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Teaching Reading and Writing Skills
with Animated Short Films
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On the Same Page Tell what problem the man and lady encounter as they walk by each newspaper section in the fantasy city. Then tell the solution that took place over the course of the animated short.
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On the Same Page Tell what problem the man and lady encounter as they walk by each newspaper section in the fantasy city. Then tell the solution that took place over the course of the animated short.
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The “Weather” building contains windows that reflect weather predictions: sunny, rain, a spring day, wind, and storms. The days turn to hurricane-like weather by the end of the week.
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The “Weather” building shows a week of sunshine.
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The windows in the “Entertainment” section turn into movie billboards with star ratings underneath. The movies have fun names with just slight variations of famous old movies such as Verticals for Vertigo. The movie posters show frightening pictures with the man and lady in the leading roles.
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The “Entertainment” building shows only 5 star movies.
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When the couple reach the financial section, the girl removes two 4’s off the “sales add” and uses them as a glider to sail across the steeply dipping line graph indicating an economical decline. The boy skateboards down the graph.
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The “Finance” section shows a rise in the economy.
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Next the man sees the “Obituaries” section which looks menacing and foggy. He stops with a grim expression on his face. The girl races forward trying to catch a piece of newsprint. She comes to the end of the path and falls.
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The man removes the letter A from the word obituaries. He climbs onto the A and flies down to rescue the girl. They fly back over the city to “The Daily News” building.
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In the “Sports” section, the man races across a stadium picking up pages of newsprint as he goes.
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The “Sports” section features a picture of the reporter running across the field with the caption “Rookie becomes MVP.”
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Verticals
The Chaos Carol
Dancin’ in the Storm
The Seven Year Search
Queen Quarrel
Psych
Newsopolis
Rebel Without a Clause
Newspaperman
The Secret Life of Frank’s Report
On the Same Page Can you figure out the titles of these movies featured in the animated short?
What techniques were used in changing the titles?
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Create a made-up movie title by altering the title of a real movie using one or more of these techniques.
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•Vertigo Verticals
•The Christmas Carol The Chaos Carol
•Singing in the Rain Dancin’ in the Storm
•The Seven Year Itch The Seven Year Search
•King Kong Queen Quarrel
•Psycho Psych
•Metropolis Newsopolis
•Rebel without a Cause Rebel Without a Clause
•?? Newspaperman
•The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Secret Life of Frank’s Report
On the Same Page Can you figure out the titles of these movies featured in the animated short?
What techniques were used in changing the titles?
1. adding and deleting letters – Psycho Psych; Cause Clause
2. alliterations kept – Christmas Chaos; Queen Quarrel King Kong
3. synonyms /similar meanings – Rain Storm
4. similar sounding words – Vertigo Verticals
Create a made-up title using one or more of these techniques.
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