How can media change the way that literature is viewed?

Look at these examples on YouTube

Romeo and Juliet (1996)

Beowulf (2007)

My Fair Lady (1964)

 Students: Watch these examples. I want you to compare/ contrast these movie clips to the actual literature that they were insprired from. Ask yourself questions. How are they different? have the charcters changed? Are the charcters static or dynamic? Has the plot changed? How has the media changed the plot? Do you think that by changing or not changing the plot, have more movie tickets been sold?

Student Individual Activity: Choose a novel, play, short story, etc., that interests you and write a movie script for the genre. You are strongly encouraged to change the plot, characters, setting, or time period.

Rubric: The rubric will be generated from the students opinions and own standards. We will make a rubric as a class.

Thought Behind Assignment: I want the students to understand the differences between the literature and the media’s portaryal of literature. I want them to see how media is  shaping our society’s opinion of pieces of literature.

 Standards:

ELA12W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.The student produces narrative writing that applies polished narrative strategies acquired inprevious grades, in other genres of writing such as reflective compositions, historicalinvestigative reports, and literary analyses, by raising the level of critical thinking skills and rhetorical techniques.The student produces expository (informational) writing to explain an idea or concept and/or convey information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently; the student:a. Engages the interest of the reader.b. Formulates a coherent thesis or controlling idea.

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This is serious..get Ready!! 

What’s the best fight song in the nation?  

I love…

• The Manning Family
• Tennessee Volunteers
• Softball
• The Braves
• SEC Football

       I had never seen a blog before this class. I am not “crafty” with technology at all. I’m very happy that this class is offered because I’m learning about different aspects of technology that I have never heard of before such as RSS (Real Simple Syndication). I know how to check my e-mail and my phone. I love text messaging. That’s all…

         I never thought that blogging could be so simple. The textbook opened my eyes to the fact that technology can be not only safe but also fun. It is important to let students know that they must be safe on the internet. Privacy is the key. Maybe that is why I only check e-mail on my computer.

        In some ways I think that blogging is too public. I agree with Richardson that blogging can be productive in some cases. I have to wonder though, is blogging sometimes unsafe? I can see how it can help companies or even teachers. Teachers can post assignments for the students as well as have a discussion for the topic on the blog.

          I have one question. When I was growing up, I didn’t always have a working computer. What about the students who do not own computers? Even if the students do have the computers, students do not always make wise decisions about what they post on the internet.

        Just some thoughts…

We’re back in school!! Homework, homework, homework. What is a girl to do?