Sunday, January 6, 2013

IB Film Project Assignments

Here are the novel and film assignments as I have them.

I will assign and post due dates for your specific project presentation (your Internal Assessment for this spring semester) in class during the first week of the new semester. I will be perfectly honest here: because some of you chose books by volume (or their lack of volume), I fully intend to assign project due dates based on novel length and/or difficulty. In other words, if you chose something with the length and intellectual depth of, say, an Ayn Rand novella, you're going first; whereas if you chose War and Peace, you're going last if only to give you time to read the whole thing. In any case, I hope you have already secured copies of the novel and the film, and have already begun to read them.

First Period
First Novel Author Film
O Shutter Island Lehane Shutter Island
J Pride and Prejudice Austen Pride and Prejudice
B East of Eden Steinbeck East of Eden
W Breakfast at Tiffany's Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's
M Shawshank Redemption Stephen King Shawshank Redemption
J The Help Kathryn Stockett "The Help"
J The Godfather Mario Puzo The Godfather
J The Bourne Identity Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity
A To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
W Jarhead Anthony Swofford Jarhead
E      
F  The Kite Runner   The Kite Runner
A      
E Portait of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Portrait of Dorian Gray
S Twenty Thousand Leagues Beneath the Sea Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues…
L Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem Doyle SH: Game of Shadows
Z The Hobbit Tolkien The Hobbit (animated)
M The Princess Bride Goldman The Princess Bride

Seventh Period
First Novel Author Film
X The Green Mile Stephen King The Green Mile
N  Jarhead Swofford Jarhead
P  A Scanner Darkly PK Dick A Scanner Darkly
W The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck "The Grapes of Wrath"
L Alice in Wonderland Carroll Alice in Wonderland
M Starship Troopers Heinlein Starship Troopers
G  True Grit Charles Portis True Grit
 E The Last of the Mohicans James Fennimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
H Dracula Bram Stoker "Dracula" (Universal)
A Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
B Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
K The Scarlet Letter Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter
K Huckleberry Finn Twain Huckleberry Finn
M Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen "Pride and Prejudice" (2005)
M Forrest Gump Winston Groom "Forest Gump"
B Emma Jane Austen "Clueless"

Eighth Period
First Novel Author Film
S Life of Pi Yann Martel Life of Pi
S Of Mice and Men Steinbeck Of Mice and Men
R Jarhead Swofford Jarhead
N  Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin Pride and Prejudice
M Mystic River Dennis Lehane Mystic River
J No Country for Old Men McCarthy No Country for Old Men
J The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare 10 Things I Hate About You
C Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy LeCarre Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
J A Clockwork Orange Burgess A Clockwork Orange
E Alice in Wonderland Carroll Alice in Wonderland
I  Emma Jane Austin Clueless
P  2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clark 2001: A Space Odyssey
D Cider House Rules John Irving Cider House Rules
A Sophie's Choice William Styron Sophie's Choice
H One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey One Flew Over…
M Great Expectations Dickens Great Expectations
I  Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo Hunchback of Notre Dame
K Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Romeo + Juliet
V LotR: The Return of the King Tolkien LotR: The Return of the King
K Slaughterhouse 5 Vonnegut Slaughterhouse 5
G  In Cold Blood Capote In Cold Blood
A The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes
K Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux Phantom of the Opera
M The Scarlet Letter Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter
J To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
C Anna Karenina Tolstoy Anna Karenina
L The Color Purple Alice Walker The Color Purple
K Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights
S Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles
C Sense and Sensibility Jane Austin Sense and Sensibility
H Lord of the Flies Golding Lord of the Flies
M And Then There Were None Agatha Christie And Then There Were None
M Dracula Bram Stoker Dracula
M Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff Troy

Good luck!