UsingFilm InAGiftedClassroom
Classics?
Exposure
Connect TOCULTURALHERitage
heritage (n) Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition.
SUPPORT Reading OF HIGH LEVEL CLASSICS
MODERNMODERN Connect THE CLASSIC TO THE
REMIX
understand theworkof creators
Writing USING FILM TO TEACH
John was a mean man. He was also angry. s h o w d o n ’ t t e l l !
Characterization
Marlin Is Not Funny!
How is The Scarecrow a paradox?
Inciting Incident ExpositionRising Action
Inciting Incident ExpositionRising Action
Inciting Incident ExpositionRising Action
ExpositionDénouement &
Judge how the author uses the dénouement to contrast with the exposition. What actions, thoughts & dialog in the dénouement contribute to the characters’ change over time?
Do you know that story where the character goes from good to bad? Fall from grace Redemption Themes
Examples
Stranger in a strange land.
Examples
Critique Learnto
It’s okay not to like it, but justify your opinion.
critique (v) To make a serious examination and judgment of a work of art.
Do we judge all films in the same way?
Criteria Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Setting Simple Rubric
Criteria1234 Setting Upper Rubric
BRING Social Studies TO LIFE
(1956) (1953) (1960) (1993) (1963)
“Mr. Byrd, that movie seemed biased against Alexander the great.”