Here are my planning sheet and checklist for this project. Some of the information is obviously specific to my classes, but you’ll still see the elements we talked about in PD on Friday. Feel free to email if you have questions about this or anything else.
1. Class divided into group: 4 th period = three groups of 4 and one group of 5
5 th period = four groups of 4 and one group of 5
7 th period = two groups of 4 and three groups of 5
**Students should pick group members they will be able to work with easily outside of school.
2. Each group draws a movie theme at random We brainstormed together in class, which is an important part of the project planning. The students need to be the ones defining the parameters of the topic! (with your guidance of course)
A.
1 st Punic War from Carthage’s perspective
B.
Hannibal – biography with focus on the Punic Wars
C.
Rome builds a navy for the Punic Wars
D.
Punic Wars through the eyes of a Roman soldier – set in 3 rd war but flashes back to things throughout
E.
2 nd Punic War from Roman perspective
3. Each movie group must produce the following:
A.
a list of 10 scenes – these will explain what the movie is about, what people would be seeing a.
scene name and summary (solid paragraph that summarizes what will happen in the scene) b.
descriptive paragraph telling what the background/scenery will look like c.
list of characters for the scene
B.
a cast list of real people
C.
costume design for 3 main characters (drawn out in color, created with scraps of material and dolls, or construction paper cutouts)
D.
a written script for one scene (speaking parts and stage directions)
4. This project is worth 200 points, broken down as follows:
 100 points = scenes (10 points each……5pts for scene name and summary, 3 pts for scenery description, 2 pts for list of characters)
 20 points = cast list
 30 points = costume designs (10 points each)
 50 points = written script
5. Project is due AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS on Friday, February 7 th .
6. In-class work days will be: Tues Jan 21 st , Fri Jan 24 th , Tues Jan 28 th , Fri Jan 31 st , and Tues Feb 4 th (They worked on this at home some too. By breaking up the class days we devoted to this project, I was able to keep up with my pacing for the nine weeks.)

I had one of these for each group. I made my notes for each step, they weren’t allowed to go to the next step until I’d okayed the previous one. By the time they were done with the project, I was done grading.
Checklists are a lifesaver!!
________________ Group chosen, people are able to meet easily outside of school hours; numbers
exchanged, etc.
________________ 10 scenes decided on…………Theme: ______________________________________
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________________ Summary for each scene (I circled the numbers and made little notes for each as they completed them.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
________________ Description of each scene’s background/scenery
7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6
________________ List of characters for each scene
1 2 3 4 5 6
________________ Cast list
7 8 9 10
________________ Costume designs
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________________ Scene script
Checked by Ms. Lew once: ____________________________
Checked by Ms. Lew twice: ___________________________