Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED GOALS

students will watch, analyze, and discuss various films

Standards

Students will be able to independently use their learning to…

RI 7: Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g. a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized or deemphasized in each account.

W2: Write informative/ explanatory texts (e.g. essays, oral reports, biographical feature articles) to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

RL 1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text states explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL 7: Analyze a critical response to a work or a body of literature (e.g. author documentary, book review); provide a summary of the argument presented and evaluate the strength of the evidence supporting it.

RI 7: Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g. a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized or deemphasized in each account.

W2: Write informative/ explanatory texts (e.g. essays, oral reports, biographical feature articles) to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Meaning

UNDERSTANDINGS        

Students will understand that…

Film reflects the morals and value of its society; Film is an influential part of our culture; Film uses the techniques and devices of literature

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS        

How do we approach films according to their genre?  What is the language of film?  How do American films personify its values?  How do we write a compelling film review?  How does a film reflect the culture of its time?

Acquisition

Students will independently be able to use their learning for        

analyzing films; analyzing a text; analyzing characters throughout a text, etc.

Students will be skilled at…

Analyze character and character development throughout the film        

Analyze the quality of a film (characterization, cinematography, set direction, acting)

Compare and contrast films that are in the same genre

Compare and contrast films thematically similar.

Compare and contrast actors in different roles.

Compare and contrast directors different films.

Stage 2 - Evidence

Evaluative Criteria and Assessment Evidence

PERFORMANCE TASK(S):        

write open responses where students are asked to react to, or analyze the films

Open Responses could include agreeing or disagreeing with or analyzing movie reviews

discussion- either small group or large group

OTHER EVIDENCE:        

Final exam Open Response

Stage 3 – Learning Plan

Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction

Movies are subject to change

Not all movies are listed; teacher may choose to view movies by genre, or not.

Coming of Age

                Juno

                Whiplash

                Perks of Being a Wallflower

                Stand By Me

                The Way, Way Back

Boston

                The Town

                Departed

                Good Will Hunting

Documentaries

                Three Identical Strangers

                Blackfish

                RBG

Road Trips

                Little Miss Sunshine

                Rain Man

                Almost Famous

Biopic

                Walk the Line

                Social Network

                Erin Brockovich

                Imitation Game

                Money Ball

                American Sniper

              Catch Me If You Can

              Freedom Writers

Kids

                Goonies

                Princess Bride

Heist

                Italian Job

                Ocean’s Eleven

Scary Movies

                Sixth Sense

                Misery

                Silence of the Lambs

               It

               Shutter Island

 Misc.

                What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

                The Help

                Field of Dreams

                Miracle

                Speed

              Silver Linings Playbook

              Girl, Interrupted

                Million Dollar Baby

                Castaway

                A Few Good Men

              Forrest Gump

              Batman

              Batman Begins

              Jurassic Park

              What About Bob

              Fargo

              Rocky

             Shawshank Redemption

             Manchester by the Sea

             Gravity

Romantic Comedy

              Sleepless in Seattle

Musicals

               La La Land

          Chicago

Agree or disagree with movie reviews

Stephen King: 3 types of terror quote

Final Exam Question:

Roger Ebert said, “Movies are like a machine that builds empathy.”

With that key word (empathy) in mind, this open response will ask you to consider any one of the movies we watched during the course of the semester (listed below). Choose a character from one of the movies that you most empathize with (empathy= to understand and share the feelings of another). How did your empathy for the character ‘build’ throughout the telling of the story/ the movie? Use specific and relevant details from the movie for support. This is graded using the BHS Open Response Rubric.