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Writing a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 45-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Ridley Park, Pennsylvania |
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LESSON PLANS
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Students create storyboards to compare and contrast a book and its film adaptation.
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Exploring a Teen's World: Learning SAT Vocabulary Through Drama
Students use SAT vocabulary to create and film a screenplay. They perform all roles, from writing through filming, resulting in a resource for their classmates.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 6
The Jazz Singer debuted on this day in 1927.
Students think about the sound in a movie they have seen multiple times. Then students predict what sounds they expect to hear in a short scene from a film with the sound turned down.
Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | January 3
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on this day.
Students compare the film versions of The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien's novels. Students then imagine how a scene in a current novel that they are reading would be filmed.
Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | May 14
Star Wars creator George Lucas was born in 1944.
Students use the Hero's Journey interactive to describe how Luke Skywalker meets each stage of his journey, and then brainstorm other works that use the formula.