Monday, December 18: We finished The Scarlet Pimpernel. Students completed the film analysis worksheet and turned it in. They then wrote a paragraph about the movie answering the following: What was the moral of the story? They then worked on their final proposals and presentations.
Due: Final Proposal In Class: Film Analysis, One Paragraph Response, Presentation Homework: Prepare presentation Wednesday, December 20: Students put the final touches on their film presentations. These will be presented after the break. Due: None In Class: Presentation Homework: Presentation
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Tuesday, December 12: Today we watched The Scarlet Pimpernel. The students completed the film analysis worksheet while watching.
Due: None In Class: Film Analysis Worksheet Homework: None Thursday, December 14: We finished watching The Scarlet Pimpernel and students completed the film analysis worksheet. They then had the remaining class time to put together their final film proposal and share it with Ms. Nay. Due: None In Class: Scarlet Pimpernel Film Analysis, Final Project Homework: Complete final project and share it with Ms. Nay Monday, December 4: Students had the entire class period to work on The Details portion of the semester project.
Due: None In Class: The Details Homework: Finish The Details Wednesday, December 6: Students typed the information for The Details into a Google Doc. They shared that with Ms. Nay, and then started to put all of the parts of their project into a single final document. They then worked on creating their presentations of their projects. Due: The Details (shared) In Class: Final Proposal Homework: None Friday, December 8: We learned about the French Revolution today, and started watching The Scarlet Pimpernel. Due: None In Class: French Revolution Timeline Homework: None Tuesday, November 28: Today we finished Squanto, then completed the Film Term Notes #3 (powerpoint on documents page). We then started some notes on Pre-Production. We will finish them next time.
Due: None In Class: Film Term Notes #3, Pre-Production Notes Homework: None Thursday, November 30: We finished the notes on Pre-Production and then turned them in. Students then started working on the next part of the semester project: the details. Due: None In Class: Pre-Production Notes, begin the Details Homework: 2 sections of the details complete Monday, November 20: We finished watching Mao's Last Dancer and discussed it. Then we started watching Squanto: A Warrior's Tale.
Wednesday, November 22: We finished watching Squanto. Tuesday, November 14: Today we learned about Chairman Mao and communist China. We also read excerpts from the book Mao's Last Dancer and discussed the difference between biographies and movies. We then started watching Mao's Last Dancer.
Due: Storyline for Project In Class: Video Analysis part 1 Homework: Make sure storyline shared with Ms. Nay Thursday, November 16: We continued watching Mao's Last Dancer and, if finished, completed the analysis as well. Due: None In Class: Mao's Last Dancer Analysis Homework: Analysis Monday, November 6: Students worked on their Life is Beautiful essays today. They are due Wednesday and should be at least 500 words.
Due: None In Class: Life is Beautiful Essay Homework: Work on essay Wednesday, November 8: If needed, students completed their essays today. We also went over the requirements for the storyline section of the semester project. Students worked on their storylines. These are due Friday. Due: Life is Beautiful Essay In Class: Project Storyline Homework: Work on storyline Friday, November 10: Students had some time to work on their project storylines today after the Veteran's Day Assembly. Due: Storyline by Midnight In Class: Storyline Homework: Share storyline Tuesday, October 31: We didn't get a lot of class time due to the Halloween Parade. But with what time we had we finished Life is Beautiful.
Due: None In Class: Watched film Homework: None Thursday, November 2: We discussed Life is Beautiful. Students answered some discussion questions and began a rough draft of their essay. Due: None In Class: Discussion Questions and Essay Rough Draft Homework: Finish rough draft Monday, October 23: We learned about Italy's history during World War I and World War 2, answering questions on a worksheet as we went. We then read a review of Life is Beautiful, using it as an introduction to the movie. Students were introduced to the main characters and we watched the first fifteen minutes of the film.
Due: None In Class: Italy in World War 2 Questions Homework: Make sure all work turned in by Friday Wednesday, October 25: We continued watching Life is Beautiful. We took the quizzes on Parts 1, 2, and 3. Due: None In Class: Life is Beautiful Parts 1, 2, and 3 quizzes Homework: All missing work due Friday Friday, October 27: We finished watching Life is Beautiful, completing the quizzes for Parts 4, 5, and 6. Due: All missing work In Class: Life is Beautiful Parts 4, 5, and 6 quizzes Homework: None Tuesday, October 3: Today students completed the Valkyrie discussion questions. We then held a short Socratic Seminar to discuss the film. We then reviewed how to write a critique/review. Students began writing their own review of Valkyrie.
Due: Research Chart In Class: Valkyrie Discussion Questions, Valkyrie Review Homework: None Thursday, October 5: Students finished writing their Valkyrie reviews today. They then had time to work on their storylines for their semester project. Due: None In Class: Valkyie Review (due today), Storyline Homework: Finish Valkyrie Review if not finished in class |
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