More than a third of students from low‑income households
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Students are currently reading the 2017 National Book Award Winner "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas in literature class.
Movies can be an integral part of the language arts classroom when they are used in ways that encourage and develop students' critical thinking.
In this unit students will explore matching texts—novels and the movies adapted from them—to develop their analytical strategies. They will use graphic organizers to draw comparisons between the two texts and hypothesize about the effect of adaptation. They will analyze the differences between the two versions by citing specific adaptations in the film version, indicating the effect of each adaptation on the story, and deciding if they felt the change had a positive effect on the overall story.
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Students are currently reading the 2017 National Book Award Winner "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas in literature class.
Movies can be an integral part of the language arts classroom when they are used in ways that encourage and develop students' critical thinking.
In this unit students will explore matching texts—novels and the movies adapted from them—to develop their analytical strategies. They will use graphic organizers to draw comparisons between the two texts and hypothesize about the effect of adaptation. They will analyze the differences between the two versions by citing specific adaptations in the film version, indicating the effect of each adaptation on the story, and deciding if they felt the change had a positive effect on the overall story.