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Feature Film Lesson Plans

Graham Stanley has produced lesson plans/worksheets for 3 films: Vertigo, Breakfast At Tiffany's and Shallow Grave. He says:
"You can use these lesson plans/worksheets as I'm doing, as the basis of classes with an advanced group without additional material. They will have difficulty in understanding some of the dialogue without transcription or repeated listenings, but many of the lesson plans feature transcripts of sections of the film and there are links to screenplays (where available)."

JibJab

JibJab "hosts various animations, including the now-famous Bush-Kerry parody, in which the two candidates take verbal jabs at each other to the tune of 'This Land Is Your Land,' only to decide at the end that there's room enough in America for both of them and their cohorts." (Source: www.pcmag.com).

AtomFilms

"AtomFilms is where the Web goes to watch movies, providing on-demand viewing of over 1,500 world-class film and animation titles ranging from 1 to 30 minutes in length. Collectively, more than 20 million entertainment fans visit the AtomShockwave sites each month." And it's free!

Film Education

Film Education, a site funded by the UK Film Industry, has a directory of films recommended for use in the classroom. Many of them have downloadable PDF guides. There is also a series of online study guides for a number of films.

Karin's ESL Partyland - Teaching with Film and Video

5 movie lessons: Vertigo, All The President's Men, Do The Right Thing, Bonnie & Clyde and Dead Man Walking.

Teaching with Films

A good page of links from the Académie de Versailles. Some material in French.

6 Film Scenes

Skip Downing has ideas for using 6 film scenes including Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Movie Reviews (Critical Response)

"In this CLAS lesson, students choose any movie and pretend they're selling it door-to-door. They will write a lively one-page sales pitch for the item they are peddling."

The Blockbuster Movie Lesson Plan

"This lesson introduces students to the phenomenon of the 'blockbuster' movie – its history, characteristics and influences. Students will also explore the role of audience in the creation of a 'blockbuster' and analyze their own responses to current blockbuster films. Students will learn about the process involved in turning a film into a blockbuster by devising promotional campaigns for an imaginary movie." Also available as a PDF file.

Groundhog Day Lesson Plan

Here's a lesson plan for Groundhog Day, one of my favourite movies. From Linell Davis of Nanjing University English department who has also written a short guide on teaching with movies.