All Quiet on the Western Front

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Scene One: Introduce All Quiet on the Western Front. 

•Open with  a scene from All Quiet on the Western Front with a 30 second narration of an excerpt from All Quiet on the Western Front.  (30 seconds)

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Scene Two: Summary of All Quiet on the Western Front.

•Narrate (or video) a brief summary of All Quiet on the Western Front. (1 minute: 200 words is about a minute)

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Scene Three: Your Narrative: Your Personal Essay

•Tell your personal story about your experience studying “All Quiet on the Western Front” and discussing the novel in class. Be sure to touch on how your thoughts evolved and even perhaps changed as we dug deeper into the book and you thought “deeper” and more thoughtfully about the reality of war. This is a good place to steal some of your reading responses from All Quiet on the Western Front.  (5-7 minutes or 500-700 words).

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Scene Four: Analysis of “All Quiet on the Western Front”

•Weave in at least two analysis paragraphs, but rework them slightly to reflect your narrative voice: (2-3 minutes)

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Scene Five: The Takeaways.

•How are Remarques’s ideas still valid today? What are the takeaways you got from this experience? (1-2 minutes)

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Scene Six: The Conclusion.

•Give your viewer some final thoughts to ponder—and maybe even end with an excerpt from All Quiet on the Western Front.  (1 minute)

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