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The Hero's Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life is designed to help English teachers (grades 8-12) to use the pattern of the Heroic Journey as a foundation for studying literature and film. The curriculum emphasizes writing and collaborative learning through character analysis, short story writing, group presentations and a reflective essay. You can teach literature, film, art and speech under a unified theme with a logical, progressive structure. Both powerful and flexible, the guide contains lesson plans, transparency and handout masters, enrichment and presentation notes, questions for discussion, and ideas for assessment. You can easily add films and literature from your current curriculum, if you prefer. The manual is designed to be used right in class, with student pages clearly displayed along with suggestions, notes and background material related to the unit you are covering. The guide also leaves you plenty of room to add your own presentation, background or lesson plan notes.