AHerosJourney:ChildrensStory

TheHerosJourneyappearsinallformsofliterature.WhenyoulearntheHerosJourney,you
begintorecognizeitspresenceinadultstoriesofreallifeandmakebelieve,andinstoriesfor
children.

Assignment:Followthewritingprocessoutlinedforyoubelowtowriteashortstoryfor
childrenthatclearlyincorporatestheHerosJourney.Remembertoincludeeachstepofthe
journey:thecall,thethreshold,thechallenges,theabyss,thetransformation/revelation,the
atonement,andthereturn.

(10pts)Prewriting:
Describeyourmonster/antagonistinadetailedparagraph.
Describeyourheroinadetailedparagraph.
Summarizeyourplotintooneparagraph.
DueSep.10,11

(20pts)Roughdraft:
Assembleyourstory.Makesuretolabeleachstageoftheherosjourney
asyouwriteyourstory.
Completethepeereditsheetinclass.
DueSep.17,18

(20pts)Finaldraft:
Yourstoryshouldbe24pages:typed/doublespaced.
Makesureyouclearlylabeleachstageofthejourneyonyourfinaldraft.
Youmaycreateanartisticcoverforyourstorythathelpsillustratethe
journeythatyourheroexperiencesforextrapoints.

DUEDATE:September19
Yourprewritingandroughdraftmustbestapledtothebackofyourfinal
draft.