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PLOT TREATMENT
What Should be in the Treatment?
1. A working title.
2. A short logline.
3. Introduction to key characters.
4. Who, what, when, why, and where.

5. Act One in one to three paragraphs. Set the scene, dramatize the main Conflicts.
6. Act Two in two to six paragraphs. Dramatize how the Conflicts introduced in Act One lead to a crisis.
7. Act Three in one to three paragraphs. Dramatize the final Conflict and resolution
 
 

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WATCH TWO SHORT FILMS AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION... INCLUDE YOUTUBE TITLE

What would the logline be for this film?
Who/what is the Protagonist?
Who/what is the antagonist?
What was the writer/creator thinking when they made this film?

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Everyone is going to be selecting an artist!
You are going to be doing what I have just done with the Nipsey Hussle presentation but just on a piece of paper
Who they are?
What they have done?
How did they get there?
What makes them different
Rhetorical Analysis of a verse of one of their songs.

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SLIDES for ACT 1 and Act 2

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ZACH SOBIECH TESTIMONY
 
SO you all are going to be writing a testimony based on what you have learned from the Sobiech family.
What you are going to do is pick a theme that was evident from the video!!
-Zach was not inspiring based on the fact that he died… He is inspiring because of the way he lived
-Love deeply regardless
-Family comes together through adversity
-A parent’s love is second to none
-Anyone can bring hope to the world
-Big things happen… Which causes big changes in the world
-Friendship outlasts life
-We all have the opportunity to leave something behind.
-Its not about what job you get when youre older, its not about how much money you make… Its about what impact you made on others lives.
-Love, love and love some more because tomorrow is never guaranteed

Before? - What did you think about this topic before?
How? - How did Zach or a member of his family/friends help you realize this?
Since? - How are you making a change in your own life because of this?
 
 

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TEST 3/7
Edgar Allen Poe
COntents of the dead mans pocket
Characterization and Imagery
Into the wild chapter 1-3

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Chapter 2 worksheet "Into the Wild"

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ITW Chapter 2 Worksheet

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EDGAR ALLEN POE PACKET DUE
- Cover sheet
- Your poem in EAP style (Choice of drawing, presentation or MC test)
- The Raven Literary device worksheet
- Annabel Lee WS

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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

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Page 786-787 Read Poem: Then Answer questions on page 787 #1-4

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SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION ESSAY
 
Prompt: What challenge do you see our generation having to face?
 
This is a very exciting project due to the scholarship prize that is available to the students.
 
1st Prize: 1,000
2nd Prize: 750
3rd Prize: 500

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