Friday, October 9, 2015

Friday, Oct. 9, 2015
Why is the Monster in Alien so Scary?
Standards
RL.9-10.2 - Common Core State Standards
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.9-10.10 - Common Core State Standards
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9—10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.<br/><br/>By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9—10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Activator

Brainstorm what is scary about a monster in yesterday’s readings.


Learning Target
How is fear use in Alien?

Work Session

Brainstorm elements of a monster in media.
Analyse the movie to locate how the director makes choices in a monster movies: Alien.


Closing Session
What were some of the scary elements?

Differentiation

Students can use a variety of technologies to find definitions of the words in Jabberwocky, the article text can be differentiated to appeal to different reading levels, monster definitions are student-generated.



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