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What would the guidelines be to write a paper like that. Or what would the format be to describe Harry Potter's journey to a heros journey. Like Odysseus' journey; that being a heros journey. But without just simply summarizing the whole tale of Harry Potter and relating it to a heros journey. I feel like I am repeating myself sorry. I know what to write about I just don't know how to go about it.

Shaping the entire series into a single discussion of the hero's journey would indeed take some work. However, others have started the process for you, addressing Harry Potter as myth. (You'll find essays online addressing Potter as myth, as a mythic journey, etc.) I wouldn't start there, though. I'd start by looking at the two ends of the issue. First, look at the structural markers on the hero's journey, such as the hero's call to adventure. Second, look at the books and see if you see them. With Harry, that call is wonderfully evident. Look at the storm of owls in the first book, and all the other attempts, followed by the arrival of Hagrid.
The tough part will be determining when Harry faces the deepest depths of the underworld, since he faces death and the dead so often.