1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School January 17, 2013

2. Preliminaries  Respond briefly to the following prompt: “Now that you have seen a film related to the theme you chose to explore in the I- search, you have an additional perspective about that theme. Describe how the film communicated a message about the theme you chose to explore for your I- search.”

3. Objectives:  The students will be able to summarize their chosen I-Search themes with at least 75% accuracy and interpret it in connection to their chosen project films also with at least 75% accuracy.  The students will be able to interpret the main idea of a movie review in relation to their chosen project themes and to their chosen project book with at least 75% accuracy.

4. Focus Lesson: Interpreting…  Movie Review Conventions  Plot summary  Director’s name  Review of technical and artistic aspects  Reading Movie Reviews  The Lion King excerpt  Google.com  Substantive movie reviews  Research journal entry  Connections to theme

5. Homework  Continue watching I-Search movies, reading books and taking QNQs.  Using the search strategies that we discussed in class, find and print out at least 3 movie reviews for your own project movies on Google.com (due in one week)