On Showing Firefly at School...

POSTED BY: GorramZero
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 03:53
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GORRAMZERO

Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:52 PM

Howdy.

I'm trying to put plans together for showing Firefly for an entire week at College of DuPage, as backed by the sci-fi/fantasy club. The idea is basically to introduce a whole bundle of folk to Firefly and Serenity.

Plans and such are all laid out, but I'm wonderin'... how would I get permission to show Firefly in a public setting? We wouldn't be making any money, so it's theoretically O.K.... but we're also not technically using it for educational purposes. Technically.

"I had an out - hell, I had every reason in the 'verse to leave her lay and haul anchor."

"Not your way, Mal."

CYBERSNARK

Sunday, August 27, 2006 4:01 PM

Well, if you have courses in literary/srtistic criticism, you could follow-up each showing with a round-table discussion of the stylistic, artistic, and linguistic choices inherent in the storytelling. There's your educational purpose. It'd also serve to pull in English majors, Language majors, and the "culture snobs" who might look down on the sci-fi/fantasy club.

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CAITE

Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:23 PM

I've been trying to think of a way to use it too! I am a high school English teacher, and this year I'll be teaching Freshman, Seniors, and Newswriting.

Freshman curriculum includes: Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, and The Odyssey. They also study the various elements of literature (plot, characterization, etc).

Senior curriculum includes: Lord of the Flies, Night, and Hamlet.

Any suggestions?

The Long Lost Caitlin

LISSA37

Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Caite:
I've been trying to think of a way to use it too! I am a high school English teacher, and this year I'll be teaching Freshman, Seniors, and Newswriting.

Freshman curriculum includes: Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, and The Odyssey. They also study the various elements of literature (plot, characterization, etc).

Senior curriculum includes: Lord of the Flies, Night, and Hamlet.

Any suggestions?

The Long Lost Caitlin

As a student whose favorite class is English, I can easily say you would be one of my favorite teachers ever if you used Firefly and I were in your class. My perosonal recommendation? Use it for the characterization part. Firefly is an excellent example of that. I'm not sure how you get around the fact that it isn't actually "literature", though... perhaps "too bad"?

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CYBERSNARK

Monday, August 28, 2006 3:06 PM

We study Shakespeare as literature, and he was a scriptwriter.

AFAIC, literature = stories. However they're presented, all forms of storytelling draw on the same basic elements.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

WHOOPS

Monday, August 28, 2006 3:09 PM

Sounds like a shiny idea

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don't love, she'll shake you off sure as a turnin' of worlds. Love keeps her in
the air when she oughtta fall down. Tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens.
Makes her a home." Mal

MSG

Monday, August 28, 2006 3:13 PM

Caite- I have a whole set of lessons using clips from Firefly to teach social skills and to teach hero/anti-hero, and ( my favorite) point of view in persuasive essay. If you pm me and give me an email, I can send them to you:)

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

CYBERSNARK

Monday, August 28, 2006 5:36 PM

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Originally posted by msg:
Caite- I have a whole set of lessons using clips from Firefly to teach social skills

Do you have the Jayne/Simon exchange about spit-cleaning stuff at the table while people are eating?

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

CAITE

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:56 AM

Any lessons you want to share can be sent to ckurvink@hlpusd.k12.ca.us.

Thanks!

MIRAMEL

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:44 AM

Caite, where do you teach? 'cause you just outlined exactly what we did as freshman, except swap the odyssey for night.

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