*If you were absent for the documentary viewing, you may watch another documentary of your choosing and complete the following assignment. Paper handouts of this assignment are available in class. Please email or see the teacher for help if there are new terms that you don't understand, as they were covered in class.
ORAL NON FICTION – DOCUMENTARY ASSIGNMENT
Please complete all of the following questions in full and complete sentences.
Grade 9 - all responses should be at least 1-2 full sentences or more
Grade 10 – all responses should be at least 3-4 sentences or more
BEFORE VIEWING
1. What prior knowledge do you have on the documentary’s subject matter? /2
2. What do you expect to learn from watching and listening to this documentary? /2
AFTER VIEWING
3. What are your initial thoughts, reactions, feelings about the film? In what ways have you been changed? Did you learn what you thought you would? Do you have any personal connections to the film? (grade 9 = 4-6 sentences, grade 10 = 6-8 sentences) /6
4. Write three questions that you have from watching the film. /3
5. List three things you learned that you didn’t know before. /3
6. What do you believe is the goal of this documentary? Why? (Support you answer with evidence and examples) /2
7. (Academic only) How did the documentary accomplish this goal? /2
8. What specifically was the documentary trying to say about its subject matter? What message was be conveyed? (What were the main points?) /2
9. Do you think this is an important or unimportant message? Why? /2
10. Who was the intended audience for this documentary? (Who were the film makers trying to reach? Who was the message created for?) /2
11. Whose perspectives (voices) are included in the film? /2
12. Whose perspectives (voices) are missing? /2
13. Would you conclude this film’s message to be one that is objective or biased? Why? /2
14. Describe what happened during the climax (moment of highest tension) in the film. /2
15. Describe one moment in the film that really sticks out to you. (What did you see? /1 What did you hear? /1 What was happening? /1 Why does it stick out for you? /1) /4
16. (Academic only) Which had a stronger impact for you, the imagery of the film (what you learned from seeing), or the oral text (what you learned from what was being said). Why? /2
17. How does this documentary connect or impact society and the world? /2
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