CURRICULUM MAP: 10005.map
English Senior Elective: Film Study (ACP/SCP/GEN) 175, 176, 198
Overview
TIME FRAME: 1 quarter (9 weeks)
GRADE: 12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 4
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING
23.1.1.9.5
-- Students will draw conclusions and use evidence to substantiate them by using texts heard, read and viewed.
23.1.2.9.2
-- Students will interpret information that is implied in a text.
23.1.2.9.4
-- Students will make, support and defend judgments about texts.
23.1.2.9.5
-- Students will discuss and respond to texts by making text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections.
23.1.2.9.6
-- Students will identify and discuss the underlying theme or main idea in texts.
23.1.3.9.4
-- Students will develop vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading and writing.
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING
23.1.3.9.5
-- Students will use content vocabulary appropriately and accurately (math, music, science, social studies, etc.).
23.1.4.9.1
-- Students will respond to the ideas of others and recognize the validity of differing views.
23.1.4.9.2
-- Students will persuade listeners about understandings and judgments of works read, written and viewed.
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
23.2.1.9.1
-- Students will identify the various conventions within a genre and apply this understanding to the evaluation of the text.
23.2.1.9.3
-- Students will explain and explore their own and others’ aesthetic reactions to texts.
23.2.1.9.4
-- Students will analyze literary conventions and devices an author uses and how they contribute meaning and appeal.
23.2.2.9.2
-- Students will develop a critical stance and cite evidence to support the stance.
23.2.3.9.2
-- Students will compare/contrast and evaluate ideas, themes and/or issues across classical and contemporary texts.
23.2.3.9.3
-- Students will create responses to texts and examine each work's contributions to an understanding of human experience across cultures.
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
23.2.4.9.3
-- Students will discuss how the experiences of a reader influence the interpretation of a text.
23.2.4.9.5
-- Students will interpret, analyze and evaluate the influence of culture, history and ethnicity on themes and issues in literature.
23.2.4.9.6
-- Students will evaluate the effectiveness of the choices that authors, illustrators and filmmakers make to express political and social issues.
23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS
23.3.1.9.1
-- Students will use oral language with clarity, voice and fluency to communicate a message.
23.3.1.9.3
-- Students will use the appropriate features of persuasive, narrative, expository or poetic writing.
23.3.2.9.1
-- Students will determine purpose, point of view and audience, and choose an appropriate written, oral or visual format.
23.3.2.9.2
-- Students will apply the most effective processes to create and present a written, oral or visual piece.
23.3.2.9.3
-- Students will revise texts for organization, elaboration, fluency and clarity.
What is "cineliteracy"?
How has technology affected the storytelling abilities and techniques of film?
What directorial decisions and cinematic techniques are effectively utilized in the aesthetics of classic and contemporary films?
This course is an introduction to film study. Students learn to respond critically to films during second and subsequent viewings, as they are introduced to a vocabulary of cinematography. They begin to examine the aesthetic, as well as the entertainment aspects of film. Students will also learn to express their views in film analysis papers.
Students will develop and display:
-- "Cineliteracy" by learning and practicing basic critical viewing theory, and identifying cinematic terms and techniques,
-- The ability to view and analyze films and discuss critical responses to each film,
-- The ability to compose, on a weekly basis, critical analysis papers,
-- An appreciation for the art of cinema,
-- The ability to define, identify, and explain the function of a variety of film terms.
All students will watch a film a week, and view again selected scenes during which time they will be given the opportunity to discuss directional choices and cinematic techniques.
All students will be provided with a model of a critical film paper.
All students will write a 1-2 page paper which analyzes an aspect of a viewed film.
Students taking the course for ACP credit will write an additional paper which compares and contrasts a film watched in class with another film of their choice.
Assessment will be based on the following:
-- Weekly journal responses to films viewed in class,
-- Formal writing: a 300-500 word critical paper analyzing a specific shot or sequence or cinematic technique for films viewed,
-- Student- and teacher-generated questioning and discussion, quizzes and homework assignments,
-- Class participation and presentation.
ACP only:
-- Formal writing: a 3-5 page paper comparing and contrasting an independently viewed film with one from the curriculum.
As time allows, students may also study screenplays, storyboarding, the history of film, and/or technology in films.
An assortment of classical and contemporary films will be selected by each instructor of the class. The many include some of the following:
Nosfartu
All Quiet on the Western Front
King Kong (1933)
Casablanca
Psycho
The Rear Window
Cool Hand Luke
The Sixth Sense
The Others
Jaws
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Wizard of Oz
King Kong (2005)
The Skycap of the World
This course is offered at the ACP, SCP and General level.
This class does not satisfy the literature quarter-course requirement for seniors.