The Kingdom and The Keys: Gamified Language Arts

The Path of the Author

You write. By writing you live, and you live through your writing. Your words are your weapon and shield. Your stories are the world you defend every time you pick up a pen. 

The assignments below follow the Path of the Author.

Full HW List

Mastery Standards (1-3) Reading Literature


We before I (UC)

Respond to the book "Anthem" by Ayn Rand in different ways
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Pagemaster

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Book Report Project - Basically that thing you did in 6th grade

Hunting the Monomyth (UC)

Using Joseph Campbell's idea of the "Monomyth" dissect current films as examples of various traits from the theory. 
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The Fall Author (UC)

Respond to three different stories by Ray Bradbury (including Harrison Bergeron) and create a final synthesis piece
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The Bard (UC)

Discuss the different themes in Shakespearean plays
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A Mile in Their Skin (UC)

Respond to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" in different ways
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It's Alive! (UC)

Respond to Mary Shelley's "Frankensstein" as an author 
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The Name of The Wind (UC)

Read texts by Patrick Rothfuss and respond to his work as a fellow writer
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Mastery Standards (4-6) Reading Informational


The Longest Night (UC)

Respond to the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel in different ways
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Hero With 1000 Faces (UC)

Respond to a book about telling stories
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Stephen King's On Writing (UC)

​Respond to a book about telling stories
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Castles made of Glass (UC)

Respond to the book "The Glass Castle" through multiple genres
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John Gardner's On Writing (UC)

Practice different kinds of sentence structure
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Virginia Woolf on Writing (UC)

Read and write readers responses to Virginia Woolf's "On Writing" essay collection
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Mastery Standards (7-8) Language and Mechanics


Keeper of Words

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Study interesting and unique vocabulary terms

The Grammarian - Fundamental English Grammar

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Work on your English Grammar for a big boost

Editor in Chief (UC)

Return to assignments you have previously turned in and edit them for fluency and grammar - explain some of your changes
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Mastery Standards (9) Writing


The Wordsmith

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Write Short stories

Jeager Master

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Detail the production, purpose, and deployment of giant mechanical suits in a universe of your design

Kaiju Hunter

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Report on your expedition hunting the most dangerous prey in the world, Kaiju!

Life, Under the Stairs

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Not everything is awesome for us Muggles, but at least we've all made it to our sorta Hogwarts at Phoenix together. Tell the story of how you came to Phoenix.

The Scholar

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Produce a Research or Argumentative Paper

The Faceless

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Write dialogue in the speech patterns of different characters

CreepyPasta

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Write a Creepy Short Story

Spinning a Twine

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Create an inter-active non-linear story using Twine

The Cryptozoologist

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Write about a fictional mythological being

The Novelist

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Work on an ongoing Novel for Key Project credit in this course

​All in The Family

Work on a financial budget
Create a budget for your family to follow to build your savings

Tales of Disaster

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Write Post-Apocalyptic Stories

The Director

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Write a Screenplay

The Visionary

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Design a new "Key" for one of the many different Paths in this course

Dr. Resume, I Presume

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Create an updated Resume to use to apply to jobs... and then make a bunch of fake resumes!

The Typewriter (Required)

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Write an opinion piece on a topic of your choosing

1st Person POV Study

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Mastery Standards (10) Speech


Sketch Artist

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Create short skits similar in structure to SNL skits

Author Path Defense

Defend your ability to get a job using the skills you have learned while pursuing this path
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My favorite author sounds like... (UC)

Record passages from your favorite texts and explain why you like them
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Jobs in Louisville 
that use skills developed while pursuing 
"The Path of The Author"

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Click the cat for writing positions around Louisville

Likelihood of Employment? Average Pay? Click Below!

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