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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine The New York Times' review of the film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' as a starting point for learning about the basic elements of scriptwriting. They act as scriptwriters to adapt scenes from literature. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students write a movie review on the challenges of making a film in Latin America. They focus on the countries of Brazil and Venezuela and work in pairs to interview a Latin America filmmaker. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review the elements of the short story, create a script and storyboard based on a short story. They create a video of the story to present during a class film festival using both the Internet and software programs. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate films in various genres including documentaries, animations, and video art and create a short film or video in this multi-week lesson introducing the Art of Film. Resource links and vocabulary lists are included for instruction. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students become aware of the learning potential of the Internet. They encounter the world of films being a powerful language learning tool today as well as in the future. In addition, they are introduced to new expressions like contextualization in films. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students employ the screenwriter's craft to gain a fresh perspective on historical research. They examine a first-person documentary narrative from a screenwriter's point of view. To produce a film scenario and script a scene based on the life of a historical figure. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students learn to write a script about a film through working in different modalities. For example, they can work in different groupings like in pairs or in a small group. Also, the use of class discussion is used to promote attainment and cognitive transfer of the concept. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study Mexican Americans in sports, films, music, and government. They identify four Latino American baseball players and research biographical and statistical information for each. After viewing playbills, they create a playbill that includes the profile of four Latino American actors and identify television actors and journalists. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students use a video camera. They follow stage directions and scripts. Students use the media effectively to enhance the script. They are shown how to operate the video camera. Students work in groups and go to their designated locations around the school to film their scene. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and analyze Jessie Benton Fremont's travelogue of her trip out west in 1849 to identify the gender roles, social attitudes and class distinctions of the time. They then adapt the the travelogue into a film script. Full Review »
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