A PPT to introduce students to one of the two films they can write a film review about for their assessment {a multimodal presentation}. It includes: some quick facts about the comic-book origins of the character and the creator. Information about Ares and his origin story in the comics. The inspiration for the film. A chronological timeline for films in the DC universe (2017-2023). A link to the trailer is included for introducing who the key players in the film are. Students are provided with information about the director, producer etc. to add into their retrieval chart. This is followed by images of her costume so that students can take notes about colour & props. A brief synopsis of the plot and how the film begins {present day > flashback} is provided. The lesson ends with viewing a segment of the show The Secret History of Comics: The Truth about Wonder Woman. A film viewing report card (retrieval chart) to be used in subsequent lessons while viewing the film Context: A lesson designed for use in a 12 Essential English classroom in Queensland, Australia as part of Unit 4: “Representations and popular culture texts.” During this unit students learned about Hero and Villain films and how filmmakers use cinematic techniques to portray them and create an intended message. Their assessment at the end of this unit was to write a 4-6 minute multimodal (speech) to be delivered live or pre-recorded reviewing one of the three films shown within the unit. Films focused on in this particular year: Wonder Woman & Into the Spiderverse

A table I made containing quotes from key characters in the film which students can come back to when writing their review for evidence of character VABs (Values, Attitudes and Beliefs). To save on printing, I put one copy on the word wall in the classroom and one copy on the class One Note for students to access digitally. Context: A resource designed for use in a 12 Essential English classroom in Queensland, Australia as part of Unit 4: “Representations and popular culture texts.” During this unit students learned about Hero and Villain films and how filmmakers use cinematic techniques to portray them and create an intended message. Their assessment at the end of this unit was to write a 4-6 minute multimodal (speech) to be delivered live or pre-recorded reviewing one of the three films shown within the unit. Films focused on in this particular year: Wonder Woman & Into the Spiderverse

A PPT designed to teach students about the purpose of a film review and where you might hear/see them. There is a sound bite from SBS’s ‘The Movie Guy’ and a video clip from the now discontinued ABC show ‘At The Movies.’ There are some viewing questions for students to complete as they watch David and Margaret review The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1. Then I provided information about the language of a film review. I then unpacked the structure which their spoken review would follow. We went through an example written by a student in 2023 about Batman Forever (1995). We then looked at the PowerPoint slides that this student used to support her speech while she presented to see a high-level example. Context: A lesson designed for use in a 12 Essential English classroom in Queensland, Australia as part of Unit 4: “Representations and popular culture texts.” During this unit students learned about Hero and Villain films and how filmmakers use cinematic techniques to portray them and create an intended message. Their assessment at the end of this unit was to write a 4-6 minute multimodal (speech) to be delivered live or pre-recorded reviewing one of the three films shown within the unit. Films focused on in this particular year: Wonder Woman & Into the Spiderverse