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Adult education reading strategies movie guides
"Free Solo" Documentary Film Study (2018): Critical Viewing - DISTANCE LEARNING
I love doing a film study with my class as a stand alone exercise. I tend to take a focus or position on a film and have students complete a viewing guide. Free Solo, 2019 Oscar winning documentary film, explores how solo climber Alex Honnold takes on El Capitan, a three-thousand-foot wall in Yosemite National Park. The film chronicles his attempt to climb this granite face without ropes.The film takes the viewer into Alex’s personal life and headspace in order see what it takes to accomplish g
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Performance Psychology Minicourse for Sport & Other Pursuits: 13 Lessons
CLUE movie guide - Observations, Inferences, and Hypotheses
While watching the movie CLUE (1985), students will make observations and inferences about the suspects. They will also create hypotheses about who they think committed the crime.We used this at the end of the year for a fun activity and as a review of the first steps of the scientific method. This can also be used in ELA classes for reading strategies (drawing clues to determine an outcome)Nice easy project for students to work on during a movie day!(Disclaimer: CLUE is rated PG, so parental
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Quotation Response for "Into the Wild" Film (2007): Double-Entry Journal
"Into the Wild" (2007) is a biographical survival film based on Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name. Christopher McCandless, the film’s star, rejects conformity and materialism in order to discover life without a safety net. As a recent college graduate, he travels across North America into the Alaskan wilderness to live a more “authentic” life. This film is rich in quotations. The Double-Entry Journal strategy enables students to record their responses to text as they read and view. Students
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Importance of Being Earnest: Critical Questions & Quotation Discussion
Here is a reading guide that hits all the critical elements of discussing the play, The Importance of Being Earnest. The resource is flexible--you can use it when reading Oscar Wilde's play, or while viewing a film adaptation of the play. Students love the (2002) film version with Reece Witherspoon, Colin Firth and Rupert Everett. It's a delightful adaptation, retaining much of the witty language and gestures of the original play. I tend to use a combination of reading the play, and viewing the
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Matrix (1999) Viewing Guide
This movie guide will help your students understand the plot, characterizations, allusions, and allegories throughout the film. It is an excellent resource for:The Hero's Journey Plato's Cave AllegoryVisual StorytellingFeatures:Pause breaks for longer questions/discussionsLinks for supportive videos50 Common Core-aligned questions: short answer, longer answer, multiple choice, true/false, and a characterization chartIn PDF, DOCX, Google Doc (recommended); completely editable Answer keyCrossword
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Star Wars, The Matrix, and Live, Die, Repeat BUNDLE (Google, PDF, Word)
Little Miss Sunshine film: Viewing to Understand Quest Genre and Narrative
Little Miss Sunshine serves as a good example of the ‘quest genre’. In literature, a quest is a journey towards a goal. The Hoover family sets out on a journey (a road trip in this case) from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Redondo Beach, California. The heroes in this film (actually they look like anti-heroes at first) must overcome many obstacles during their travel, before they obtain their goal.The Viewing Guide follows the film and asks students to pause and notice how the quest genre and the na
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Harlem Renaissance Supplementary Video Links and Viewing Guide
I’ve curated a group of 11 links for videos I use when teaching The Harlem Renaissance. Use this for your Black History Month Unit. This collection will increase engagement, generate literary analysis, and increase comprehension. Video clips differentiate your curriculum and target different learners. Benefit from my twenty-six years of experience and use this selection in your unit. I’ve marked each video link with pre-, during, or post-reading to help you plan your viewing guide.Related Produc
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: American Literature Growing Bundle of Lessons Distance Learning
Introduction to Inquiry-Based Learning Video - Teaching Tool
Are you ready for your students to go deeper with their learning? Get the conversation going with this Introduction to Inquiry-Based Learning animated video that will provide your students with all of the information required.Inquiry-based Learning is more than asking a student what they want to know. It's about triggering curiosity. Activating a student's curiosity is the more important and complex than mere information delivery.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Much Ado About Nothing Reading and Viewing Guide
This packet guides students through the comprehension of the play by identifying the characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy, the characters, the motifs, and the themes and providing opportunities for the students to analyze the play with scaffolding. It concludes with several analytical questions regarding the characters and relevance of the title. It is designed for students who are somewhat intimidated by Shakespearean works or who may otherwise have difficulty interpreting his plays.
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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