Myth: The Lion King Week One: The Lion King : http://fpx.de/fp/Disney/Scripts/ Scene and Lyrics: Circle of Life Journal Entry: “Circle of Life” Vocabulary: Stage directions, Scenes in a script Chapters in a novel Parenthetical Parts http://www.lionking.org/scripts/Script.html “Painting Scene” “Sunrise Scene” Journal Entry: Delicate Balance “Water Hole Scene” Review: “Sunrise Scene” “Morning Report” and Puns “Scar Tricks Simba Scene” “Bath Scene” (Introduction to Water Hole)
• Essential Question: “Do we inherit a self, or do we create a self?” (David Denby) Does Simba inherit a self, or does he create a self? (David Denby) • What is the origin of a myth? • Identify elements of a myth? • Identify the characters. Lion King DVD: Special Features Week Two: “Elephant Graveyard Scene” “Disciplinary Star Scene” Journal Entry: Footprints
The Lion King : http://fpx.de/fp/Disney/Scripts/ “Be Prepared Scene” Define ‘parenthetical parts’?
http://www.lionking.org/scripts/Script.html “Stampede Scene” “Buzzards Scene” (Intro to Hakuna Matata) “Hakuna Matata Scene” “Zazu Sings Scene” “Second Star Scene”
Are lyrics metaphors? Explain.
Week Three: “Discovery Scene” “Can’t You Feel the Love Tonight Scene”
The Lion King : http://fpx.de/fp/Disney/Scripts/ “Hammock Scene” Journal Entries: What is responsibility? Define. What does ‘Rafifki’s hit’ imply; signify; symbolize? Explain all three parts.
http://www.lionking.org/scripts/Script.html “Timon and Nala Scene” “Running Scene” “Ledge Scene” “Hula Scene” “Confrontation Scene” Optional Discussion and/or class activity: Hamlet’s Soliloquy, To Be Or Not To Be Journal Entries: Describe the ‘Circle of Life’. Explain the significance of the ‘Circle of Life’ in Simba’s life experience; in your own life experience.
Week Four:
The Lion King : http://fpx.de/fp/Disney/Scripts/
http://www.lionking.org/scripts/Script.html Use the parts you highlighted to write your draft. Draft a three-page composition from your journal entries and the essential question/writing prompt. Arial (Arial Narrow) font 10, 1.5 spacing, justified margins. Peer Revision Skills and Strategies: • Exchange drafts with a friend. • Read each other’s drafts. Partner Suggestions for Revision: 1. Identify parts of the draft that you just like; parts that make you think; parts that challenge. 2. Suggest details about which you would like to know more. 3. Discuss word choice and sentence structure as partners. Peer-editing Skills and Strategies: • Peer-edit your drafts. • Check spelling, • Evaluate your punctuation choices, • Document evidence using MLA citation Typed draft due Monday. Format: • 1 1/2 to 2 pages in length • Arial Font 10 Or Arial Narrow Font 10 Or Times New Roman Font 10 • 1.5 spacing • Justified margins Note: If you need more than two pages, please use Arial Narrow or Times New Roman. These are smaller fonts. [We will edit it together - teacher/student during a writing conference.]
Compare the beginning of the myth to the end of the myth. Identify the strategies you will use to develop a composition from your journal entries and the essential question/writing prompt.
Collect and read through all your notes and journal entries. Highlight the parts that will best answer the writing prompt. Identify the strategies you will use to narrow the focus of your composition.
The Lion King Massachusetts Frameworks: http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html [Current ELA Frameworks] http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/docs/0109/item6.html [Draft of New ELA Frameworks]
Language and Literature 8.23 Use knowledge of genre characteristics: analyze text 8.24 Interpret mood and tone, and give supporting evidence in a text. 8.25 Interpret a character’s traits, emotions, or motivation and give supporting evidence from a text. 9.5 Relate a literary work to artifacts, artistic creations, or historical sites of the period of its setting. 12.4 Locate and analyze elements of plot and characterization and then use an understanding of these elements to determine how qualities of the central characters influence the resolution of the conflict. 16.8 Identify common structures (magic helper, rule of three, transformation) and stylistic elements (hyperbole, refrain, simile) in traditional literature. 16.9 Identify conventions in epic tales. 16.10 Identify and analyze similarities and differences in mythologies from different cultures. 16.7 Compare traditional literature from different cultures 17.5 Identify and analyze elements of setting, plot, and characterization in the plays that are read, viewed, written, and/or performed. 17.6 Identify and analyze the similarities and differences in the presentation of setting, character, and plot in texts, plays, and films. 18.4 Develop and present characters through the use of basic acting skills (memorization, sensory recall, concentration, diction, body alignment, expressive detail), explain the artistic choices made, and use a scoring guide with teacher developed categories (content, presentation style) to create a rubrics for assessment.
Composition 19.19 Write stories or scripts with well-developed characters, setting, dialogue, clear conflict and resolution, and sufficient descriptive detail. 19.20 Write poems using poetic techniques (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme), figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification), and graphic elements (capital letters, line length, word position). 21.6 Revise writing to improve organization and diction after checking the logic underlying the order of ideas, the precision of vocabulary used, and the economy of writing. 21.7 Improve word choice by using a variety of references (dictionaries, thesauruses, dialects, …).
Resources: Myths: The Lion King : http://fpx.de/fp/Disney/Scripts/ or http://www.lionking.org/scripts/Script.html Vocabulary, grammar and MCAS prep are integrated in the reading of the novels. MCAS Question Search: http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/search/ MCAS Student Answer : http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/