Today, we read E.A. Poe's short story "Masque of the Red Death."
This week’s plan:
Monday- Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death”
Tuesday- I will collect student books. Review for the final exam. My final exam will consist of three parts:
1. Multiple choice section where I will give a definition and the student will choose the correct vocabulary word (words such alliteration or plot)
2. Multiple choice section where students will read an excerpt and then answer questions based upon the comprehension of the excerpt
3. Paragraph writing section where students will have to write a 5 sentence paragraph in response to a question; students will choose 2 out of 3 questions to answer
Wednesday- Final exam for Blocks 1 and 4; Block 2 will have a free day to study for exams
Thursday- Final exam for Block 2.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Friday, December 10
All classes went to the computer lab to work on the "Antigone" movie project. It'll be due this coming Monday. By the way, if you're missing the requirements, here they are:
Making the Movie:
Antigone
The play Antigone has been read and performed for over 2000 years. Some productions are faithful to the Greek text, and others have been radically modernized. In 1944, Anouilh (a French playwright), rewrote Sophocles’ play and set it in Nazi-occupied Paris. This modernized drama emphasized the theme of the conflict between moral beliefs and autocratic power that was reflected in the politics of the time. In the 1960’s, a critic compared Antigone’s act of rebellion with the acts of civil disobedience that occurred as part of the civil rights movement. In the 1970’s, Antigone’s actions were praised by feminists; in the 1980’s, a critic focused on the conflict between Antigone’s duty to her family and the duty to herself and her husband-to-be.
Your role:
Imagine that you are the producer of a movie version of Antigone. Your film may be set in any time or place but it must be faithful to the major themes and conflicts of the play.
Your task:
Create a prospectus (a formal written proposal) for the movie, which will be submitted to both major and smaller, independent motion picture companies. Your prospectus must be professional in appearance and well organized (10 points) and contain the following content:
*Convincing reasons why your remake of Antigone will be a popular success. Discuss the major themes and conflicts of your production and how they are relevant to a movie audience of today. Make clear whether your production is aimed for a mass audience, or to smaller, more specialized audience. (10 points)
*Basic plot outline, include setting (time and place), conflicts, and characters. Remember that, while your movie must be appealing to a segment of today’s movie-goers, it need not be set in the present. (10 points)
*Costuming notes. Visually present the most important costume of each of your major characters. Accompany each picture with an explanation of the effect you will be creating with this costume, the source of the inspiration, and comments about fabrics and colors. (10 points)
*Music notes. Explain what sort of music would be used in your movie: will you use a score (instrumental) or a soundtrack (songs by popular artists)? Explain what the musical director should achieve in writing the score, in terms of emotional impact. List which scenes will be enhanced by powerful music and state what emotion will be aroused by this music. If you choose to use a soundtrack, list the artists and songs that would be in your movie.(10 points)
*An original script of the most important scene of the movie, accompanied by stage and lighting directions. Choose a scene which emphasizes the themes and conflicts you have chosen to highlight in your movie. (10 points)
*A storyboard of one scene of the movie. This storyboard must be at least six panels and demonstrate your setting, costuming and camera choices. (10 points)
*A cover letter to the movie company that “sells” your movie. In this letter, you must convince the company that your movie is a smart investment and that your movie will be successful. This should be formatted in proper letter style. (20 points)
*Movie poster, featuring the name of your film, the names of actors you envision in key roles, and suitable artwork and descriptions of the plot. Your poster should reflect your main themes and conflicts and be visually interesting. (10 points)
Total: 100 points
RUBRIC FOR ANTIGONE FILM PROSPECTUS
Professional in appearance, including spelling and grammar. Well-organized. 10
Reasons why your remake of Antigone will be a popular success. Major themes and conflicts and how they are relevant to the target audience. 10
Costuming notes: pictures of most important costumes and explanation for each picture (effect, source of inspiration, comments about fabrics and colors). 10
Music notes: explanation of impact of particular scenes that will be enhanced by music and what emotion will be aroused in each case. 10
Original script of the most important scene: emphasizes identified themes and conflicts, accompanied by stage and lighting directions. 10
Movie poster: name of film, names of actors, suitable artwork and description of plot. Visually compelling and reflects main themes and conflicts. 10
Cover letter: formatted as a letter and persuades the company to invest in your film. 20
Basic plot outline, including setting (time and place), characters, and conflicts. 10
Storyboard of one scene that demonstrates your setting, costuming and camera choices; at least six panels 10
Making the Movie:
Antigone
The play Antigone has been read and performed for over 2000 years. Some productions are faithful to the Greek text, and others have been radically modernized. In 1944, Anouilh (a French playwright), rewrote Sophocles’ play and set it in Nazi-occupied Paris. This modernized drama emphasized the theme of the conflict between moral beliefs and autocratic power that was reflected in the politics of the time. In the 1960’s, a critic compared Antigone’s act of rebellion with the acts of civil disobedience that occurred as part of the civil rights movement. In the 1970’s, Antigone’s actions were praised by feminists; in the 1980’s, a critic focused on the conflict between Antigone’s duty to her family and the duty to herself and her husband-to-be.
