CHARACTER Introducing the film: synopsis of Beowulf Beowulf: ACTIVITY Arrival by sea exploring film Close viewing activity, SHEET 2: language in the sequence Creating a hero – Beowulf CHARACTER Introducing the film Whale Rider Whale Rider: ACTIVITY Paikea and Koro Viewing activities: close exploration of the SHEET 3: Whale Rider sequence Paikea and Koro, Character and including: representation - - group viewing work on each character; Whale Rider - longer to explain’ task based on ‘writing notes from close viewing CHARACTER Synopsis for Whale Rider contextualises Whale Rider: ACTIVITY second clip Paikea jumps in SHEET 4: Whale Viewing activities explore character Rider - Paikea reactions and atmosphere in the sequence jumps in Creative writing - recreate the underwater sequence using descriptive writing to create atmosphere; - Writing in the of the different ‘voice’ characters in the sequence CHARACTER Background to the character of Paikea N/A ACTIVITY Presentation task: argue/persuade task in SHEET 5: What response to one of two statements about makes a ‘hero’? what it means to be a hero
CHARACTER ACTIVITY SHEET 2: Creating a hero – Beowulf Introducing the film: synopsis of Beowulf Close viewing activity, exploring film language in the sequence Beowulf: Arrival by sea CHARACTER ACTIVITY SHEET 3: Character and representation - Whale Rider Introducing the film Whale Rider Viewing activities: close exploration of the Whale Rider sequence Paikea and Koro, including: - group viewing work on each character; - longer ‘writing to explain’ task based on notes from close viewing Whale Rider: Paikea and Koro CHARACTER ACTIVITY SHEET 4: Whale Rider - Paikea jumps in Synopsis for Whale Rider contextualises second clip Viewing activities explore character reactions and atmosphere in the sequence Creative writing - recreate the underwater sequence using descriptive writing to create atmosphere; - Writing in the ‘voice’ of the different characters in the sequence Whale Rider: Paikea jumps in CHARACTER ACTIVITY SHEET 5: What makes a ‘hero’? Background to the character of Paikea Presentation task: argue/persuade task in response to one of two statements about what it means to be a hero N/A