Adaptation Creation
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| Summary: | Students will create an adaptation of a given source text. |
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| Age Group: | High School |
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| Curricular Goals: | This final project synthesizes the adaptation unit. By creating their own adaptations, students will show what they've learned throughout the entire unit. |
Project Directions (day by day):
Students have been preparing for a final project throughout the unit. The final project is to create an adaptation of a given source text. The source text will be common for all students. Students may work in small groups (2-3) for this, but each student must participate and be evaluated based on their participation. Any source text will do, though I suggest something very simple, like a comic strip. Of course, in order for the comic strip to work well, it needs to tell a story (include a brief narrative). Students will create the adaptation utilizing the medium they chose at the beginning of the unit (radio, television, film, etc.). These adaptations will be shared in class. Also, students should turn in a brief reflective piece explaining the choices they had to make while creating the adaptation and how they decided to make these choices. Finally, students must consider the context of their creation of the adaptation. They should briefly analyze the text and context of their project and include a short self-analysis paper on the subject. Student-created adaptations should be no longer than 3 minutes.