Movie Suggestions
Posted by drpezz on April 19, 2008
I love using film clips or outside of class movies to enrich my students’ learning experiences, and the kids respond enthusiastically when I do use the cinema to enhance units. Any suggestions?
I have the following novels to teach this semester:
- To Kill A Mockingbird,
- Frankenstein,
- Fahrenheit 451,
- A Gathering of Old Men, and
- Beowulf.
I will show the film versions for the first two novels, but I’d love some other ideas. I do have some initial notions, but I’d like to see what I can do to broaden my film clip selections.
Also, anybody have any good comics alluding to any of these novels?
mrschili said
Oooh! I LOVE teaching Frankenstein!
There’s a good remake of the film – MUCH better than anything else I’ve seen – put out by Hallmark Entertainment. It’s the only movie I’ve yet encountered that takes on the question of the Creature’s humanity. Really, I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Let me think about the others for a bit; I’m sure there are a couple of good films to show alongside TKaM, but they’re not coming to me right now…
mzzteacher said
My just turned 12 year old son finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird, which I think is pretty impressive for a 6th grader. He told me that it’s one of his favorite books!
drpezz said
It is an excellent novel, and the film is one of the few cinematic adaptations I will fully show in class. My students really engage with the book, and I enjoy watching them get angry, excited, upset, and outraged as they read it.