HERO+PROJECT



** Following a Hero's Trail ** ** (Can anyone make a difference?) **
 * Essential Learnings:**
 * Students will read, write, and speak with an expository intent.
 * Students will utilize technology to access information about heroes.
 * Students will use critical thinking skills to choose and analyze information about their hero.
 * Students will compare and contrast fictional heroes with actual young heroes of today.


 * Expository Writing Rubric** (Glow and Grow Evaluation Sheet) [[file:2011 Reflection GLOW and GROW-Hero Essay.doc]]
 * Guiding Questions:**
 * What defines a hero?
 * What character qualities does it take to be a hero?
 * What is the difference between a hero and a celebrity?
 * Who represents a hero to you? What hero qualities do they possess?
 * What life experiences (actions, accomplishments, adversities) demonstrate that your person is truly a hero?

Hero Step 1 : What is a Hero? Hero Step 2 : Hero Webquest and Survey Hero Step 3: Let the Heroes Begin! Hero Step 4: Transforming Your Research into Writing Hero Step 5 : Presenting Your Hero's Journey




 * Resources:**

Thomas A. Barron: Young Heroes. [|http://www.tabarron.com]. 12/30/10.

Thomas A. Barron. __The Hero's Trail__. Penguin Books, New York: 2002.

Thomas A. Barron.The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.2006. [|http://www.barronprize.org]. 12/30/10.

Beers, Kylene. A Reader's Guide to The Hero's Trail by T. A. Barron.