S E P T 1 5 T H

ACTION

AGENDA

• Review skill expectations for assessments• Introduce new skill: Title importance/significance• Begin new genre: Action• End Goal: Be able to identify action movies and PROVE it.

RECAP: CHARACTERIZATION

• Trait

• Specific Scene

• Explanation

• Reminders: Trait should cover ENTIRE movie and that show show in the explanation• Character traits, not physical.

RECAP: QUOTE ANALYSIS

•Why is this quote important?

• Answers must be AT LEAST 3 sentences long!!!!!!!!

• What does it reveal about the plot?• What does it reveal about a

character? Can you use it in characterization?

• How does it further the theme?• Can you use it to make a

prediction?• Does it reveal something to the

audience, but not the characters?• Does it dramatically change the

why you feel about a character or situation?

• Is it a plot twist? Was it surprising?

NEW SKILL: TITLE SIGNIFICANCE

• Is the title significant?

• Minimum:• 2 sentences

• How does it tie to the movie?• Do the words in the title

have a significant meaning?• What does it reveal about

the movie or the characters?• Would there be a better

title? If so, what? Why?

TITLE SIGNIFICANCE: EXAMPLE

• Road to Perdition

• Is this title significant?

• Perdition: A state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful person passes after death.• Utter destruction or

ruin• hell

ACTIONAND USUALLY ADVENTURE

ACTION

• Physical action takes precedence in the story telling• Continuous motion and action• Physical stunts• Chases• Fights• Battles• Races

• USUALLY: there is a hero who has a goal, but is facing incredible obstacles

SUB-GENRES

• Action Comedy•Disaster Film•Girls with Guns• Action-War

INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

• An adventuring archeologist races around the world to single-handedly prevent the Nazis from turning the Ark of the Covenant into a weapon of world conquest.

REFLECTIONS

• What are some of your life goals?• What are the most important things you want to

accomplish before you die?

QUOTE 1

• “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson

• Agree/Disagree with this quote? Explain.• Is there anything not worth sacrificing in order to

obtain those goals?• Is there such a thing as a goal that is too high?

Explain your answer,

REFLECTION QUESTION

• What does it mean to be adventurous?• Is being adventurous a good or a bad thing?

Explain.

QUOTE 2

• “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” –Helen Keller

• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree with it?• How can you apply it to your own life?

QUOTE 3

• “Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.” –George Eliot

• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree with it? Why or why not?• How can you apply it to your own life?

QUOTE 4

• “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.” –Theodore Roosevelt

• What does this quote mean?• What are something “great causes” in your life

that would justify these risks? Explain in detail.

QUOTE 5

• “Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced.” – Edward Norton

• Do you agree with this quote? Explain.• Are there any risks that should be avoided?• Does this quote describe you?