Movie Literature

• High School, full year
• This Full-year class combines movie classics with analysis and writing skills. Every 2 weeks, students will watch a movie classic, then develop writing and analytical skills through specific, focused assignments. Topics include "Uncovering the Plot", "Sizing up Characters", "Pinpointing the Theme", and "Figuring the Philosophy", among others. This class develops college-prep level compositions and literary analysis skills. Movie sessions will be schedules and required as part of the class.
• Movies include 10 required classics:
  • Grapes of Wrath
  • Nicholas Nickelby
  • Hamlet
  • Moby Dick
  • Our Town
  • A Man for All Seasons
  • Les Miserables
  • Ben-Hur
  • Twelfth Night
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • The Scarlett Letter
• Also, 6 of these 14:
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Ivanhoe
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Little Women
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • The Miracle Worker
  • The Glass Menagerie
  • Great Expectations
  • Inherit the Wind
  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Treasure Island
  • Romeo and Juliet