Dear All,
My project is for Junior high and up:
It begins with either the teacher reading parts of a short novel in class progressively over time or kids reading it at home. Let us take the story of Dracula by Brahm Stoker as an example. When I was in high school, we had to read it and watched the movie in class. Writing about both was a challenge and watching the movie was great fun....and this is why I remember it!
Goal: To encourage pupils to do extensive reading and to stimulate them to explore a story.
The steps:
1) Choose and read another story (could begin with a short story)
2) Introduce pupils to Audacity
3) Audacity Assignment
(pupils choose music, sound effects and record their voice to retell the story they read)
4) Next, students find the movie of their novel on the net and watch the movie (or rent the movie from the library or video store)
5) Students also watch the movie trailer on the net
6) Photostory Assignment
(students use elements from audacity & pictures and make their own version of a movie trailer)
7) Final assignment: students write a contrastive piece comparing the novel read to the movie of the novel. What do they prefer and why? (pupils present drafts to teacher and will also share what they write)
Summary: Pupils have to think and interpret what they have read. Also, presenting it to the class is a skill. Thirdly, other pupils gain knowledge and information about different literature.
Note: A checklist for each assignment (3 of them) will be given at a later date.
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Dear Esti,
It is great that you presented a detailed lesson plan. I also like it that you wrote a step by step lesson plan. For example, you asked the pupils to watch a movie trailer, prior to making a movie trailer.
I like your idea very much, Yael:)
wow! what a great idea for book report! this way i make sure they read the book and not only watch the movie. and i even reach the goal of not only readign but speeking too.
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