Heroic+Journey+Project

The Heroic Journey Project __Purpose__: To learn to effectively develop research projects in collaborative groups and develop an understanding of how to use open source documents such as wikispaces. Finally, to understand how to identify and analyze motifs in literature. __Objectives__: 1. Research a literary character 2. Write a brief summary about your literary hero 3. Identify and analyze motifs, traits, and conflicts that are part of the heroic journey 4. Enhance your wiki page with links and visual aides 5. Design discussion questions for the purpose of feedback from the class 6. Present your wiki page to the class 7. Provide a works cited page for all research, images, pictures, etc. __Roles__: 1. Researcher 2. Summarizer 3. Editor 4. Presenter __Grading__: 1. Summary (20) 2. Traits, Motifs, and Conflicts (20) 3. Organization of content and visual appeal (20) 4. Discussion questions (20) 5. Presentation (20) This project is worth 100 points and due the beginning of class on Tuesday 9/20. Please refer to the project rubric for more information.