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Feb 18, 2013 · Teaching Filmmaking via MediaEd. 12 Basic Ways to Integrated Media Literacy and Critical Thinking (PDF) via Ithaca College. How to Watch Film Critically: 7 Key Things to Note via The Cheat Sheet. Teaching for Visual Literacy: 50 Great Young Adult Films via The Alan Review. Media Literacy Lessons, via National Council of Teachers of English.
Nov 28, 2017 · Other film literacy ideas. Task your students with writing and publishing a film review. They should first study what a review should include before starting to write one of their own. Using Twitter, have students create 140-space tweets that summarize a film’s plot. (Or the new 280-character limit if you prefer.)
- Use Movies to Scaffold Understanding of Complex Texts.
- Use Movies to Develop Analytical Thinking.
- Use Movies to Teach Life Skills.
- Use Movies as Pre-Reading Activities.
I always use movies to support students’ understanding of Shakespeare’s plays and other rigorous texts that contain cultural context students might not understand. Every year, I use film versions of Romeo and Juliet and The Odyssey to frame students’ understanding of the story. Using a visual format is beneficial for all levels of learners. My adva...
I like using movies as writing prompts because students often care about the topic. To introduce literary analysis, I have students analyze the theme of a short film. Sometimes, I pair the short films with poetryto make for meaningful paired text practice. I’ve also asked students to watch a movie of their choice and analyze the cultural elements o...
Sometimes, students need to be able to analyze a movie to understand important concepts about life. Part of our job as educators is to embrace the whole student. Movies like Wonder are amazing for helping students to see the importance of kindness and compassion. Zootopia is perfect for teaching students perseverance and determination. Helping stud...
Before reading a Shakespearean play (especially Romeo and Juliet orHamlet), I show students The Lion King. This film features almost every literary term I cover in the reading unit. By introducing students to the terms in a familiar context, they have a better grip on malapropisms, irony, and figurative language when we encounter them in the Bard’s...
Mar 12, 2007 · By Milton Chen. March 12, 2007. As our nation focuses on the coming Oscar extravaganza, consider how much attention and excitement the film industry generates -- yet how little we do to prepare students to understand how film communicates so powerfully.
Although the American Film Institute's Screen Ed program is no longer around, its former associate director, film educator Frank Guttler, still teaches visual literacy workshops all over; you can find more information on his Lights, Camera, Learn! blog. Scripts, Screen Writing, and Film in the Classroom (05:55)
By completing Teaching Literacy Through Film, you will be able to: Analyse film as a text, using key frameworks to develop comprehension, speaking and listening skills. Inspire writing in a range of genres using film stills and short film highlights as stimuli.
May 10, 2020 · Camera! Action! Using Film as a Tool in the Classroom. Lisa Fink 05.10.20 Instruction. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held during this week in 1929. To celebrate this milestone, here are some resources for using movies to support the literacy learning in the classroom.
