it in your binder.
“It ALWAYS Happens to the Hero!”

3. Before Reading: Journey of A Hero
Steps of the hero’s journey
1. Departure
Call to adventure
Refusal of the call
The Beginning of the Adventure
2. Initiation
The road of trials
The experience with unconditional love
3. Return
The refusal of the return
Rescue from without
The Crossing or Return Threshold
Complete pgs. 27 – 28 using the “Hero Steps” in binder
Complete pg. 29 using the “Hero Steps” in binder with a partner

4. Watch this!
Discussion: What stages of a hero are mentioned in this video and how do you know? Use your notes.

5. The Consequences of Refusing the Call
Title of Text
“Call to Adventure”
What events occur that give the hero notice that his/her life is going to change”
“Refusal of the Call”
What is the predicted outcome if this call is never accepted?
“A Man” (p. 10)
(EXAMPLE)
The event that gave the hero notice was when the soldier went to war.
The soldier would not have been able to serve his country.
“Love Triumphs: 6- year-old Becomes a Hero to Band of Toddlers, Rescuers”
(pp )
“O Captain! My Captain!”
(p. 22)
Your example here:
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6. Add to Cornell Notes
Epic: a long narrative in prose or poem format celebrating the adventures and achievements of a hero.

7. The Odyssey
The Odyssey begins with the fall of the city of Troy. It tells the story of a Greek warrior, Odysseus, and his nostos, or journey home, to northwest Greece after the Greek victory over the Trojans. The journey takes ten years, during which Odysseus and his men have many adventures. In this excerpt, they venture into the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus and became trapped there. Odysseus must figure out a way to escape the cave alive.

8. The Odysseus
Physical Characteristics: body Social Characteristics: people Mental Characteristics: traits Moral Characteristics: values / beliefs

9. Another Hero’s Journey
Read pp from “The Odyssey”
(Odysseus Tells His Tale: The Cyclops’ Cave)
Complete pg. 31