Ask pupils to name films that have been adapted from books.

• Discuss which version is “better”.

• Explain that you are going to read the opening chapter of The Candle Man with the intention of turning it into a film.

• Read the chapter.

• Discuss and record the main events of the chapter.

• Discuss and record what you learn about setting and character in the first chapter.

• Using the PowerPoint  introduce the task.

• Determine the success criteria for an effective storyboard as a whole class.

• Split pupils into groups. The chapter might best be broken into three sections; each section can be prepared by more than one group.

Pupils in their groups (no more than three or four) create a storyboard for a section of

Chapter 1 of The Candle Man.

• Give pupils the remainder of the lesson and the following lesson to create the storyboard.

• The third lesson is spent presenting the storyboards, discussing which are most effective and why, and assessing each group’s work in line with the class success criteria.

Mae gan Gymru hanes hir a chyfoethog ym myd ffilm. Bydd yr adnodd hwn yn dangos ac yn dathlu ehangder y ffilmiau a grëwyd yng Nghymru neu sy’n cynnwys talent o Gymru yn ogystal â chynorthwyo athrawon i ddefnyddio ffilm fel adnodd dysgu craidd.

Dolen i gyflwyniad Pwerbwynt Cymru ar ffilm

Mae’r adnodd yma wedi cael ei greu ar gyfer athrawon i redeg cyfres o weithgareddau sy’n glwm a ffilm i ddysgwyr sydd ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol ar ddiwedd tymor. Gall “Pythefnos o Ffilm” ei ddefnyddio mewn un sesiwn y diwrnod neu mewn diwrnodau dwysach o ddysgu drwy ac am ffilm.