Monday, April 1, 2013

• What does it take? Activity• Notes (we will add to these Tuesday)

What makes a “good” teacher?

What makes a “good” teacher?Arms: Reach out to studentsBones: Support system for studentsHeart: Pump out vital information to studentsHand:Brains: Smart in content area (especially!)Mouth: Clear speaking and instructionsEyes: Good eye contactEars: Listening skills, listen to concerns

Ears: listens to students; has patience with studentsMouth: smiles; communicates well; gives full instructionNose: smell niceBrain: interesting and smart (content area). Understanding. A good sense of humorHands: work hard; creativeFeet: be proactiveHeart: caring; empathetic

“For we have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us...”

― Joseph Campbell

Archetype

ar·che·type (ärk-tp) n. 1. An original model or type after which other similar

things are patterned; a prototype: "'Frankenstein' . . . 'Dracula' . . . 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' . . . the archetypes that have influenced all subsequent horror stories" (New York Times).

2. An ideal example of a type; quintessence: an archetype of the successful entrepreneur.

3. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from the past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.

Background:

• Psychologist (A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy) Carl Jung and scholar Joseph Campbell spread the idea of archetypes. They did not create the concept.

• There are repeating patterns of character types, symbols, relationships, and situations in stories across time periods.

Background:• For example, each culture has a creation myth,

and history repeats itself.

• Archetypes are common character types, symbols and relationships that appear often in stories (new and old). Archetypes help us to understand the purpose/function of characters in a story.

Background:• Archetypes are like masks that the characters

wear at different points of the story.

• We will focus on 7: hero, mentor, herald, threshold guardian, shapeshifter, trickster, and shadow.

Your mission:1) In small groups of five, read the excerpt on one of

the seven archetypes. 2) Then, identify the qualities/characteristics that your

archetype commonly has-whatever that may be.3) Create an analogy for these qualities

or characteristics—just like what we did for a good teacher.

3) Add any other notes that your classmates should know.

4) You will share these notes with the class.

What makes a (insert archetype)?

If you are taking notes, please keep in mind that we will add to these, discuss them, and look at examples tomorrow.