These last 2 days before break fell perfectly into the planning of my second semester. It actually worked out great for both 12b and creative writing. The students in 12b started watching Slaughter-House Five as my blended class did yesterday. They were also assigned to spot and note any difference in the movie from the book, which there are several. After we watched a portion of the movie, we discussed all the changed that we saw.
In creative writing, I wanted them to see the hero's journey played out, and since The Matrix was actually written to follow this cycle, we started viewing that. They were responsible for noting every aspect of the journey, and also for finding other elements such as the trickster, prophecy, goddess, lone animal going into an enchanted forest, and several others. We also discussed the elements of foreshadowing, symbolism, metaphor, and allusion that are seen in the first part of the movie.
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