Anonymous wrote:
Sounds to me that the teacher was chomping at the bit to test the system.
And, once again, instructional time is too precious to waste it on a movie. Here ends my TED talk.
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Only lousy teachers without imagination are unable to pull a lesson out of a cultural product their students just consumed.
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Even young students can talk about storylines and plot elements. Even young students can compare and contrast based on a movie (just like they do with books). At the most basic level, they can write summaries and practice writing. At higher levels they can critique everything from settings to the script to the way ideas are portrayed. If teachers were fired for showing a movie, there would be no teachers anywhere. And yes, movies can be shown for entertainment, just like we have field day and picnic day at the end of the year. Learning should be fun too. Schools shouldn't be a grind all the time. Lots of businesses have picnics and team outing days. Do you know why?