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Developing initial responses to 'The Man on the Moon'
I can discuss my initial responses to the short film 'The Man on the Moon’.
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Year 3
Developing initial responses to 'The Man on the Moon'
I can discuss my initial responses to the short film 'The Man on the Moon’.
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Key learning points
- 'The Man on the Moon’ is a short film about a man who lives on the moon.
- Visual literacy writing units use short films or moving picture as the stimulus for writing.
- Imagination must be used to picture a man living on the moon.
- Pupils will have different responses to the same clip and these should be discussed.
- Hot-seating is a drama technique that helps pupils understand and empathise with fictional characters.
Keywords
Imagination - the mind’s ability to create pictures and ideas that aren’t real
Empathise - getting inside a character's head
Response - a feeling, emotion or opinion that can be discussed about something someone has seen or heard
Common misconception
Pupils may find it hard to imagine the scene without having seen anything like it before.
Whilst it might be difficult to imagine it perfectly, we can use our imagination to create ideas that paint a vivid picture.
Watch the video several times, including with pause moments, to give pupils sufficient reflection time.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
A film is ...
words on a page.
a video for a song.
Q2.
Order these parts of a story correctly.
Q3.
What is a character?
a place in a story
a theme in a story
Q4.
Tension in story ...
is where the story is set.
is when the story is set.
Q5.
When you reach a resolution, you ...
arrive at the start of something.
don't care about anything.
Q6.
Match the text type to its genre.
narrative
diary
non-chronological report
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6 Questions
Q1.
The main characters in 'The Man on the Moon' are:
Lily's mum
Lily's brother
Q2.
Lily is excited because it is ...
her birthday.
a party.
the man on the moon's birthday.
Q3.
Viewers might feel sorry for the man on the moon because ...
he seemed hungry.
he seemed over-excited.
Q4.
Finish this sentence: 'Imagination is the mind’s ability to create pictures and ideas that are not .'
Q5.
The central message of the film is ...
the importance of spending time with your family.
the importance of buying presents.
Q6.
'I liked how much compassion Lily showed' is an example of which of the following?
imagination
a sense