How do i teach silent film in the classroom?
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Well, if you are going to show the movies, you could talk about the visual aspects of the films, or the choices of music to express the scenes.
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If it doesn't have to be somebody famous, how about interviewing one of your own teachers for the "present" part?\n\nA past educator with a GREAT story was Helen Keller.  I don't remember the whole story, but she was born blind and deaf.  She had a teacher who worked with her (I think her name was Annie Sullivan), and then later she became a teacher herself - - INCREDIBLE!!\n\nGood luck!
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MAke your subject as graphic as possible...with diagrams, films,whatever...then involve them in answering questions...tell them to ask whatever that comes to their mind even in allied fields...tell them to be fearless in asking as well as answering...if they had all the answers they wouldnt be students...
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Meditate an hour before class. During your mediation try to concentrate on what moves you will be teaching, and try to in vision a situation where the technique would be able to be applied. Also the most important key to teaching (no matter what the subject may be) is to be repetitive. If it means teaching the same few techniques for three lessons in a row it is truly the best way to get it to stick with your students. Good luck, I'm sure you will be a great teacher.
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Lie and tell them that you have to watch an "R" rated  documentary movie for English class and do an essay on why films today are not for younger children, if they do their homework they will se that it is a documentary and they might fall for it!....hey, it always worked for me ;)
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making a game out of your lesson
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The first silent film was done by the lummier brother, this consisted in several scenes, the last one was a train that was getting near the public. More than half the public fled the room because they thought the train was going to co me out of the screen.
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Make sure the class is Politically Correct.  Everything else is a distant second.\n\nDo I sound cynical?  I am!
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I teach a couple kindergarten music classes and they're not too far beyond preschool, so maybe some of these things will work for you too.\n\nI play the "hot and cold" game except with loud and soft.  One student hides an item in the room.  Another student looks for it.  As he/she gets closer to the item, the rest of the class claps louder.  As they get further away, they clap more softly.  This teaches them dynamics.\n\nI also play a singing game where we use a stuffed animal that correlates with the season.  Right now I am using a turkey.  One student puts their back to the rest of the class.  I give the turkey to a student that is behaving well.  The entire class sings "Who has the turkey?" on Mi - Do - Fa- Mi - Do on the following rhythm. \nquarter, eighth, eighth, quarter, quarter.  (One syllable per pitch)  After the entire class sings "Who has the turkey" twice, the child that actually has it sings it twice by themselves.  The child that has their back to the class then tries to guess who has it by recognizing their voice.  The kids love it!  Sorry if I couldn't explain it well.  You could use whatever melody you want to sing, you don't have to use the one that I attempted to explain using solfege.
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You could use a clock to help your students understand. Show them that you swim a quarter mile every fifteen minutes. It might help. I do know it helped me understand.\n\nAll the best and HAPPY TEACHING c",)
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It's a shame that teachers resort to movies instead of teaching.  Looks to me like the inmates are running the asylum.
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make flyers and put them up around your school also in your neighborhood, sub-divions, movie rental places. make sure they are bright and easy to read
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tell the children that they have to bring their exam papers signed by the parents from home. also you can have pta meetings twice a month. also encourage a suggessition box.\n\n2)tell the parent that what you are teaching is relevant to the syllabus and it will be helpful in the long run. explain to them that it may seem unnecessary now but it is vital to the lesson.
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1) Brainstorm.  Start with a list of everything that you can think of that you may want to include in your speech.  This is a stage where you generate ideas, so turn off your censor/editor and WRITE EVERYTHING down that you can think of.  Even if your ideas are dumb, they may help you think of other ideas after you have something written down.  Set a time limit for brainstorming so that you have to think quickly.  try 2-5 minutes.\n\n2) Pick your best idea and start with that.  In a speech, it's good to start with something unusual, something memorable, funny, etc.  Don't start with the boring stuff.  You want people to lean in to listen.\n\n3) If you're trying to think of an approach to start, you could begin with:\n\n--Your first impressions of the two teachers.\n--Accomplishments that people may not know about the teachers.\n--Statistics about how many students they've impacted, or some accomplishments of the students they've instructed.\n--Point out/remind people of a lovable/quirky trait about the teachers.  Like a common phrase they use or their trademark green sweater and purple tie, who knows?  (Be careful not to offend) \n\n4) After you have a rough draft of the speech, read it out loud.  If it doesn't sound like you're having a normal conversation, edit it so that it sounds like you're talking to someone.\n\n5) Rehearse the speech to a person who doesn't know the teachers.  Ask for honest feedback about areas that could be improved/shortened/lengthened.\n\n6) Rehearse the speech to a person who does know the teachers.  Ask if it's a speech that honors them, and again honest feedback for improvement.\n\n7) More ideas on brainstorming:  When I was a writing tutor, I often had to get students to brainstorm on a topic that they felt stumped on.  I'd ask them some questions about their topics similar to the following prompts.\nTry any of these prompts to get you going, and freewrite about them:\n\n--If each teacher was a color, what color would he/she be and why?\n\n--What would your grandmother have to say about these teachers?\n\n--Name some traits about these teachers that you wish you had.\n\n--Name some things about these teachers that most people don't have.\n\n--Why could this teacher never be replaced?\n\n--List some things about these teachers that students may not know.\n\n--If the teacher was a character from Shakespeare/Bible/Dickens/ (other classic literature), who would he/she be, and why?\n\n--If the teacher was a character from The Real World/The O.C./Survivor/Desperate Housewives/(Other popular show), who would he/she be, and why?\n\nGood luck on generating ideas!
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Here are a few tips:\nAlways keep the class lively by asking them questions related to the lesson and giving them related puzzles to solve.\nTry to interact more often rather than just explain every sentence in the textbook.\nImprove speech. Your voice and the way you talk could go a long way in your teaching carreer.\nIt's evident from the way you asked the question that your grammar could do with some improvement too. It'll help you explain any doubts the students might have about word problems.\nImprove patience level. Math is a subject which torments students and very often many students come to you with the same doubts. Don't snap at them. Patiently clear each and everyone's doubt.\n\nI hope these helped you. Have a successful teaching life!
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start with the question \nwho is your best actor/actress\nwhich is the best film you propose not to miss./\n\nask them to write answers on a paper. advise them to hear your lesson first.\nthere after you 'll select the best entry submitted according to your taste and present them with a non fiction/book.likewise proceed .
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How about a video project depicting a group working on a school video project.  \n\nYou can begin with a brain storming session among the group who will be making the subject video.  Follow through with planning, casting, and shooting something insignificant like a commercial, after all the video being made in the video will not be shown.  Finish with a narrator saying something like "the actual success or failure of our venture rest with you, our audience".  This while a slow fade is taking place of the final “CUT” and the crew putting their equipment away.\n\nIt may be different enough to score some points for originality.