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LESSON ONE: LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES!
By the end of the class, you will be able to... "read" a film.
Let's Get Started! Today we'll begin our final unit of the semester, in which we'll view, analyze, and interpret a film called Pan's Labyrinth. One way to think about a film's meaning is to study of film techniques.
Please click through to the article below and scroll through to page 18.
"Lights! Camera! Action! A Grammar of Film for Media Literacy" by Dr. Carolyn (p. 18)
A Grammar of Film Cinematography Template--- practice together then jigsaw
With time remaining: The Five Most Important Things about Reading a Film
Homework: None-- enjoy the beginning of a new unit!
Extra Credit/ Optional Sources to Read a Film
Option One
Option Two
LESSON TWO: MAGICAL REALISM AND INTERPRETATION
By the end of class, you will be able to... apply the sub-genre of "Magical Realism" to film.
Click through and make a copy: Magical Realism+: An E-Learning Preview for Pan's Labyrinth
E-Learning Module
Work through each of these steps at your own pace. Be ready to share your responses to all the steps with the whole class. You will receive a mastery learning grade: you'll get 100% when you complete each step to a satisfactory degree.
Literature magical realism lesson on YouTube
Magical realism definitions plus multiple examples
2) How does the film, The Life of Pi, embody magical realism?
3) What are archetypes? Prezi about archetypes (adapted from a Prezi by Ashley Wills)
4) 12H [12CP: Extra Credit]: List 8 bullets that capture important ideas from the Archetypes scholarly article (no more than 2 from each section).
5) Write one sentence summary of the plot of “A Very Short Film with Subtitles” after you view it. A very short film with subtitles
6) Skim “Why You Shouldn’t Avoid Subtitled Movies.” Afterward, write down 4 bullets that capture the author’s strongest reasons.
7) What was the Spanish Civil War all about? Why did people resist? Write 2 sentences.
Spanish Civil War photographs Spanish Civil War Resistance and Pans Labyrinth
8) What is interpretation? Create your own definition.
What is interpretation?
Homework: Finish the Magical Realism E-Learning Module, if you did not do so today in class.
LESSON THREE: GETTING READY TO VIEW PAN'S LABYRINTH
By the end of class, you'll be able to... review a series of resources to prepare for analyzing the film, Pan's Labyrinth.
Let's Get Started! Homework check and sharing session--- Magical Realism+: An E-Learning Preview for Pan's Labyrinth
Activity #2: Maria Tatar quotation: close reading analysis
Activity #3: Preparation for our next series of homework assignments: "Online Analysis of Pan's Labyrinth"
Create a Google Doc titled, "Online Analysis of Pan's Labyrinth." Skim through the resources in each section. Read one article in each sectionthoroughly. Title a section on your Google Doc with the name of the article. Choose five direct excerpts from the article that you feel might be useful to you in a future written analysis of the film, Pan's Labyrinth. Remember to always put direct excerpts in quotation marks to give the author attribution. Honors: Find one additional source not included on this list and cull out five direct excerpts from it. It can be scholarly/ peer-reviewed--- it's up to you. Cite the article correctly, using MLA format.
With any time remaining..... read through the introduction to the chapter called "Growing Up Is Hard to Do" in Folk and Fairytales
Homework: Online Source Survey #1
General sources for understanding the film better
LESSON FOUR: LET'S VIEW PAN'S LABYRINTH!
By the end of the class, you will be able to answer questions about the narrative structure of Pan's Labyrinth.
For the first 2+ days of viewing.... Pan's Labyrinth Guided Questions: You'll receive a copy to complete as you watch the film.
Absent? Click here to view the film on FHS' MediaCast. [Note: You do not need to log in.]
For our final day of viewing: Finale Scenes from Pan's Labyrinth Template: make a copy
Homework Day #2: Online Source Survey #2
Reviews of Pan's Labyrinth
Homework Day #3: Online Source Survey #3
Blogs that Analyze the Film’s Themes
“Pan's Labyrinth: A Bewitching Fairy Tale for Adults”
“Embracing the Darkness, Sorrow, and Brutality of Pan's Labyrinth”
Homework Day #4: Online Source Survey #4
Scholarly Articles that Examine the Film’s Themes
“Pan's Labyrinth, Fear, and the Fairy Tale”
“Alternate Takes: Pan's Labyrinth”
“Into the Moral Labyrinth: A Theological Review of Pan's Labyrinth”
"Pan's Labyrinth: “If You Want to be Universal, Be Specific”
University of Hawaii Symbolism Study
LESSON FIVE: THE FINAL PROJECT FOR PAN'S LABYRINTH
By the end of class, you will be able to...
DAY #1: Let's Get Started! Open up Understanding Archetypal Characterization in Pan's Labyrinth: Make a copy.
Please complete this handout. You may work in collaborative teams of your own choosing, or you may complete it by yourself.
Next, please make sure that you have finished all the previous work for our unit:
answers to the questions as we were viewing the film and the questions you generated yourself for the final part of the film;
each of the four sections of homework/ online sources.
Third, review the following three documents:
the description for the Pan's Labyrinth Multimodal Project
Homework: Brainstorm ideas for your final project.
When is the Project Due?
(Tentatively) Exempt from the final with A- or greater average for the semester (i.e. two terms)?
Taking the final exam?
last day of class
day of the final exam
DAY #2: Assignment Check-Off's
By the end of class, you will be able to... organize and submit all previous unit assignments.
What's due?
four sections of online source research
questions for the film, parts a (provided questions) and part b (questions you generated in the last 30 minutes)
"Understanding Archetypal Characterization in Pan's Labyrinth" template
sign-up for prompts and project with link to your Unit 5 webpage
DAY #3: Independent Work Session
By the end of class, you will be able to.. integrate sources into an multimodal platform project in which you interpret the film, Pan's Labyrinth through criteria outlined in a rubric.
With extra time: View the Director's Cut of Pan's Labyrinth
FINAL DAY OF CLASS
Students who are (tentatively) exempt from the final exam will present their Pan's Labyrinth projects to other students in small groups in order to have their term four grade calculated fully.
A Bit of Extra Help: A Spanish Civil War Film Trailer
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