The Student's Journey
10/13/2017
This week, the students took a journey of their own through the worlds of myth and fiction. Recently, the students completed a 'group read' of Michelle Paver's book, 'Wolf Brother'. The book tells the six-thousand-year-old story of Torak, a young boy surviving in the great Forest of northwest Europe just after the end of the Ice Age. Alone after the death of his father from a bear attack, Torak must conquer inner and outer demons and learn to survive on his own. There was more to Torak's story, however, than just simple adventure, as the students discovered when they compared Torak's story to Joseph Campbell's monomyth -- otherwise known as the Hero's Journey. Students didn't just look at the Journey, itself, however, but also at the characters that populate it. Together, we started a new file shared by all students in which we worked to define the various roles played in the Hero's Journey. The obvious ones are the Hero, the Mentor, and the Shadow... but can you name any of the others? Ask your student, they may be able to help you! After taking a closer look at the Hero's Journey, students examined their own stories to see how well they fit the monomyth. Students were surprised to find out that, without even having heard of the Hero's Journey, they'd written their stories in the same mold! For more information on the Hero's Journey, please follow the link below! While learning about the Hero's Journey was quite dramatic, the students also had a lot of fun working on puzzles and games through the week. In the pictures below, Meanwhile, (below) in math class, students worked on the relationship between 'ones', 'tens', 'hundreds', 'thousands' and 'ten thousands' places in numbers. The differences between each place were illustrated by building a large 'mat-mat' grid, which illustrated exactly why the 'ones' are in the ones place, the 'tens' in the tens place, and so on. And, in the video below, you see the students assembling their 'Super Mat,' used to help demonstrate the differences between places in numbers. Comments are closed.
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Martina HenkeMartina Henke has been a K-8 educator for 30+ years. A life-long learner, she loves working with kids of all ages, new technology, great books, fiber arts, and her wonderful family! Archives
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