Monster

Monday, Oct. 12, 2015

Why is the Monster in Alien so Scary Part 2?

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

Go over responses

Learning Target

How is fear used in Alien?

Work Session

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

Complete Jabberwock poster.

Closing Session

What were some of the scary elements?

Differentiation

Student choice, use of visual intelligence, Use of sources to define monster