Acting school? Isn't acting about talent? http://www.acting-school-stop.com/Stanislavski.html. June 20, 2010. A brief description of Stanislavski method of acting plus a wonderful power point presentation that can be used to explain the method to a class.
www.csudh.edu/.../comparecontrastessay/compareandcontrast.pdf . May 14, 2010.A wonderful pdf file on the development of the compare/contrast essay to be used to complete final piece of this unit.
Criston, Leslie. Novels and Films: A Dynamic Double Feature. http://www.njcu.edu/cill/vol3/criston.html May 5, 2010. An excellent website to use with students when studying the novel and film. The activities were used with advanced ESL students but are appropriate and adaptable for any class.
Bishop, W. Bradley and Jones, Trevor. Konstantin Stanislavski (1863- 1938) http://www.kryingsky.com/Stan/Biography/bot.html. May 8, 2010.A biography of Konstantin Stanislavski, founder of the first method acting system.
Coffey, Heather. Paideia. http://www.learnnc.org.lp/pages/4564. April 15, 2010.
A brief history and explanation of the Paideia philosophy of teaching.
Criston, Leslie. Novels and Films: A Dynamic Double Feature. May 5, 2010. An excellent website to use with students when studying the novel and film. The activities were used with advanced ESL students but are appropriate and adaptable for any class.
www.csudh.edu/.../comparecontrastessay/compareandcontrast.pdf . May 14, 2010.A wonderful pdf file on the development of the compare/contrast essay to be used to complete final piece o this unit.
http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/56956.html. This is a for pay site of sample essays on The Outsiders to be used by students once their own essays are completed.
Minard, Jesser Homework Help: English: Books, Novels & Plays: The Outsiders. http://www.jiskha.com/english/books_novels_and_plays/outsiders.html. May 6, 2010.A brief but useful comparison essay of The Outsiders.
Paideia Philosophy. http://www.paideia.org/content.php/philo/colminst.htm. Understanding the three columns of the Paideia philosophy.
Planning, Practice, and Assessment in the Seminar Classroom.
http://www.paideia.org/content.php/docs/hsjournalarticle.pdf. May 28, 2010. A clear cut understanding of the Paideia teaching method.
Foster, Harold. Film and the Young Adult Novel. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/spring94/Foster.html. This educational discussion from Virginia Tech is helpful to set focus on issues that arise when going from one genre to the other. There is also a good bibliography at the end of the article on young adult literary adaptations.
http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html. April 22, 2010.This website supplies us with a brief biography of Susan Eloise Hinton, author of The Outsiders. It also provides an interview with the author on the making of the film.
Discovery School. Writing a Review Comparing a Novel to Its Film Version. http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/teacherCenter/lessonPlans/pdfs/9-12_LangArts_WritingAReviewComparingANovelToItsFilmVersion.pdf. May 12, 2010.A general understanding of how to write a comparison essay on Text to Film.
