Post by kcanuck on Sept 21, 2006 16:43:01 GMT 7
Since I'm both new to China and new to teaching, yup one of those with no formal training...although I do have a teenage son, that must count for something.
I showed Dragonheart in film class this week, Sean Connery voices the the last living dragon and there is an evil king that needs to be destroyed in order to return peace to the kingdom (you can guess the rest). My college students loved it and I know there is a follow up lesson there. The film often talks about a knight's code of honour (showing mercy, speaking truth, etc.) and being true to the old code. I've got a chalkboard and a two hour class to fill. Lots of vocab from the movie but I want to incorporate the 'code' into the lesson. I've located a knight's code on the net, as well as the code sworn by the French Foreign Legion and even an american college code of honour with respect to plagiarism. Any suggestions on how I could bring this all together into an interesting lesson? There are enough students that would participate that we could (hopefully) get a good discussion going but I need a few pointers on how to direct the flow towards the end point...society still adheres to (and needs) a code, be it judicial and/ or spiritual.
I showed Dragonheart in film class this week, Sean Connery voices the the last living dragon and there is an evil king that needs to be destroyed in order to return peace to the kingdom (you can guess the rest). My college students loved it and I know there is a follow up lesson there. The film often talks about a knight's code of honour (showing mercy, speaking truth, etc.) and being true to the old code. I've got a chalkboard and a two hour class to fill. Lots of vocab from the movie but I want to incorporate the 'code' into the lesson. I've located a knight's code on the net, as well as the code sworn by the French Foreign Legion and even an american college code of honour with respect to plagiarism. Any suggestions on how I could bring this all together into an interesting lesson? There are enough students that would participate that we could (hopefully) get a good discussion going but I need a few pointers on how to direct the flow towards the end point...society still adheres to (and needs) a code, be it judicial and/ or spiritual.