Your role:
Imagine that you are the producer of a movie version of Antigone. Your film may be set in any time or place but it must be faithful to the major themes and conflicts of the play.
Your task:
Create a prospectus (a formal written proposal) for the movie, which will be submitted to both major and smaller, independent motion picture companies. Your prospectus must be professional in appearance and well organized (10 points) and contain the following content:
*Convincing reasons why your remake of Antigone will be a popular success. Discuss the major themes and conflicts of your production and how they are relevant to a movie audience of today. Make clear whether your production is aimed for a mass audience, or to smaller, more specialized audience. (10 points)
*Basic plot outline, include setting (time and place), conflicts, and characters. Remember that, while your movie must be appealing to a segment of today’s movie-goers, it need not be set in the present. (10 points)
*Costuming notes. Visually present the most important costume of each of your major characters. Accompany each picture with an explanation of the effect you will be creating with this costume, the source of the inspiration, and comments about fabrics and colors. (10 points)
*Music notes. Explain what sort of music would be used in your movie: will you use a score (instrumental) or a soundtrack (songs by popular artists)? Explain what the musical director should achieve in writing the score, in terms of emotional impact. List which scenes will be enhanced by powerful music and state what emotion will be aroused by this music. If you choose to use a soundtrack, list the artists and songs that would be in your movie.(10 points)
*An original script of the most important scene of the movie, accompanied by stage and lighting directions. Choose a scene which emphasizes the themes and conflicts you have chosen to highlight in your movie. (10 points)
*A storyboard of one scene of the movie. This storyboard must be at least six panels and demonstrate your setting, costuming and camera choices. (10 points)
*A cover letter to the movie company that “sells” your movie. In this letter, you must convince the company that your movie is a smart investment and that your movie will be successful. This should be formatted in proper letter style. (20 points)
*Movie poster, featuring the name of your film, the names of actors you envision in key roles, and suitable artwork and descriptions of the plot. Your poster should reflect your main themes and conflicts and be visually interesting. (10 points)
Total: 100 points
RUBRIC FOR ANTIGONE FILM PROSPECTUS
Professional in appearance, including spelling and grammar. Well-organized. 10
Reasons why your remake of Antigone will be a popular success. Major themes and conflicts and how they are relevant to the target audience. 10
Costuming notes: pictures of most important costumes and explanation for each picture (effect, source of inspiration, comments about fabrics and colors). 10
Music notes: explanation of impact of particular scenes that will be enhanced by music and what emotion will be aroused in each case. 10
Original script of the most important scene: emphasizes identified themes and conflicts, accompanied by stage and lighting directions. 10
Movie poster: name of film, names of actors, suitable artwork and description of plot. Visually compelling and reflects main themes and conflicts. 10
Cover letter: formatted as a letter and persuades the company to invest in your film. 20
Basic plot outline, including setting (time and place), characters, and conflicts. 10
Storyboard of one scene that demonstrates your setting, costuming and camera choices; at least six panels 10
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Thursday, December 9
Everyone please remember about the projects! The Antigone movie project will be due on Monday, December 13. Tomorrow (Friday), we will be going to the computer lab. You'll be able to use the 90 minutes of class time to research or type papers. Be prepared with draft copies or flash drives or whatever you need.
In class today, we continued our look at poetry.
Blocks One and Four: Students learned about figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.). Students conducted a "poetry scavenger hunt". They looked through various poems and found examples of different types of figurative language.
Block Two: Students read the poem "The Lake" and analyzed it for its use of figurative language. After that, students read each other's poems (which we wrote on Tuesday) and tried to determine what type of poem each was.
In class today, we continued our look at poetry.
Blocks One and Four: Students learned about figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.). Students conducted a "poetry scavenger hunt". They looked through various poems and found examples of different types of figurative language.
Block Two: Students read the poem "The Lake" and analyzed it for its use of figurative language. After that, students read each other's poems (which we wrote on Tuesday) and tried to determine what type of poem each was.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 8
We started today by talking about holiday scams--how people try to persuade us to give them our money with tricks or wordplay. We looked at the example of the "Power Balance" wristbands. We examined the techniques used to persuade gullible customers.
We also looked at an interesting website online: http://www.yaymath.org
I know that my class is an English class, but I couldn't resist showing off this great website. A high school math teacher posts videos of himself teaching his class. It's great for students to go online and catch lectures if they were absent from school or had trouble understanding concepts.
I then taught a brief mini-lesson about writing cover letters. Students will need to include a cover letter as part of their "Antigone" movie project.
