Entries from January 2008
January 2, 2008
Book Review: Planning the Trailer and Essay
Three dates to remember:
Monday, 1/7: Rough Draft of essay due
Friday, 1/11: Final Draft of essay due
Monday, 1/14: Movie Trailer and Poster due
We began class today looking quickly at two different trailers: Wall-E and The Dark Knight. Notice how each trailer played to their movie’s respective core strengths.
I gave out a sheet for your groups to [...]
January 2, 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird: Intro
Today we began our unit on To Kill a Mockingbird by discussing the neighborhoods we live in. Several of you had, ah, interesting stories about unusual characters in your neighborhoods.
I passed out a reading schedule of the book. Please note that there’s a test on the first part of the novel on Thursday, 1/10, and [...]
