About This Lesson
The following is a basic introduction to movie media for 6th-7th grade. It requires the use of the DVDs of Stormbreaker and the 2005 version of Beowulf (the age appropriate one). It also makes use of Oxford University Press 'Beowulf' text (Keeping and Crossely-Holland). Students start by looking at how heroes and villians are typically represented in movie and television; then study conventions of DVD covers; and finally focus on review writing.
