Agendas

Last Day

• Watch Movies

• Group Rubric

• Final Letter

Episode 2 of the 2015

Last Week

• Grade Check-in

  • Papers

  • 3+ Activities for Short Story Project

Watch Final Movies on Thursday

• Rubric

Exhibition Day.      Trailers? Small Room?

Week of 3/5

• Grade Check-in

  • Papers

  • 3+ Activities for Short Story Project

• Downloading from YouTube:

  • Keepvid

  • Y2Mate

• Read/Storyboard/Plan

• Project Pitch

• Final Movie Project

• Rubric

• Reader's Companion

• Trailer and ending?

• Exhibition Day

Sense of urgency vs. activities

Tues-Fri 2/28-3/2

• Witness for the Prosecution debrief

• Short Story Project

  • Read three for a B

• Find a movie to film--how would you adapt?

Your Goal for Friday:  turn in three previews, activities or plans for adaptation for at least three stories--for a B.  Five for an A.

End of class Friday: Groups formed, chose text, tell Pfouts, start planning, make a weekend to do list. 

Mon 2/26

• Papers Due

  • Paper Assignment

• Short Story Project

Thurs-Friday

• Finish Witness for the Prosecution

• Observation Form

• Talk about Adaptation

• Predict the ending--read the real one if you want

• Paper Due Monday

  • Paper Assignment

Tues 2/20

• Book Finished Rate the Ending

• Paper Assignment

• Then there were None Study Guide

  • Watch your dialogue movies?

  • Start Witness for the Prosecution

Mon 2/12

Check-in on the book--ch. 12

Editing time--watch movies

T 2/13 Ch. 14

Th 2/15 Ch. 16

T 2/20 Finish

Tues-Fri 2/6-2/9

"Witness for the Prosecution" Unit

• As an in class interlude

• Read, Choose, Plan, Film

• Filming Dialogue

• More advice on filming dialogue

• After we make our movies, we'll watch the real thing

And Then There Were None--that's your homework

        To Chapter 8 for Thursday

        To Chapter 9 for Quiz Friday

Monday

2/5

• And Then There Were None

• Character check-in

• Writing question: First impression & questions you have

Read to the following for each day

M 2/5 p. 47

T  2/6 Ch 5

Th 2/8 Ch. 8 

F  2/9 Ch. 9 Quiz

M 2/12 Ch.12

T 2/13 Ch. 14

Th 2/15 Ch. 16

T 2/20 Finish

Fri.  2/2

• "The Man from the Sea" Discussion

• Character List--Clarity

• Chapter Two audio

• Read to page 47 (Part II of Chapter Three) for Monday

Thurs. 2/1

• "The Man from the Sea" Quiz

• Watch Movies

• Discussion

• And Then There Were None

Mon-Tues 1/29-30

Content-Language Objectives: Students will finish their CopyCat Videos and move on to a new a Agatha Christie character.

Agenda:  

• Finish CopyCat Movie Project

• "Case of the Rich Woman"

  • read

  • activity choices

• "The Man from the Sea" (Read for Thursday) 

Thurs-Fri 1/25-26

CopyCat Movie Project

Examples

Miss Marple: A Body in the Library (online)

Download it @ y2mate.com

• Pick a clip--storyboard it

• Film at least 12 shots

• Finish on Monday

• Mon: wrap it up & get "Case of the Rich Woman."

Mon-Tues 1/22-23

Miss Marple: A Body in the Library

• Recap Refresh

• Observation Form

• Look for a scene to shoot (Thurs-Fri)

Fri 11/19

Stuff back/grades posted

Miss Marple: A Body in the Library

•  Intro/First Page

• Observation Form

• Start the Movie

Thurs 1/18

Miss Marple "Tues Night Club"

    Missing Page (sorry)

    Mystery Graphic Organizer

Watch at least one Video from We Video Academy

Finish your first video

Tues 11/16

Learn WeVideo

    include...

All the shots

Text

Music

We Video Academy

"The Tuesday Night Club"

Thur-Fri 1/11-12

• "Third Floor Flat"

• Elements of a Mystery

• Talk about the endings you wrote

• Storyboard a scene 

  • 12 shots

• Watch the movie for shots, editing & adaptation

• Get the written ending.

Tues 1/9

• Info sheet

• WebQuest

  • email three fun facts and links to useful sites

  • <andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org>

  • fun fact go'round

• Syllabus

• "Third Floor Flat"

• Homework: Write the ending

• Thursday watch the film get the ending

Fri 3/20

Content-Language Objectives: Students will talk look deeper into the story, what makes a mystery and some basic filmmaking concepts. 

Agenda:  

• "Third Floor Flat"  Share your prediction of the ending.

  • Get the ending--write what you thought of it.

• The Anatomy of a Mystery

• Shot Types, Rule of Thirds, Adaptation

• Watch/Observe/Critique

For "Third Floor Flat" turn in:

• Your predicted ending

• What you thought of Christie's ending. (Turn in Tues)

• Your Observation of the movie (we left off with 20:20 remaining)  (Turn in Tues)

Mon--"Case of the Rich Woman"

Tues: 3rd Floor Flat wrapped up

He dunnit mystery? Shot List? Movie?

Mon 3/16

Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class, Agatha Christie and

 her writing.