Finally, students had about an hour of time in which to work on their projects. They'll have another work day on Friday, in the computer lab. Projects are due Monday! It's a test grade!!
We also looked at an interesting website online: http://www.yaymath.org
I know that my class is an English class, but I couldn't resist showing off this great website. A high school math teacher posts videos of himself teaching his class. It's great for students to go online and catch lectures if they were absent from school or had trouble understanding concepts.
I then taught a brief mini-lesson about writing cover letters. Students will need to include a cover letter as part of their "Antigone" movie project.
Finally, students had about an hour of time in which to work on their projects. They'll have another work day on Friday, in the computer lab. Projects are due Monday! It's a test grade!!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday, December 7
We looked at different forms of poetry today.
Sometimes, poetry is divided up by the subject matter of the poem, such as narrative poems, dramatic poems, and lyric poems.
Other times, poetry is divided by the form of the poem, such as limerick, sonnet, haiku or shape poem.
After learning about the different types, students wrote two different poems (of their choice).
Sometimes, poetry is divided up by the subject matter of the poem, such as narrative poems, dramatic poems, and lyric poems.
Other times, poetry is divided by the form of the poem, such as limerick, sonnet, haiku or shape poem.
After learning about the different types, students wrote two different poems (of their choice).
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday, December 6
This week, we’re focusing on poetry. I have a pretty good idea for the concepts that we’ll cover, but the schedule might switch around a bit.
Today, we learned about the elements of poetry. Students took notes. We talked about things such as simile, metaphor, and imagery. We talked about end rhyme and internal rhyme and students had to write poetry according to a given rhyme scheme.
The schedule for the remainder of the week is subject to change, but these are the concepts that will be addressed:
Monday- We’ll talk about the elements of poetry (simile, metaphor, rhyme, etc.) Students are expected to take notes.
Tuesday- We’ll continue looking at the elements of poetry, such as figurative language. We will look at examples of figurative language in poetry.
Wednesday- We will look at different forms of poetry, such as the narrative poem, lyric poem, or the elegy.
Thursday- Focus on the sonnet.
Friday- Work day in the computer lab. Students will be able to type their projects or do necessary research. Projects are due Monday!
Today, we learned about the elements of poetry. Students took notes. We talked about things such as simile, metaphor, and imagery. We talked about end rhyme and internal rhyme and students had to write poetry according to a given rhyme scheme.
The schedule for the remainder of the week is subject to change, but these are the concepts that will be addressed:
Monday- We’ll talk about the elements of poetry (simile, metaphor, rhyme, etc.) Students are expected to take notes.
Tuesday- We’ll continue looking at the elements of poetry, such as figurative language. We will look at examples of figurative language in poetry.
Wednesday- We will look at different forms of poetry, such as the narrative poem, lyric poem, or the elegy.
Thursday- Focus on the sonnet.
Friday- Work day in the computer lab. Students will be able to type their projects or do necessary research. Projects are due Monday!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday, December 3
We watched yet another film version of "Antigone." We did this so that students might see how a work of literature is open to many different interpretations. Students should understand the full range of possibilities availabe to them when working on their "Antigone" movie project.
After watching about 40 minutes of the film, I handed out instructions for the movie project. Students are to imagine that they are directing a film version of the play "Antigone" and sending a submissions packet to a film distribution company. Their packet will include many different pieces of writing, such as a cover letter, a script excerpt, and a summary of the plot and setting.
Full details are available on the handout. This project will be due Monday, December 13 and count for a test grade.
After watching about 40 minutes of the film, I handed out instructions for the movie project. Students are to imagine that they are directing a film version of the play "Antigone" and sending a submissions packet to a film distribution company. Their packet will include many different pieces of writing, such as a cover letter, a script excerpt, and a summary of the plot and setting.
Full details are available on the handout. This project will be due Monday, December 13 and count for a test grade.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thursday, December 2
We watched a film version of "Antigone." It was produced in 1962. It was in black and white, and it was performed in the original Greek! Awesome!
There were English subtitles, though, so everyone could understand, even if they didn't understand the play when we read it.
There were English subtitles, though, so everyone could understand, even if they didn't understand the play when we read it.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Wednesday, December 1
We finished with the reading of "Antigone" today. Every class had a written assignment to ensure that they understood the play. The assignment varied from class to class:
BLOCK ONE- wrote summaries of each scene in the play. Each summary had to be five sentences each, minimum.
BLOCK TWO- completed the "Study and Discussion" questions at the end of the play.
BLOCK FOUR- same thing as Block Two.
BLOCK ONE- wrote summaries of each scene in the play. Each summary had to be five sentences each, minimum.
BLOCK TWO- completed the "Study and Discussion" questions at the end of the play.
BLOCK FOUR- same thing as Block Two.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
