ACTIVITY
2.8
Navigating the Road of Trials
Learning Targets
LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Close Reading, Rereading,
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Note-taking, Discussion Group
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Before Reading
1. Review the Initiation stage of the Hero’s Journey. What do you remember about:
Step 4. The Road of Trials
My Notes
Step 5. The Experience with Unconditional Love
2. In the previous activity, you interpreted the protagonist’s Departure. Now begin
your interpretation of the next two steps in the protagonist’s journey: the Road
of Trials and the Experience with Unconditional Love.
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after the event you identified as Step 3 of the Hero’s Journey.
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protagonist.
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Experience with
Unconditional Love:
Effect: (actions;
words; thoughts/
feelings)
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Trial: (Focus on
conflicts with other
characters and
society)
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continued
3. Who is the antagonist in the story? How would you describe this character?
What does he or she value or believe?
My Notes
During Reading
4. Prepare for a small group discussion by continuing to focus on the Trials and
Unconditional Love experienced by the protagonist. Use sticky notes for the
following:
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how the dialogue affects the protagonist’s perspective of his society,
encouraging him to reject their way of life.
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perspective on his society, encouraging him to reject their way of life.
5. In your Reader/Writer Notebook, continue to add to your personal vocabulary
list. Identify, record, and define (in context) at least five new words.
After Reading
6. Using the notes you have prepared about important dialogue, engage in a small
group discussion based on the following prompt:
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protagonist to make the decision to reject his or her dystopian society.
Check your Understanding
Explain how the trials (conflicts) experienced by the main character in your novel
and the evidence of unconditional love are representative of the Hero’s Journey
archetype.
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