File 6: Movie Review

In the Movie Review task students watch a movie and do a written review of it

In this task you have to create a brochure about a preferred place Tijuana which you would like to recommend to others. It cannot be any place since the idea behind this task is to recommend places for slowing down and eating healty.

Think of public places, restaurants, hotels, spas, cafes and any other place where one can go and have a nice time in the company of family, friends or even alone.

Through out this activity you will have to collect information about a place and, most importantly prioritize so that only the most important things about the place make it to the final version of the brochure. When in doubt about what to include and exclude from a brochure, it is always a good idea to look at ones from other places so go out and pick up flyers, pamphlets and brochures from your favorite places and take note as to how they made them and what is actually on the paper.

In the table below you will find all of the information you need for completing this task successfully.



1. TASK DESCRIPTION
  • Express the positive and negative points of a movie through a written movie review in the hopes of convincing others to watch or not watch the film and also share opinions on the reviews made by others using personal experience of movie watching and review writing.
  • This task is to be done individually.
2. WHAT I NEED

Everyone is encouraged to watch an old or new movie of choice and write the review one it.

  • A movie of choice to watch;
    • we can have everyone watch a different movie or if we have two or more repeats, it would be fine
  • A computer or notebook for taking notes
  • A copy of the Story Map
  • Family or friends to comment the movie with
  • Writing skills
  • Your opinion
  • The file in which to write the review in
  • If you wish to receive feedback from the teacher as you write your review, you will need a Google account (Google Drive).
3. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
4. STEPS TO FOLLOW

While you may decide to watch a movie with your classmates and share the viewing experience, the actual writing of the movie review should be an individual activity.

  1. Select a movie to watch
  2. Print or draw a graphic organizer to help you take notes
  3. Watch the movie a second or third time if you feel it necessary
    • Enrich your notes accordingly
  4. Consult the recommended resources to get an idea of how to write a movie review
  5. Outline the important points to want to talk about
    • If you want teacher feedback as you write, now is about the time you share your document via Google Drive
  6. Develop your paragraphs and express your opinion
  7. IMPORTANT: DO NOT PUBLISH YOUR MOVIE REVIEW BEFORE IT IS FINISHED
  8. Publish your document file in the social group once you have finished writing it
    • if you were sharing your file via GDrive, make your file public and publish the link to your file in the social group. I will write the final comments in the Google Document directly.
    • If you wrote your review privately, publish your file in the social group. I will download it, write comments and then re-upload it.
  9. Read your classmates Movie Reviews and comment on them.
    • if you have already watched a movie someone else has reviewed, make sure to agree or disagree with the person's review.
5. HOW WILL I KNOW I HAVE FINISHED?
  1. I have watched a movie I personally selected.
  2. I took notes on story, characters and other movie details.
  3. I wrote my opinion about the movie in a movie review.
  4. I shared my movie review file in a social network for others to read.
  5. I have read movie reviews written by others and made comments on them.
6. HOW WILL I PRESENT THIS IN CLASS?

Due to the nature of writing, it is generally done outside of class having the final product in a digital file.

  1. This activity will be mostly carried out in a social network.
  2. The movie review file will be published in a designated social network group.
7. HOW WILL THIS TASK BE EVALUATED

This task is the second of three contained in Unit 6. The values presented here are partial to the 50% grade value the unit has in addition to the Learning Journal and Ongoing Evaluation.

The task evaluation will be based on the vocabulary used, the grammar quality and the overall discourse. Also, the social network group comments will be taken into consideration as they provide peer-to-peer feedback and idea exchange.

  • written movie review and social network comments [8%]

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