Themes in Amlit/Film (Period 3) Assignments

FILM PRESENTATION: American Dream/American Hero;
COLLECTED: Film Presentation Response Form

FILM PRESENTATION: America at War;
HANDOUT: Film Presentation Response form (will collect tomorrow)

FILM: completed The Searchers;
COLLECTED: Viewer Response Log for The Searchers

FILM: continued The Searchers;
COLLECTED: Quarter Four Notebooks

FILM: began The Searchers (viewer response log)

WRITING ASSESSMENT: Things/Apocalypse;
CALENDAR: Course Notebooks due Tuesday June 7

PRESENTATIONS: Apocalypse Journal Presenters (Class Notes);
HANDOUT: The Hollow Men (read and annotate, Reader Response Log);
REMINDER: bring The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Viewer Response Log for in-class writing tomorrow

FILM: completed Apocalypse;
HANDOUT: Apocalyse, Things Notebook Assignments (chose Journal Presenters for tomorrow)

HANDOUT: Course Notebook Evaluation Form;
FILM: continued Apocalypse

FILM: continued Apocalypse

HANDOUT: Evaluation form for Film Presentations;
HANDOUT: background to Apocalypse (with further info on projector, Class Notes);
FILM: begin Apocalypse

HANDOUTS: Hemingway Code Hero (Class Notes), Hemingway Style (Class Notes);
HANDOUT: excerpts from A Farewell to Arms (read, discussed, annotated, Reader Response Log);
HANDOUT: Now I Lay Me (read, annotate, connect code hero traits to Nick Adams, Reader Response Log)

PRESENTATIONS: completed Glory Journal Presenters;
LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Hemingway background (Class Notes)

PRESENTATIONS: Glory Journal Presenters (Class Notes)

FILM: completed Glory;
HANDOUT: Glory Notebook Assignments (journal presenters designated for Monday);
CALENDAR: Quarter Notebooks due June 6, The Things They Carried due June 3, Group Film presentations begin June 9

FILM: continued Glory

DISCUSSION: opening impressions of Glory;
FILM: continued Glory

HANDOUT: intro to Glory (Class Notes);
FILM: began Glory

DISCUSSION: completed Mystery of Heroism Imagery analysis;
LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Ambrose Bierce background information (Class Notes);
HANDOUT: excerpt from Bierce's "Chickamauga" (read and annotate, Reader Response Log)

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: completed Crane background (Class Notes);
DISCUSSION: discussed imagery in Mystery of Heroism (Reader Response Log)

DISCUSSION: Whitman (Drumtaps poetry)(Reader Response Log);
LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Naturalism, Crane (Class Notes);
HANDOUT: Crane "Mystery of Heroism" excerpt (annotate imagery for specific section--due tomorrow)

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: began America at War unit, background on Whitman (Class Notes);
HANDOUT: Drumtaps poetry (Whitman);
GROUPS: read and identified poetic devices in Whitman poems (due tomorrow)

PRESENTATIONS: Cuckoo's Nest journal presenters (mental disorders);
HANDOUT: American Dream symbol assignment (Reader Response Log)

DISCUSSION; completed Cuckoo's Nest quote discussion (should have 27 plus class discussion for notebook--Class Notes);
HANDOUT: Cuckoo's Nest notebook assignments (chose 4 journal presenters for tomorrow for types of mental disorders);

HANDOUT: Outside Film Assignment (reviewed purpose/procedure, film titles)

DISCUSSION: continued Cuckoo's Nest quote analysis (Class Notes)

DISCUSSION: began Cuckoo's Nest quote reports and discussion (Class Notes)

READING TEST: Cuckoo's Nest;
HOMEWORK CHECK: Cuckoo's Nest Quotes;
TEXTBOOKS: checked out The Things They Carried

FILM: completed The Wild One;
DISCUSSION: The Wild One;
HANDOUT: Wild One notebook assignments;
ASSIGNMENT: choose 3 memorable passages from Cuckoo's Nest (beginning, middle, end) type in 36 font with page #, due tomorrow;
REMINDER: Cuckoo's Nest Reading Test tomorrow

DISCUSSION: opening impressions The Wild One;
FILM: continued The Wild One

FILM: began The Wild One

FILM: documentary on Waterfront Contender Scene (Class Notes);
DISCUSSION: Waterfront

FILM: completed Waterfront;
HANDOUT: Waterfront notebook assignments

FILM: continued Waterfront

HANDOUT: On the Waterfront background (discussed with additional class notes)
FILM: began Waterfront

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Transcendentalism/Thoreau;
DISCUSSION: Civil Disobedience (annotated)(Reader Response Log)

DISCUSSION: traits for American National Identity (Class Notes);
DISCUSSION: DeTocqueville "Of Individualism and Democracy" (Reader Response Log);
HANDOUT: Civil Disobedience by Thoreau (read and annotate for tomorrow);
HANDOUT: discussion questions for Civil Disobedience (typed 400 words, Reader Response Log)

REVIEW: Quarter 3 Notebooks and Evaluations;
GROUPS: made list of traits for American National Identity (put on projector and made master list)(Class Notes);
HANDOUT: Of Individualism and Democracy by deTocqueville (read and annotate for Monday)(Reader Response Log)

NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENTS: Bonnie and Clyde (10 items of interest Arthur Penn, 10 subjects/1 theme, Research true story of Bonnie and Clyde--summary and reflection, typed, min 300 words);
DISCUSSION: Bonnie and Clyde

FILM: completed Bonnie and Clyde

DISCUSSION: opening impressions of Bonnie and Clyde;
FILM: continued Bonnie and Clyde

HANDOUT: Intro to Bonnie and Clyde (Class Notes);
FILM: began Bonnie and Clyde

FILM: documentaries on Little Caesar and Public Enemy (Class Notes)

COLLECTED: Quarter Notebooks;
HANDOUT: intro to Cuckoo's Nest (Class Notes);
TEXTBOOKS: checked out Cuckoo's Nest (Reading Test on April 25);
HANDOUT: background to Warner Brothers crime films (Class Notes)

IN-CLASS WORK: finalized Course Notebooks (due tomorrow)

FILM: completed Sun;
DISCUSSION: Sun;
REVIEW: Sun Notebook Assignments

FILM: continued Sun;
HANDOUT: Sun Notebook Assignments;
HANDOUT: An American Tragedy excerpt (read and annotate, Reader Response Log);
EXTENSION: Course Notebooks will be due Thursday

DISCUSSION: opening impressions of Sun;
FILM: continued Sun;
HANDOUT: Notebook Evaluation form;
HANDOUT: Moral Perfection extra credit

HANDOUT: background to A Place in the Sun (Class Notes);
FILM: began Sun

DISCUSSION: completed Winter Dreams;
HANDOUT: Winter Dreams Notebook Assignments

DISCUSSION: Groups report on Winter Dreams (indicate new annotations in different color)

GROUPS: Winter Dreams topics;
HANDOUT: John Wayne article (annotate for extra credit--place in notebook)

INTRO TO AMERICAN DREAM UNIT: definition of the Am Dream, the ideal, the actual (Class Notes);
HOMEWORK CHECK: Poor Richard aphorism (grade recorded)
DISCUSSION: put Poor Richard aphorisms on projector and discussed connections to Am Dream (include 40)(Class Notes)
HANDOUT: Iroquois Constitution (read and annotate)(Reader Response Log);
HANDOUT: Moral Perfection by Ben Franklin (read and annotate)(Reader Response Log);
REMINDER: read and annotate Winter Dreams for Monday

FILM: completed Oxbow;
DISCUSSION: Oxbow;
HANDOUT: Oxbow Notebook assignments;
HANDOUT: Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald (read and annotate for Monday);
ASSIGNMENT: find one aphorism by Ben Franklin (typed, source, due tomorrow)

DISCUSSION: opening impressions of Oxbow;
FILM: continued Oxbow

DISCUSSION: made combined list of associations for Honor, Justice, Morality (need at least 50, Class Notes);
HANDOUT: background to Oxbow Incident;
FILM: began Oxbow

FILM: completed Red River;
HANDOUT: Red River Notebook Assignments;
DISCUSSION: Hawks' vision of the American Dream and the American Hero in Red River

FILM: continued Red River;
ASSIGNMENT: list associations for Honor, Justice, Morality (due Monday, Class Notes)

DISCUSSION: characterizations etc. in Red River;
FILM: continued Red River

CALENDAR: Quarter Three Course Notebooks due March 25;
FILM: continued Red River

HOMEWORK CHECK: Wayne title (grade recorded);
CLASS NOTES: made master list of Wayne titles (expand to 40 for notebook);
HANDOUT: background to Red River (with additional notes discussed in class)(Class Notes);
FILM: began Red River

FILM: completed Mohicans;
DISCUSSION: Mohicans
HANDOUT: Mohican Notebook assignments

FILM: continued Mohicans;
ASSIGNMENT: find one John Wayne film title (typed, include date and source, due Monday)

VIEWER RESPONSE LOG: background to Last of the Mohicans;
FILM: began Mohicans;
HANDOUTS: Cowboy packet (read by Tuesday), Cowboy discussion questions (for notebook)

CLASS NOTES: Elements of Cooper's Romantic Adventure Novels;
DISCUSSION: Deerslayer excerpt (Reader Response Log)

HANDOUT: final page of Gatsby (read and discussed connections to New World, Reader Response Log);
CLASS NOTES: list of images for the American Hero (at least 40);
CLASS NOTES: background on James Fenimore Cooper and Leatherstocking Tales;
HANDOUT: Deerslayer excerpt (read and annotate examples of Deerslayer's romanticized characteristics for tomorrow)

PRESENTATIONS: New World Journal topics (Primitive v. Civilized, John Smith as American Hero, American Dream, Malick's Use of Realism and Dream Images)

LIBRARY: worked on notebook assignments

FILM: completed The New World;
NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENTS: Ten items of interest for Terrence Malick, Ten subjects/One theme for The New World (typed) (reviewed how to write a thematic statement)

FILM: continued The New World;
HOMEWORK CHECK: notebook set-up (grade recorded)

DISCUSSION; opening impressions of The New World;
FILM: continued The New World

PRESENTATIONS: completed New World Reports (Reader Response Logs);
INSTRUCTION: elements/requirements for Viewer Response Logs;
FILM: began Terrence Malick's The New World

FILM: completed The New World;
NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENTS: 10 items of interest for Malick (Research); 10 Subjects/1 theme (Themes); Handout (New World Journals, choose one, may do one more for extra credit) (Journals)