Name:______________________

Date:_________________

AdaptationsFromLiteratureToFilm

Standards:
9.4.1.1
Citestrongandthoroughtextualevidencetosupportanalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitlyas
wellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.

9.4.4.4
Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinthetext,includingfigurativeand
connotativemeaningsanalyzethecumulativeimpactofspecificwordchoicesonmeaningandtone(e.g.,
howthelanguageevokesasenseoftimeandplacehowitsetsaformalorinformaltone).

9.7.6.6
Usetechnology,includingtheInternet,toproduce,publish,andupdateindividualorshared
writingproducts,takingadvantageoftechnologyscapacitytolinktootherinformationandtodisplay
informationflexiblyanddynamically.

9.9.5.5
Makestrategicuseofdigitalmedia(e.g.,textual,graphical,audio,visual,andinteractive
elements)inpresentationstoenhanceunderstandingoffindings,
reasoning,andevidenceandtoaddinterest.

9.9.8.8
Asanindividualorincollaboration,createamultimediawork,aremixoforiginalworkandthe
workofothers,orapieceofdigitalcommunicationforaspecificpurpose(e.g.,tointerpretorrespondto
apieceofliterature,torepresentthematicsimilaritiesbetweentwoliteraryworks,tointeractor
collaborateglobally,tocritiqueacurrenteventorsocialissue.)

A. Present,transform,orremixcontentinanethicalmanner,demonstratingan
understandingofcopyright,attribution,citation,theprinciplesofFairUse,andofthe
differenttypesofCreativeCommonslicenses.
B. Publishtheworkandsharewithanaudience.

9.11.1.1
DemonstratecommandoftheconventionsofstandardEnglishgrammarandusagewhenwriting
orspeaking.
A. Useparallelstructure.*
B. Usevarioustypesofphrases(noun,verb,adjectival,adverbial,participial,prepositional,
absolute)andclauses(independent,dependentnoun,relative,adverbial)toconvey
specificmeaningsandaddvarietyandinteresttowritingorpresentations.

Directions:
YourGOAL,asagroup,istocreatea1015minutelongvideointerpretationofasectionofone
ofthetextswereadasaclassoverthecourseoftheunit.YouhavetheseROLES:Screenwriter,Director,
Costumedesigner,Actor/voiceactor(orsomeonetoprovideactorsandteachthemthelines/readthelines
themselves).
YourAUDIENCEisagroupofproducersthatyouwishtopitchyourinterpretationto.Youfind
yourselvesinaSITUATIONwhere,inordertoconvincethemtohelpyoudothingslikeadvertiseand
raisemoney,youmustprovethatyourideasforyourultimatePRODUCT(avideoandscript)are
understandablysimilarordifferenttotheoriginalmaterialthroughtextualevidence(explicitlyor
implicitly)citedwithinyourvideo.Remember,youonlyhaveamaximumof15minutestopersuadeyour
audiencetodropmillionsofdollarsonyourmovieidea.YourSUCCESSwillmainlybemeasuredby
strongtextualevidence,adherencetotheethicacyofyourproject,anduseofgrammaticalconventions
withinyourvideoandscript.

Grading:
Thisprojectwillbegradedonascaleof14(seerubricbelow).

Requirements:
1. Ascriptthatincludesthefollowing:
a. Textualevidencefromthereadingtosupportpartsofyourscriptsinterpretation.
b. Anotatedversionofyourscriptwithjustificationsastowhyatleast710linesare
incorporatedintoyourinterpretationthewaytheyare.
i.
Thingstoaskyourselfwhenjustifyingcertainpiecesoftextualevidence:
1. Whatistheimpactofthesewordschoicesonthestory?
2. Howdotheyaffecttheinterpretationstone?
c. Copiesofyourjournalpredictionsattachedtoyourannotatedscriptiftheyhavebeen
incorporatedintothescriptinterpretation.
d. Withinthenotatedversionofyourscript,pleaseHIGHLIGHTatleastoneuseofparallel
structure,and
UNDERLINE
atleastoneinstanceofeachofthesegrammaticalstructures:
i.
noun,verb,adjectival,adverbial,participial,prepositional,absolute...
ii.
clauses:
1. independent
2. dependent:
a. noun
b. relative
c. adverbial
e. Anelectronicsubmissionofyourvideotodropbox.com
f. Bringinaphysicalcopyofyourvideotoclasson(whateverdate).
g. Creditsattheendofyourvideomustdemonstrateanunderstandingofcopyright,
attribution,citation,theprinciplesofFairUse,andofthedifferenttypesofCreative
Commonslicensesthatwetalkedaboutinclass.

Sidenote:
Youmayusewhatevertoolsarenecessaryandappropriateforthetask.Ifyouractorsarelego
people,sobeit!Getcreativewithyourwork.
Ifyouplantosetyourprojectwithinoneofthepredictionjournalpromptswewroteinclass,you
mustattachittoyourannotatedscript.
WewillhavethreeORfourclassperiodsfortoworkwithyourgrouponyourproject.
EXPECTTOMEETATLEASTONCEWITHYOURGROUPOUTSIDEOFCLASS.

Onthesecondtolastandlastdaysofgroupwork,IwillbelookingthroughEVERYONESchecklist,so
makesuretohaveasmuchdoneaspossiblewhenitcomestoyourgrammaticalconventions.Afterthat,
ThenexttimeIwillcheckthemiswhenIgradethem.Donotprocrastinate.

Rubric:

3(Meetsstandard)

4(+)

Approximatelyonethirdof
therequiredgrammatical
structuresarepresentand
usedcorrectly.

Allgrammaticalstructures
arepresentandused
correctly:
noun,verb,adjectival,
adverbial,participial,
prepositional,absolute
Clauses:independent,
dependentnoun,relative,
adverbial

Textualevidence Sometextualevidencemay
used
bepresent.
Justificationsarepresent.

Strongtextualevidenceis
usedtosupportanalysisof
whatthetextsaysexplicitly
aswellasinferencesdrawn
fromthetext.Eachpieceis
expertlyjustified.

Videoandscript
adhere

correctlytoall
copyright,
attribution,citation,the
principlesofFairUse,and
ofthedifferenttypesof
CreativeCommonslicenses.

Grammatical
conventionsused

Ethical
presentation

1(Revise)

Videoandscriptinclude
creditsandcitations

Checklist:
Physicalcopyofvideo(DVDprovidedbyteacher)
Digitalcopyofvideo(viadropbox.com)
Between1015minutesinlength
Scripts:12ptfont,doublespaced,CourierNewFont
Cleancopyofscript(printed)
Annotatedcopyofscript
Grammaticalstructures:
noun
verb
adjectival
adverbial
participial
prepositional
absolute
clauses:
independent
dependent:
noun
relative
adverbial

710citedpiecesoftextualevidenceinannotatedscriptcopy
Justifications
Highlightparallelstructure
Underlinegrammaticalstructures

Creditsattheendofyourvideo:
Extracreditopportunities:
Predictionjournalpromptused(uptotwo).
Additionalpiecesofevidenceused(uptothree)thatisexpertlyjustified.