Reap what you've sown: Rate your POV movie partners

As we continue to read The Diary of Anne Frank, we need to get some other book-keeping stuff done, and one of those things has to do with your  POV movie projects. If you remember, I told you, at the beginning of that project, the four things I'd need from you at the end:

• POVs in a Fable chart 
• 4 scripts, one for each perspective 
• 4 movies, edited, 2-3 minutes long each 
• Group rating quiz, at the end of the project, where you will rate how your fellow group-members contributed to this project 

Now, pretty much everyone has turned in the 4 movies, and I have a few groups 4 scripts—if I don't have those, I need them. I also need the POVs in a Fable chart, which is the back side of the sheet I gave you.

The big, final thing I need is that Group rating quiz, where you are to honestly evaluate how each of your classmates contributed. It is very important that you're absolutely honest—none of the other group members will know what you rate them as. I'll be the only one who knows their scores, so don't feel like if you give them a bad score, it'll get back to them.

To take that quiz, either scan in the QR at the top or click here. You'll need to select the group member and do the entire quiz for each group member, so expect to take this (short) quiz 4 or 5 times! By the way, please rate yourself!

2nd Annual Point of View videos

It took me the entire "extended" weekend, but I finally got around to watching all of English II's Point of View movies, and I've got to say—way to go! Everyone (with the exception of one group, which has faced a few technical issues in completing theirs) did a wonderful job of showing First Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient, and Objective through their four films, and I wanted to say how I proud I am of you! Here they all are, for your perusal:

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English II—A-day class

Billy, Krikki, Martin, Miyuki: The Donkey in the Lion's Skin

Videos

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David, Grace, Kevin M., Max, Takako: The Hare with Many Friends

All videos

Betty, Eddie, Kelly, Wade: The Man with Two Wives

Trailer

Third Person (Omniscient)

Third Person (Limited)

First Person

Objective

Angela, Belle, Calvin, Samuel: The Ant and the Grasshopper

Third Person (Omniscient)

Third Person (Limited)

First Person

Objective

English II—B-day class

Alex, Cameron, Kathrina, Sally: The Lion and the Mouse

Third Person (Omniscient)

Third Person (Limited)

First Person

Objective

Ben, Kevin C., Nancy, Rachel: The Man Woman, the Boy, and the Donkey

All videos

Aleena, Amanda, Joanne, Robert: The Goose Who Laid Golden Eggs

Trailer

All videos

Amy, Christine, Jonathan, Joyce: The Tortoise and the Hare

Third Person (Omniscient)

Third Person (Limited)

First Person

Objective

Brian, Grace C., Jass, Sabrina: The Boy who Cried "Wolf"

Third Person (Omniscient)

Third Person (Limited)

First Person

Objective

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Fantastic job to all the English II groups for all their hard work and innovative movies!

What was what in that Owl Creek video?

As per my Spring-ly custom, English II students _{(and some American Literature students)} fell victim were treated to a reading and a viewing of Ambrose Bierce's famous short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, a story about the musings of a man about to be hanged. One of the most famous things about this story is the way that Ambrose Bierce subtly switches between literary points of view in his treatment, tricking the readers into thinking fantasy is reality.

The assignment, if you remember, was to watch the video (embedded below, in case you need it again) and determine where (if anywhere) the following POVs were show:

• First person
• Third person (Limited)
• Third person (Omniscient)
• Objective (or Dramatic, as Mr. Kabel calls it)

This was supposed to be 3¶s, one for each that I saw in the film. (You might find a fourth one, but I didn't, so if you did and you can justify it, I might throw you some extra points.)