1. What is Literature to Film?

2. We’ll Call It….

3. Memories of Film.. Love film – Renting Top Gun – Checking out from local library for $1.00 each

4. Grew up in Chicago Same high school as John Hughes (Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone)

7. My Philosophy It is always better to know more than to know less. Hard work leads to opportunities and choices, choices that YOU can make

8. And… I know what you have been learning in other English courses. I want / need / hope / desire / crave that you APPLY those skills to THIS course. – Large group discussion skills – Essay writing skills

9. When Do We Meet? Every day 1 period a day 1 semester long EVEN if you’ve “seen the movie before” you need to be here!

10. Credit? When you pass the class at the semester… – Receive.5 of an English credit What if I am on track to already get my 4 credits of English? – This class will drop into the Elective category – You need 6 credits in Electives to graduate!

11. What Will We Do? Study the history and evolution of film. Study the techniques used to make films. Examine clips of and full feature films. Analyze these films for their artistic, literary, and cinematic strengths and weaknesses

12. What Else Will We Do? Take notes Learn from podcasts Watch a ton of good stuff! Yes, we will work in this class!

13. Warning…..Foreshadowing You can’t do little to nothing and expect to pass or to pass with an A, B, or C. You WILL be doing work in this class.

14. Potential Summative Assignments 1)Raider of the Lost Ark Power Point 2)Film Terms Exam 3)Open Note End of Unit 1 Film Exam 4)James Bond Mini-Essay 5)Fight Scene Mini-Essay 6)Final Exam – 2 Clips with Writing

15. But… You will get out of the class what you put in to it!

16. Calendar Example Intro New Topic PODCAST Assigned Watch a Film Quiz on Film PODCAST Due Watch a Film PODCAST Assigned Watch a Film Graded Discussion on Film PODCAST Due Watch a Film PODCAST Assigned Watch a FilmNew TopicWatch a Film PODCAST Due Watch a Film Graded Discussion Exam on FilmNew Topic

17. Assignment Pattern

18. “Flipped Classroom” Philosophy

19. Due Dates / Patterns 1)Intro new theory / technique / methodology. 2)Watch clips that exemplify that. 1)Watch a film that exemplifies that. 2)Viewing guide for each film. 3)Items are due at completion of film / follow-up assignment. 4)End of unit = last turn-in (minus points)

20. FOCUS Teaching reading, writing, and thinking through and with the use of film.

21. We Won’t….. Use this as time to catch up on our sleep (since it will be dark a lot). Use this to catch up on texting.texting Just sit around, watch films, and say we like it or not (without analysis!).

22. WEBSITE Class wiki (many people can add to it) Lhsfilmlit.wikispaces.com

23. MATERIALS Pen and pencil Notebook Folder

24. Cell Phones / iPods

25. You…

26. Some of the Movies at Our Disposal

27. Student Choices? Teacher choice to student choice – Probably 90% / 10% May be units where I give you a choice of 5 movies and you pick. Goal: To expose you to films you haven’t already seen.

28. For example…Hitchcock

29. Why Some…Not Others Thousands to choose from. Criteria….. 1)Artistic / thematic merit 2)Watchability 3)Time 4)School appropriateness

30. Yes….Some are Rated R Syllabus sign-off Be prepared for mature topics and scenes – Will warm up to these… – I NEED to know if this is going to be an issue with YOU…..and YOUR FAMILY

31. ABSENT? 1)Access the wiki’s course schedule page. 2)Go to the day you were gone. 3)Download the handouts / assignments.

32. Answer….. The P Drive P Drive / Student / Lit to Film Bring a flash drive to get a digital copy of the clip. Consult the class wiki on the day assigned. See the clip’s links. – In a Google Folder!

33. Thank you! Please give me your honest feedback as we go through. Let me know what you need more of along the way.