This resource has twelve lessons involving character, situational, and symbolic archetypes and the encounters that occur as a result of the archetypes existing within text.  These lessons are extensively designed including pre/post-test, standard connections, templates/graphic organizers, media and text connections, rubrics, etc.  It is all included with guidelines of executing the lesson.  Teaching sixth grade ELA students, I have utilized the lessons in this book for my gifted, advanced, standard, and inclusion learners. The concepts presented in the lessons aid the students in better understand abstract meaning within literature and connect encounters and literary elements throughout the author's presentation of literature.  It is rewarding to watch students begin to make more sense of text by applying the encounters of archetypes in this resource book.  This is a must have resource for all ELA students!

There are so many positive attributes to this book that I simply do not know where to begin! Not only does this book embrace best practice through the Integrated Curriculum Model, classroom standards, pre/post assessments, and differentiated instruction, it also presents students with new and refreshing content. After having been a gifted educator for many years, it is a rarity for me to find a resource that presents new content in a new light, and this book does exactly that!  In addition, this book provides easy to follow lessons with ready to copy templates, deep, thought-provoking questions, and cross-curricular integration.  My greatest take-away, however, is seeing how students connect with this advanced content on a personal level and learn more about themselves along the way. This personal connection has led to heightened levels of comprehension and unforeseen application into new learning endeavors. Thank you to the authors for the time and effort that went into writing this!