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S E P T 1 5 T H
ACTION
AGENDA
• Review skill expectations for assessments• Introduce new skill: Title importance/significance• Begin new genre: Action• End Goal: Be able to identify action movies and PROVE it.
RECAP: CHARACTERIZATION
• Trait
• Specific Scene
• Explanation
• Reminders: Trait should cover ENTIRE movie and that show show in the explanation• Character traits, not physical.
RECAP: QUOTE ANALYSIS
•Why is this quote important?
• Answers must be AT LEAST 3 sentences long!!!!!!!!
• What does it reveal about the plot?• What does it reveal about a
character? Can you use it in characterization?
• How does it further the theme?• Can you use it to make a
prediction?• Does it reveal something to the
audience, but not the characters?• Does it dramatically change the
why you feel about a character or situation?
• Is it a plot twist? Was it surprising?
NEW SKILL: TITLE SIGNIFICANCE
• Is the title significant?
• Minimum:• 2 sentences
• How does it tie to the movie?• Do the words in the title
have a significant meaning?• What does it reveal about
the movie or the characters?• Would there be a better
title? If so, what? Why?
TITLE SIGNIFICANCE: EXAMPLE
• Road to Perdition
• Is this title significant?
• Perdition: A state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful person passes after death.• Utter destruction or
ruin• hell
ACTIONAND USUALLY ADVENTURE
ACTION
• Physical action takes precedence in the story telling• Continuous motion and action• Physical stunts• Chases• Fights• Battles• Races
• USUALLY: there is a hero who has a goal, but is facing incredible obstacles
SUB-GENRES
• Action Comedy•Disaster Film•Girls with Guns• Action-War
INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
• An adventuring archeologist races around the world to single-handedly prevent the Nazis from turning the Ark of the Covenant into a weapon of world conquest.
REFLECTIONS
• What are some of your life goals?• What are the most important things you want to
accomplish before you die?
QUOTE 1
• “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
• Agree/Disagree with this quote? Explain.• Is there anything not worth sacrificing in order to
obtain those goals?• Is there such a thing as a goal that is too high?
Explain your answer,
REFLECTION QUESTION
• What does it mean to be adventurous?• Is being adventurous a good or a bad thing?
Explain.
QUOTE 2
• “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” –Helen Keller
• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree with it?• How can you apply it to your own life?
QUOTE 3
• “Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.” –George Eliot
• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree with it? Why or why not?• How can you apply it to your own life?
QUOTE 4
• “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.” –Theodore Roosevelt
• What does this quote mean?• What are something “great causes” in your life
that would justify these risks? Explain in detail.
QUOTE 5
• “Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced.” – Edward Norton
• Do you agree with this quote? Explain.• Are there any risks that should be avoided?• Does this quote describe you?