1. SEPT 15TH ACTION

2. AGENDA Review skill expectations for assessments Introduce new skill: Title importance/significance Begin new genre: Action End Goal: Be able to identify action movies and PROVE it.

3. RECAP: CHARACTERIZATION Trait Specific Scene Explanation Reminders: Trait should cover ENTIRE movie and that show show in the explanation Character traits, not physical.

4. RECAP: QUOTE ANALYSIS Why is this quote important? Answers must be AT LEAST 3 sentences long!!!!!!!! What does it reveal about the plot? What does it reveal about a character? Can you use it in characterization? How does it further the theme? Can you use it to make a prediction? Does it reveal something to the audience, but not the characters? Does it dramatically change the why you feel about a character or situation? Is it a plot twist? Was it surprising?

5. NEW SKILL: TITLE SIGNIFICANCE Is the title significant? Minimum: 2 sentences How does it tie to the movie? Do the words in the title have a significant meaning? What does it reveal about the movie or the characters? Would there be a better title? If so, what? Why?

6. TITLE SIGNIFICANCE: EXAMPLE Road to Perdition Is this title significant? Perdition: A state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful person passes after death. Utter destruction or ruin hell

7. ACTION AND USUALLY ADVENTURE

8. ACTION Physical action takes precedence in the story telling Continuous motion and action Physical stunts Chases Fights Battles Races USUALLY: there is a hero who has a goal, but is facing incredible obstacles

9. SUB-GENRES Action Comedy Disaster Film Girls with Guns Action-War

10. INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK An adventuring archeologist races around the world to single-handedly prevent the Nazis from turning the Ark of the Covenant into a weapon of world conquest.

11. REFLECTIONS What are some of your life goals? What are the most important things you want to accomplish before you die?

12. QUOTE 1 “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson Agree/Disagree with this quote? Explain. Is there anything not worth sacrificing in order to obtain those goals? Is there such a thing as a goal that is too high? Explain your answer,

13. REFLECTION QUESTION What does it mean to be adventurous? Is being adventurous a good or a bad thing? Explain.

14. QUOTE 2 “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” –Helen Keller What does this quote mean? Do you agree with it? How can you apply it to your own life?

15. QUOTE 3 “Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.” – George Eliot What does this quote mean? Do you agree with it? Why or why not? How can you apply it to your own life?

16. QUOTE 4 “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.” –Theodore Roosevelt What does this quote mean? What are something “great causes” in your life that would justify these risks? Explain in detail.

17. QUOTE 5 “Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced.” – Edward Norton Do you agree with this quote? Explain. Are there any risks that should be avoided? Does this quote describe you?