Activity Overview
Students will read sample movie reviews to understand the voice of the movie critic. Students will also watch an episode of Ebert and Roeper.
Before the Activity
See the attached Activity PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity.
Print the appropriate pages from the Activity for your class.
Install the LearningCheck™ App on the students' graphing calculators following the attached instructions.
Using either a TI Connectivity cable or a TI-Navigator™ System, send the LearningCheck file for the Movie Review Anticipation Guide to survey the students and promote discussion.
During the Activity
Distribute the appropriate pages from the Activity to your class
Distribute the LearningCheck file(s) to your class using TI Connect™ and the appropriate TI Connectivity cable
Follow the procedures outlined in the Activity
Students will:
Draw on a broad base of knowledge about the universal themes of literature such as initiation, love and duty, heroism, illusion and reality, salvation, death and rebirth, and explain how these themes are developed in a particular work of literature.
Develop, explain, and defend interpretations of complex literary works.
Explain how details of language, setting, plot, character, conflict, point of view, and voice in a work of literature combine to produce a dominant tone, effect, or theme.
Examine, explain, and evaluate, orally and in writing, various perspectives concerning individual, community, national, and world issues reflected in literary and nonliterary texts.
Write a coherent argument that takes a position, accurately summarizes an opposing position, refutes that position, and cites persuasive evidence.
Write essays demonstrating the capacity to communicate knowledge, opinions, and insights to an intended audience through a clear thesis and effective organization of supporting ideas.
Demonstrate confidence and poise during presentations.
Speak fluently with varied inflection and effective eye contact, enunciating clearly at an appropriate rate and volume.
After the Activity
Wrap up the activity by asking group representatives to report the conclusions of their groups.