After thinking about what standards I want to use for the Unit Plan, I decided that I will incorporate the following standards in my lesson plan:
8.4.6.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the
characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created
through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects
as suspense or humor.
7.5.7.7 Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video,
or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each
medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the
delivery of a speech affects the impact of the
words).
I will use the poem "The Beast" by Gwen Strauss to teach this unit. The poem is about the Beast from the classic story "Beauty and the Beast." The ending of the poem is vastly different from the ending of the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. I want to include media literacy in this unit plan, so I will show certain clips from the Disney movie after the students have done pre-reading activities for the poem and after they have read the poem. I want the students to compare clips of the movie and the poem and talk about various reasons why there are differences. Did the author and the Disney filmmakers have different goals in mind or different audiences that they wanted to reach? I also want students to think about how they would feel if they were the Beast in both scenarios. For an after-reading activity, I think it would be fun for the students to question whether the story would be different if the Beast was a woman and Beauty was a man. Their final project will be to create a story with pictures having gender roles reversed from the poem "The Beast" and the movie Beauty and the Beast. The students will work on this project in groups.
For this unit plan, I will need copies of the poem "The Beast" and access to a DVD player to play clips of the movie Beauty and the Beast. Students will also need art supplies, such as crayons and colored pencils, and paper to write their story.
Obviously, this is a very rough draft. If anyone has any more ideas about what I could do for a pre-reading activity or any other suggestions, please let me know. I am aware that this information does not contain enough materials for a five-day lesson plan, so if anyone has suggestions for other texts, I would appreciate it.
I found it really interesting that you started out by looking at the standards. My student teach said, "We'll probably be in a drama unit." That was all I got. I obviously need to sit down at look at the standards but that isn't typically where I go first so I thought that was interesting. I like the idea of using a poem and comparing it to the movie as well as the role reversal project. I wonder in you could find a short play that the students could act out that shows another side of the story. Im sure you can find something like this online. It might be fun for the students to get to "be" a character.
ReplyDeleteHi Karla, I like the core concept of this proposal so far. Comparing and contrasting across media is both engaging and offers opportunities for high level thinking. Obviously, you have strong justification from the standards as well. What I think the concept still needs is a bit broader focus, which might help you get to relevant essential questions. For example, could this unit be about multiple versions of fairy tales more generally? Why are fairy tales still so popular? Remade so often? How do fairy tales reflect the time period/ culture from which they come? What ways to they express the important values and beliefs of the culture?
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you'd like to meet to discuss this in more detail.