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Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Adaptations are often used to retell old stories in new mediums. However, not all adaptations are exactly like their originals. This lesson helps students understand how inclusions and omissions can change a story.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify how a production team departs or stays faithful to the original text by evaluating its omissions and inclusions.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Begin the lesson by asking students to turn to others nearby and analyze each other's faces and physical features.
- Then, ask them to each pull out a pencil and sheet of lined paper.
- Inform them that they will each have one minute to respectfully sketch the person in front of them, but that there is one rule: They may not look down at their paper while doing so.
- Give students one minute to complete the activity.
- Allow them to exchange sketches and discuss the similarities between the real person and the one on the paper.
