final project!!!!

Monthly Lesson Plan

Name: Cassandra Masson

Program: Book & Film         Date Submitted: December 7, 2010

Grade: 4^th       Days/hours of program: Wednesday and Friday 2-4pm

                                                                                                                            

·        Objective: The objective of book and film is to have the participants understand the differences and similarities of a book to a film. The participants will also learn vocabulary words from book and film as well as learning what an archetype is and finding one form the film.

·        Materials: Construction paper, glue, markers, Access to the internet.

·        Literature/ Resources: The book “Frog Prince” and the film princess and the frog.

·        Outcome: The outcome of this program will be the participants creating a book and film journal. In that journal the participants will have the differences and similarities of the book and film, their favorite part in the book and film and an archetype seen in the movie.

Week of 12/1/10

Wednesday: Participants will begin first day of program with a game called “does that book have a film?” the concept of the game is to name some books and ask the participants does it have a movie. After the game, Participants will be asked, are all books exactly the same as the movie? Participants will name all books they’ve read with movies with them.

Friday: Participants will be introduced to the book they will be reading as well as the film they will be watching. Participants will write an educated guess on what the book/ film will be about and also guess the differences and similarities of the book and film.

Week of 12/6/10

Wednesday: Participants will be split up into groups and be given a copy of the “prince frog” to read in groups. While reading the book they will come up with questions and answers that they have and vocabulary words that they may not understand.

Friday: Participants will be introduced to what an archetype is. They will also finish the “prince frog” if not already or finish answering their questions about the book.

Week of 12/13/10

Wednesday: Participants will watch the film “Princess and the Frog” and answer some questions I have for them on a worksheet.     

Friday: Participants will finish Film and as a class talk about what archetype seen in the film.

Week of 12/20/10

Wednesday: Participants will spend the class time working on their journals.

Friday: Participants will finish journals and present them in front of the class.