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aCTIvITy 3.9
Finding Light in Film
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Predicting, Graphic Organizer, Drafting, Oral Reading, Discussion Groups
My Notes
learning Targets
• Explain how screenwriters use literary elements such as setting, character, plot, and mood to develop a theme.
• Present an effective oral reading and transform a written draft into talking points for discussion.
Finding light in the Darkness
1. Return to Activity 3.2 and reread the quotes. Notice that each speaker uses the imagery of light and darkness to express his or her ideas about good and evil, love and hatred, hope and depression—all of which are opposites. How do you think this conflict between opposites might be portrayed in film?
Life Is Beautiful is a fictional story about a family in Italy that is sent to a concentration camp. The father and son are Jewish, but the mother is not. The father tries to protect his son from the ugly realities of the Holocaust by making it seem as if they are playing a game whose prize is a real tank.
2. Based on the information above, predict conflicts that the father might encounter as he tries to convince his son that the concentration camp is just a game.
3. Work in groups of four to take notes on setting, character, plot, and mood in each film clip. Share notes and trade jobs after each clip to complete the graphic organizer on the next page.
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