Welcome to the Wonderful World of MiniMovie Making

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Mini-Movie
Making

• Which embeds so many teaching and learning
  opportunities

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Mini-Movie Making

• Movie making is a valuable tool to teach.
• Benefits include but are not limited to

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Mini-Movie Making

• Close reading, understanding, and viewing of the
  short story, historical event, scientific
  discovery, movie on any subject

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Mini-Movie Making

• Using it as a tool for reading and understanding
  the short story, for example, enhances the
  meaning of

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Mini-Movie Making

• Plot
• Theme
• Character
• Setting
• Dialogue

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Mini-Movie Making

• Using it as a tool for understanding and for
  employing t he conventions of script yields the
  following enhancements in

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Mini-Movie Making

• Speaking skills
• Listening skills
• Leadership skills
• Understanding group membership dynamics
• Reflective writing
• Letter writing
• Problem solving
• Thinking skills
• Movie making techniques
• Critical Viewing

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Mini-Movie Making

• In addition, all of the following are addressed.
• Reading, Writing, Reflecting, Cooperative and
  Collaborative Learning, Vocabulary Building,
• Employing multiple intelligences
• Deep learning experiences
• State assessment activities
• Creativity
• Deep Engagement

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Mini-Movie Making

• Indeed, students love this exercise and often go
  on to write more plays, return to view the video
  with friends, publish on such sites as Google,
  request to take home to parents, etc.

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Mini-Movie Making

• In addition, the reflective piece is of unusually
  high caliber because the students are naturally
  and highly motivated in our movie culture society
  to do well. The ancillary skills definitely
  assist them in becoming fully functional
  contributing citizens to advance their own causes
  as well as those of society.

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Mini-Movie
Making

• Which embeds so many teaching and learning
  opportunities

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Mini-Movie Making

• Movie making is a valuable tool to teach.
• Benefits include but are not limited to

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Mini-Movie Making

• Close reading, understanding, and viewing of the
  short story, historical event, scientific
  discovery, movie on any subject

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Mini-Movie Making

• Using it as a tool for reading and understanding
  the short story, for example, enhances the
  meaning of

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Mini-Movie Making

• Plot
• Theme
• Character
• Setting
• Dialogue

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Mini-Movie Making

• Using it as a tool for understanding and for
  employing t he conventions of script yields the
  following enhancements in

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Mini-Movie Making

• Using it as a tool for understanding and for
  employing t he conventions of script yields the
  following enhancements in

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Mini-Movie Making

• Speaking skills
• Listening skills
• Leadership skills
• Understanding group membership dynamics
• Reflective writing
• Letter writing
• Problem solving
• Thinking skills
• Movie making techniques
• Critical Viewing

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Mini-Movie Making

• In addition, all of the following are addressed.
• Reading, Writing, Reflecting, Cooperative and
  Collaborative Learning, Vocabulary Building,
• Employing multiple intelligences
• Deep learning experiences
• State assessment activities
• Creativity
• Deep Engagement

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Mini-Movie Making

• Indeed, students love this exercise and often go
  on to write more plays, return to view the video
  with friends, publish on such sites as Google,
  request to take home to parents, etc.

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Mini-Movie Making

• In addition, the reflective piece is of unusually
  high caliber because the students are naturally
  and highly motivated in our movie culture society
  to do well. The ancillary skills definitely
  assist them in becoming fully functional
  contributing citizens to advance their own causes
  as well as those of society.

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