1B
1. Freewrite.
2. Oral quiz on Chapters 10 and 11.
3. ACE-IT paragraph writing. Students chose a few sentences from Chapter 10 or 11 to annotate on their own and write an analysis paragraph using the ACE-IT formula. Here is the sheet we used: outsiders motif writing.
4. Film terminology. In preparation for watching The Outsiders on Friday, we learned some of the following film terms: Film terminology blank
HW: Read the final chapter of The Outsiders.
2AB
1. Freewrite.
2. We finished filling out our Film Terminology sheets (L11). Here’s a blank copy: Film terminology blank
3. Filming a page of The Hobbit. Students opened up their books to page 17. After I read aloud the page, they worked with their partners to decide how they would want to film that scene in order to get the correct tone across. They storyboarded 4-6 shots of their scene.
4. We watched this scene in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. As students watched, they mentioned all the film techniques they saw. Click here to watch the scene.
5. Film comparisons. Students viewed two different versions of an adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations. Here are the two scenes:
#1
1948, Dir. David Lean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A-MvsZ2QxwM
Start watching at 1:08:52 and stop at 1:11:40
#2
2012, Dir. Mike Newell, Adaptation by David Nicholls
As they watched, they took notes on the differences here: Great Expectations graphic organizer
HW: Read Chapter 11 for Tuesday and do motif notes for Chapter 11.
4B
1. Freewrite.
2. Brief share-out about Hobbit film reviews.
3. Practice finding evidence for your assertion. Students worked in pairs to solve a puzzle that required them to match assertions with evidence from The Hobbit.
4. ACE-IT practice. Students received feedback on their last ACE-IT paragraphs and then tried another paragraph. But first we looked at a successful paragraph from last class:
Bilbo Baggins begins to enjoy violence after his initial success killing a spider. When Bilbo fights the spiders, he is scaring them off with his Sting. Tolkien writes that “Bilbo was dancing about and waving his Sting” (163). By saying Bilbo is “dancing” it gives off the impression of having fun as he scares them because dancing is used with happy, upbeat feelings the majority of the time. It is important to understand how Bilbo has changed because he used to be very uptight with his decisions and now he has become very brave and enjoys the feats he has accomplished.
Next, students were asked to write a paragraph using the support and evidence from the puzzle piece of their choice. This took about 10-15 minutes. Students turned in their paragraphs for a grade.
5. ACE-IT notes. Students received this handout that gives an overview of the structures of paragraph writing: ACEIT
6. Filming a page of The Hobbit. Students opened up their books to page 17. After I read aloud the page, they worked with their partners to decide how they would want to film that scene in order to get the correct tone across. They storyboarded 4-6 shots of their scene.
7. We watched this scene in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. As students watched, they wrote down all the film techniques they saw. Click here to watch the scene.
5. Film comparisons. Students viewed four different versions of an adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations. We took notes on their differences using this graphic organizer: Great Expectations graphic organizer. Here are three of the scenes:
#1. 1948, Dir. David Lean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A-MvsZ2QxwM
Start watching at 1:08:52 and stop at 1:11:40
#2. 1999, Dir. Julian Jarrold
start at 1:37
#3. is copyrighted. It’s the BBC version shown on Masterpiece Classics with Gillian Anderson as Mrs. Havisham.
#4. 2012, Dir. Mike Newell, Adaptation by David Nicholls
HW: Read Chapter 11 for Monday. If you want to rewrite your ACE-IT paragraph, bring it on Monday.
ALEXA GARVOILLE 