MEDIA & DIGITAL LITERACY Great Films and How to Teach Them William V. Costanzo This book offers teachers a relevant way to engage their students through a medium that students know and love. The first part of the book explores the business, theory, technology, and history of film and provides background on adapting fiction to film and using film in the English class.
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels Page by Page, Panel by Panel James Bucky Carter, editor
The second part offers study guides for 14 films: Casablanca, North by Northwest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, The Godfather, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Glory, Mississippi Masala, Schindler’s List, The Shawshank Redemption, Run Lola Run, The Matrix, Bend It Like Beckham, and Whale Rider. Three appendixes and a glossary of film terms round out the book’s many teacher resources.
James Bucky Carter and the contributors to this collection have found an effective approach for engaging student learners: use graphic novels! They tap into the growing popularity of graphic novels in this one-of-a-kind guidebook. Each chapter presents practical suggestions for the classroom as it pairs a graphic novel with a more traditional text or examines connections between multiple sources. Packed with great ideas for integrating graphic novels into the curriculum, this collection of creative and effective teaching strategies will help you and your students join the fun.
329 pp. | 2004 | Grades 9–College | ISBN 9780814139097 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember
Winner of the inaugural Excellence in Graphica in Education Award 164 pp. | 2007 | Grades 7–12 | ISBN 9780814103920 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember
Reading in the Dark Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom John Golden John Golden provides a lively, practical guide enabling teachers to feel comfortable and confident about using film in new and different ways. The book makes direct links between film and literary study by addressing reading strategies (e.g., predicting, responding, questioning, and storyboarding) and key aspects of textual analysis (e.g., characterization, point of view, irony, and connections between directorial and authorial choices). More than 30 films are used as examples to explain key terminology and cinematic effects. Teachers are encouraged to harness students’ interest in film in order to help them engage critically with a range of media, including visual and printed texts. Appendixes include a glossary of film terms, blank activity charts, and an annotated resource list. 175 pp. | 2001 | Grades 9–12 | ISBN 9780814138724 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember
Reading in the Reel World Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts John Golden Foreword by Alan B. Teasley John Golden offers middle and high school teachers a practical guide for using documentary film in the classroom to improve students’ reading, writing, and thinking skills. With classroom-tested activities, ready-to-copy handouts, and extensive lists of resources, including a glossary of film terminology, an index of documentaries by category, and an annotated list of additional resources, Golden discusses more than 30 films and gives teachers the tools they need to effectively teach nonfiction texts using popular documentaries such as Hoop Dreams, Spellbound, and Super Size Me, as well as lesser known but accessible films such as Girlhood, The Gleaners and I, and The True Meaning of Pictures. 285 pp. | 2006 | Grades 7–12 | ISBN 9780814138755 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember
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