Digital Portfolio Hero-Mentors Task
Purpose: The following task helps us to further explore the following enduring understanding and essential questions:
· Studying the hero in literature helps the reader gain self knowledge and perspective.
· What can a reader learn by studying the heroic figure in literature?
· Who are my personal heroes? What is heroic about my personal mentors? How are they similar to/different from heroes in literature?
Task: As you build and/or add to your digital portfolio, you will include a page identifying, describing, categorizing and illustrating (with digital images) your three to five personal heroes to help build context and understanding of your identity a student and writer.
Possible types of heroes to consider (we will brainstorm more possible categories together):
· Heroes of the Mind
· Heroes of the Heart
· Literary Heroes
· Intellectual Heroes
· Artistic Heroes
Process: We will begin by consider the following questions when selecting your heroes:
l What are my various interests, skills, and potential careers?
l Who and what are the professional “heroes”, organizations, and role models in my areas of interest and strength? What are characteristics of these heroes and role models?
l How might my heroes assist me in discovering my own strengths and affinities?
l What is the wisdom that my personal heroes have contributed to the world?
l How can my heroes help me contribute to the wisdom of the world?
l What heroes could help me to identify, measure, and reflect upon my growth and progress toward self-actualization?
Once you review your answers to the questions above, select three to five hero/mentors, and write a full paragraph explaining your choices.
Each paragraph should be accompanied by visual images to illustrate, justify, and elaborate on each hero. Suggestions: photographs, original art, digital images, text art, etc.
Purpose: The following task helps us to further explore the following enduring understanding and essential questions:
· Studying the hero in literature helps the reader gain self knowledge and perspective.
· What can a reader learn by studying the heroic figure in literature?
· Who are my personal heroes? What is heroic about my personal mentors? How are they similar to/different from heroes in literature?
Task: As you build and/or add to your digital portfolio, you will include a page identifying, describing, categorizing and illustrating (with digital images) your three to five personal heroes to help build context and understanding of your identity a student and writer.
Possible types of heroes to consider (we will brainstorm more possible categories together):
· Heroes of the Mind
· Heroes of the Heart
· Literary Heroes
· Intellectual Heroes
· Artistic Heroes
Process: We will begin by consider the following questions when selecting your heroes:
l What are my various interests, skills, and potential careers?
l Who and what are the professional “heroes”, organizations, and role models in my areas of interest and strength? What are characteristics of these heroes and role models?
l How might my heroes assist me in discovering my own strengths and affinities?
l What is the wisdom that my personal heroes have contributed to the world?
l How can my heroes help me contribute to the wisdom of the world?
l What heroes could help me to identify, measure, and reflect upon my growth and progress toward self-actualization?
Once you review your answers to the questions above, select three to five hero/mentors, and write a full paragraph explaining your choices.
Each paragraph should be accompanied by visual images to illustrate, justify, and elaborate on each hero. Suggestions: photographs, original art, digital images, text art, etc.