film adaptations
Reading Calendar: January-July
Every new year brings new opportunities to read new stories and revisit old classics with our students.
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Read and watch stories
Whether you watch the adaptation first and then read the story, or vice versa, there are plenty of benefits to watching film adaptations with your class.
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Film Quest for Your Book Club and Reading Class
Go on a cultural excursion and cheer up your students with a film-related quest.
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Brontë sisters film projects: Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre
Reading classic readers can be a fun discovery for teenagers, but it's often helpful if they can find connections with the texts; bridges, and paths that will help them find a way into the text.
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All about adaptations: speaking and writing tasks to have fun with adaptations
This week we have been looking at various aspects of adaptations.
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Get ready for 'The Great Gatsby' film premiere
I can’t wait to see the new Baz Luhrmann version of The Great Gatsby, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.
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Literary Time Travel 2: Back to the early 1800s with Jane Austen's Emma
The novels of Jane Austen let us examine the world of a transitory period in British History.
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The Jungle Book in the cinemas and your classroom
Disney's recent (2016) version of The Jungle Book Disney film has been praised for its stunning visuals and vocal cast.
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