October 11, 2018 - Thursday

Class Work

1. If you have not yet shared your "wall" information, now is the time. We love to travel!
Watch the movie before writing and take notes!

Use the paper sheet provided. It is a modification of the page noted at the link.

MOVIE REVIEW WORKSHEET

Name: _______________________________________ Date: ________/________/________

 Movie Review Worksheet

Complete this worksheet to assist with writing your film review. Before the movie:

1. What is name of the movie? When was it released? _________________________________________________________________________________

2. Who directed it?  What else has this person directed? _________________________________________________________________________________

 3. What is the name of the book it was based on and who is the author? (If any.)_____________________________________________________________________________

4. Were there any awards for the movie, director, or actors? _______________________________________________________________________________

During the movie:

1. List the important characters as they appear. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
2. Pay attention to the musical score and special effects.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Note the actors and characters. Were they believable? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 2. Make a note of important events as they happen. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

After the movie:

1. Write a short summary of the movie. _______________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
2. What group of people would like this movie - in other words, who is the audience? _________________________________________________________________________________
3. What is the lesson or moral of this movie? What did you learn from it? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
4.  Describe a scene or part of the movie you liked _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
5.  Describe a scene or part of the movie you didn't like _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Overall, would you recommend this movie? Why or why not?

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2. Looking at movie reviews - see Rotten Tomatoeshttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/

A. We will look at a review in class together.

B. For homework, look at two additional reviews. Answer: Would you view the movie or not based on the review? Explain. What was convincing? What was missing? What else would you like to know before spending your time and/or money? 

50 Points. 

3. Begin viewing In the Time of the Butterflies. (A question/answer sheet will be provided. )

The BIG topic is war. What other words come to mind that are related to war?  (Create a mind map at your table.)