Since I do not have access to a classroom, I asked three of my peers/colleagues to review the lesson for me. While not all are librarians/SLIS students, they all have experiences with working with children in the library or through theatre. Kathy Burnette, Media Specialist/SLIS student I enjoyed the lesson...it incorporates so many different learning styles - you've got reading, viewing, listening - students get to bring different things to the table. You're going to have some who like to write, who love the technology integration and the use of YouTube. Adding YouTube and Ning puts in the real world. Students who can participate online seem to participate more - less intimidation I guess. I had been talking with one of my 8th grade LA teachers and we want to do something with digital booktalk - www.digitalbooktalk.com - at the end of the year. I've been looking at different scriptwriting books and your pathfinder was a wealth of information. You should market that to some teachers in your area...The rubric seemed vague. How do you define amount of time spent? Might want to have students look over and help clarify. Roger Burns, Youth Services Librarian/SLIS Graduate Creating and Filming a Script is a detailed and - above all - a comprehensive guide for students interested in learning and understanding the process of screen-writing. You provides links to multiple resources that discuss and analyze the process of script and story development from conception to completion. Your site includes extensive information to help students establish a setting and create characters with believable dialogue and internal motives. In addition, the site provides multiple resources on acting, story blocking, and script shooting. More than helpful, this is a useful, well-organized, and user-friendly site for students - or anyone - interested bringing ideas to life. Meghan McKinney, Theatre Major/Works w/Children's Theatre I'm a theatre professional who works part-time with youth theatre/theatre for educational purposes. Everything that I have seen so far looks great. Not only can I absolutely endorse the method for garnering interest in theatre from these students, and easily understand what you're looking for, but I can also appreciate how much this is going to help these students long-term. Most college-level theatre programs (if any of these students choose to continue in this particular field) are going to require all of these skills... it's definitely a case of letting these students be prepared in advance and will give them a major boost when they get to those college-level courses. I really like the fact that you're going with four different plays, too, since not everyone feels up to trying for Shakespeare. |