Writing Strategies: Evaluating Film as Literature

Third Quarter Assessment Grade 12

Writing Strategies: Evaluating Film as Literature

English 12 Taylor

This is a two-part assessment. The first part is to choose a film appropriate for school discussion and describe the elements that identifies it as true literature.

The second part of this assessment is to describe the elements of the class-view film “Life Is Beautiful” and describe the elements of that identifies it as true literature.

Three paragraphs for each part will be adequate, a total of six paragraphs. This may be typed or handwritten.

Theme, character, and plot are primary elements of story and narrative that would elevate a film to true literature.

Rubric for assessment for Evaluating Film as Literature

Student Choice; also Rubric for Teacher Choice

Needs improvement                    Satisfactory                                 Superior

1.                                                        Discusses one element

thoroughly

2.                                                         Enhanced vocabulary

3.                                                         Enhanced sentence

                                                    structure and usage.

   This is a Q3 Cumulative Assessment. This is due start of class Thursday, 3/14/19.

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Questions Act V Ms. Taylor

1.  What lesson did you learn from the play?

2.  What omens does Cassius see before the battle?

3.  What effect do the omens have on him? Why do Cassius and Brutus both plan to kill themselves should they lose the battle? What are some key differences in their deaths? How do these differences reflect the contrast in each man’s character?

4.  What are Brutus’ final word? How do these word reveal his essential nobility?

5.  How has Antony felt toward Brutus throughout most of the play? How and why does Anthony’s attitude toward Brutus change at the end?

6.  Now that Octavius and Antony have triumphed, what do you think will become of the Roman republic? Do you think this will be a good or a bad thing?

Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Questions Act V

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Questions Act V

1.    Were you in any way surprised by the way in which this play ends? Why or why not?

2.    In Act V, Scene I, what news causes Romeo to exclaim, “Then I defy you, start”? How are Romeo’s word consistent with what you know of his character?

3.    Identify at least three events that cause the Friar’s scheme to fail. Why is it not surprising that the scheme fails?

4.    How do Romeo and Juliet die? Which is most to blame for the lovers’ deaths—chance, the lovers themselves, or their families? Explain.

5.    How do you think events would have turned out if the apothecary had refused to sell poison to Romeo? What other unique actions in the chain of events, if avoided, could have changed the play’s outcome?

6.    How does the relationship of the feuding families change at the end of the play? Were Romeo and Juliet’s deaths necessary for the feus to end? Explain. Do you think tragedies always lead to peace?

7.    In what ways does Shakespeare’s play provide a valuable lesson about the destructive effects of hatred?