ELA11, CSS, Cizeron

Learning Target(s): Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features of resources reflect a variety of purposes, audiences, and messages. Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understandings and extend thinking   Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing Recognize and identify the role of cultural contexts, values and perspectives in texts.

Discovering and developing our personal and cultural identity means we need to recognize...

1. Relationships and cultural contexts
2. Personal values and choice
3. Personal strengths and abilities

Task:

     The interrelationship between land, story, and community plays a vital role in many works.  Looking closely at the way a story represents place can reveal a lot about human relationships and different ways of understanding place and land.  How can we read a variety of settings - rural, urban, interior, exterior - as enriching our understanding of the way the characters relate to their surroundings, to themselves, to each other?  How does the plot structure, setting, and theme (main idea) portray a cultural identity?

For this discussion forum post, write a film critique as it pertains to relationships and cultural contexts that exist among plot, setting, and theme.  Write a 200-300 word critique of the film and its portrayal of culture.  How is culture portrayed in the movie?  Are there stereotypes?  Is it positive or negative?    This isn't an overall critique of the film, but rather its use of setting, plot, and theme to describe a culture.  You could choose a play or a movie.  Make sure you identify the title of the film in your topic sentence. 

Click here for a sample movie critique.

Click here for an explanation on how to write movie critiques.

 Be sure you:

1. Post your example as described above by clicking Add a New Question.
2. Reply/Respond to your classmates' examples by clicking on their topic and selecting Reply.  Try using the following prompts to guide your response to another post:  "I wonder...", "I know...", "I can...". 

Assessment: Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.   

Learning Target(s):  Exemplary (6/6):   The chosen resource is an exemplary example of cultural representation in film.  The student clearly identifies how plot structure, setting, and theme portray a cultural identity.

Written Expression:  Exemplary (6/6):  Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written, and carefully chosen.  Work has been proofread and there are few or no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.  Content contributes to the central idea and makes insightful connections with logical organization.

Submission:

Use the "3.5 FORUM:  Culture in Film" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your forum contribution by clicking on "Add a New Question" in the forum.  Do not submit to the TEACHER ONLY dropbox.

Estimated Allotted Time: 30 min.