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6 thoughts on “Movie Talk Thoughts – 1 ”
I completely agree with ALL your reasons, though I do sometimes default to MT. Some teachers use the story line of the MT to do all kinds of front-loading work, in the same way others use Matava or Tripp-style scripts or super-mini-stories. I often do it this way – where the movie clip is more of a payoff than a medium. So when I did the Snoopy making toast and popcorn for T-giving clip (90 seconds – Google ‘Snoopy making toast’) before they knew abtt he clip I got lots of PQA out of asking what Ss make for T-giving, with my grocery cart of fake cognate foods nearby; I asked about who helps prep the meal at home; what the table looks like, how many are invited; # kids, grown-ups…
I basically front-loaded all the language that would come up in the clip.
When I then processed the clip, I didn’t really have to circle…
I serendipitiously have Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Linus plush toys, but since I don’t have Woodstock, I used a big ugly plastic squeaking chicken and THE CROWD WENT WILD.
We kinda flew through it and went straight to the live write-up/reading.
I really see MT as just another ‘visual prompt’ to wrap language around, like an artifact, book walk or story board, or any other visual….
I 100% agree that OWI and Invisibles are def more engaging and community building, but taking a clip ‘off the shelf’ and dusting it off if you’ve done it before can be a great default when needed…
Yes Alisa I don’t think I ever really lumped MT in there with the big bail out moves we’ve used over the years, but actually it is one.
“The images in Movie Talk do not come from the kids imaginations and therefore cannot stimulate them in the same way that their own characters can” I agree. The invisibles are so much deeper. Movie Talk however can really spark some interest since it uses a medium and build context for students to receive the CI… if you can get them from 1) blurting and 2) side-conversations and 3) groaning/whining.
I use two of Annabelle Allen’s rules 1) No whining and 2) No spoiling — I say that these are in addition to our class rules. This year I am using yours Ben. It has been going well. I believe that I only did 2-3 this year. They are treats only.
in my world the frustration comes from stopping the video clip, so if doing a MT I always do the lead up with a still-shot slide show…
Then when I show the clip I do so uninterrupted..
Lisa about how many screen shots do you prepare on average for a one minute MT?
Wow – It can have like 9-10? slides per minute- but I always insert a blank slide at the top of the rising action before the problem gets solved, so that I can have the Ss predict what happens. (This prevents me from forgetting and showing the spoiler.) Then I show the clip, then I go back and ‘process’ the rest to the ending. Simon’s Cat ‘Fish Tank’ clip is 2 min long and I have 18 slides incl the ‘blank’ reminder slide…