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ELA 20: Dec 12 Summary of Perspectives / Passages sub-unit… movie viewing…
- I reminded students that their essays were due by the end of the day, the length of their extension. Any essays not handed in will no longer be accepted and their essay topic will change.
- We looked at the “bigger picture” of the unit to see how it all pieces together. I focused on the definitions and meaning of both the words “Perspectives” and “Passages”. Then we reviewed the
literature we’ve studied to see the theme they all have in common – young people struggling through attaining independence and navigating their way while the adults in their lives stand nearby wanting to help, able to help, but are restricted by that exact independence being tested by the youth. - We watched the first part of a wonderful movie that directly speaks to our overall unit of “Anticipation” and specifically looks at perspectives and passages. Here is a link to a summary of the movie’s plot.
- Here’s a link to a video of the beginning of the film. It’s such a great movie!
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Watching the movie The Emperor Club was away to learn about character and morals. Character is something many people, especially teenagers, lack in this world and it was good to watch something that promoted good values. Mr. Hundert was excellent in his knowledge of the past as well as how to deal with his troublesome students. These two aspects made it interesting because I like history and strive to be a morally upright person.
Goals and values i found played a very big part in this movie. Mr. Hundert was a great man with a ton of great values and morals that anyone would love to have. Im glad we got to watch this movie and i think it played into the unit well…