Agenda:  

• Attendance Info Sheet

• Agatha Christie Web Page

• Find out about her

• Radio Show: "In a Glass Darkly"

• "Third Floor Flat"  Read for Friday--write a prediction of the ending.

Radio shows

Thurs 10/28

• Papers and Grades

• Get me Trailers

• Vera discussion: most sympathetic or worst offender?

Tues 10/26

• Turn in papers

• Finish Trailers

• Any missing work?

• 2:55--Advisory Check out

Thurs-Fri:

• Film our trailers

• Papers.  Fri? Tues?

  • I'll accept work next week-but no chance to revise.

Mon 5/18:

• Discuss And Then There Were None.

  • Ending

  • Paper Pre-Writing

• Final Movie Assignment

  • groups

  • stories

  • options

Fri 5/8

• Paper 

• Chapter 15 discussion

• Finish for Monday after Service

• After Service Week: Paper and Final Movie

Thurs 5/7

Agenda:  

• • Watch this YouTube video about filming dialogue

• One Hour Shootout 

• Keep Reading

• Turn in any missing work.

• Grades posted

Fri 5/1-Mon 5/4

• Reading time

• Stuff back--grades posted--make it happen

  • First predictions

  • Prediction log/better character sheet

  • Paper assignment

  • Discussion

Thurs

Agenda:  

• Notes--questions

  • turn 'em in

• Some discussion

• Bookmark rules

• Reading time

Friday: First predictions, prediction log, paper assignment

Thurs-Fri 4/23-24

Content-Language Objectives: Students will watch the Copy Cat Videos and move into the Short Story Project.

Agenda:  

• Watch Copy Cats

• Have you added your stories to the Short Story Project?

• Pick a story to read for Thursday night.

  • Two for the weekend

  • Mon: talk about movie possibilities

Tues: Start Book--audio--notes

Tuesday 4/21

Content-Language Objectives: Students will wrap the Copy Cat Video and move into the Short Story Project.

Agenda:  

• Copy Cat final touches

  • Share--Export (Using Quicktime) into the Finished Movies Folder

  • Put on my flashdrive

• Add your stories to the Short Story Project.

Thurs 4/16

Agenda:  

• Finish Copy Cat 

• Get a story for Tuesday

Mon-Tues 4/13-14

Content-Language Objectives: Students will increase their video skills by completing the Copy Cat Video.

Agenda:  

• Copy Cat shooting

  • The Movie

  • Assignment Explained

• Summer movie thoughts

  • Some examples

  • Brainstorming--Summer Mystery?

Thurs-Fri 4/9-10

Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue exploring different detectives and the basics of video production and adaptation.

Agenda:  

• Stuff back, mop up

• Debrief movie:

  • Too complicated? 

  • round out the detectives, adaptation 

• Copycat Movie

  • Examples

  • The Movie

  • Assignment Explained

Mon-Tue 4/6-7

• Feel Good about the ipads and iMacs?

  • Tutorial?

• "The Man from the Sea"

  • Create and Complete your own activity

• Movie: Body in the Library

  • Observation

  • Copycat Movie

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HIqwuFM5pA

• Thurs: stuff back, mop up, debrief movie? too complicated? round out the detectives, adaptation 

Thurs-Fri 4/2-3

Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue exploring different detectives and the basics of video production and adaptation.

Agenda:  

• "Strange Jest"

  • Storyboard (due Fri)

• Video introduction

  • iPads

    • iPad Tutorials

  • Shotlist

  • Scavenger Hunt

  • The Anatomy of a Mystery

  • Reminder: Shot Types, Rule of Thirds

Friday: 

• Audio tutorial

• finish footage?

• Today's goal get footage on an iMac--learn the differences

• Homework: "The Man from the Sea"

Tues. 3/31

Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue exploring different detectives and the basics of video production and adaptation.

Agenda:  

• What did you think of the two stories endings

  • Should we watch it? (we left off with 20:20 remaining)

Make sure you've turned in:

• "Third Floor Flat" Your predicted ending.

• "Third Floor Flat" What you thought of Christie's ending? 

• Your Observation of the movie  

• "Case of the Rich Woman" Activities

Think through what to do for Thursday movie project.

•     You'll need to include all the shots and everyone in class

                                                or            

•     You'll need to include mystery elements  

•     Does S/He Dunnit Work?

Homework: Read "Strange Jest" for Thursday

Fri 3/20

Content-Language Objectives: Students will talk look deeper into the story, what makes a mystery and some basic filmmaking concepts. 

Agenda:  

• "Third Floor Flat"  Share your prediction of the ending.

  • Get the ending--write what you thought of it.

• The Anatomy of a Mystery

• Shot Types, Rule of Thirds, Adaptation

• Watch/Observe/Critique

For "Third Floor Flat" turn in:

• Your predicted ending

• What you thought of Christie's ending. (Turn in Tues)

• Your Observation of the movie (we left off with 20:20 remaining)  (Turn in Tues)

Mon--"Case of the Rich Woman"

Tues: 3rd Floor Flat wrapped up

He dunnit mystery? Shot List? Movie?

Mon 3/16

Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class, Agatha Christie and

 her writing.

Agenda:  

• Attendance Info Sheet

• Agatha Christie Web Page

• Find out about her

• Radio Show: "In a Glass Darkly"

• "Third Floor Flat"  Read for Friday--write a prediction of the ending.

Radio shows