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=Welcome to //The Myth-Makers// wiki=

We are Woodward Academy's 8th grade Honors Reading class currently studying the book, //Man the Myth-Maker// by Jewkes and Frye. This book is an outstanding study of how "we" as human beings discover who we are and where we fit in, not only in the real world but in that of our imagination. This book encourages us to look beneath the surface and explore new ways to look at who we are and how "we are transformed when we realize that literature as a whole can shape our human existence and reveal the world of possibilities within each of us and society itself. The concerns of literature are part of us all...how to handle fear, how to nourish hope, and how to live a truly human life." (Frye, 2)

The class will be presenting a page/portfolio of our learning on this wiki. Everyone will be contributing to the categories of archetypes and commenting on the postings. The "starred" categories on the left are the assignment pages. Students will complete 10 assignments from these areas and post them on their page. Check out the discussion boards also. Hopefully, we will share some of ourselves and the depth of our understanding as we "grow" through this unit.

//Man the Myth-Maker//, Second Edition, W.T.Jewkes and Northrop Frye, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (c) 1981,1973 (This book is out of print). media type="custom" key="8848000"