So I have been thinking for a while about how to make the time spent with movie shorts more meaningful without making it more repetitive. I am always all about repetition without being repetitive! This idea came to me at the very end of last school year, and I couldn't wait to put it into action--which is why it is the first thing I did with my Latin II class this year. It's simple in premise, and only a little complicated in application, but I think the benefits are really outstanding. The premise is: for two days in a row, do two movie talks, then on a third day, compare and contrast them in some way. The application takes a little more finesse, I realized, as I looked at the vocabulary I needed to teach and reinforce, and realized I needed to do two things to make this work:
Day 1 Bao Movie Short If time permits, Vocabulary Match Cards Day 2 Far From the Tree Movie Short If time permits, Vocabulary Bricks Day 3 Pairs of Shorts Activity* Please see explanation below! Discussion in class about the characters and students' evaluations of them and their motivations. Helpful Resources!
Final Takeaways I think this was a successful shakeup of the normal movie talk pattern. Students stayed engaged with the vocabulary because there was always something new to see and hear. I enjoyed the change in pattern myself and felt more excited to teach each day when there was new material, even though the words were the same. My eventual plan is to do something similar with less scaffolding for the discussion, but for right now, this is Latin II and we haven't even attended a full week of school, so I'll let them ease in a little!
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