Film/Video Clips

Hole's Movie Trailer

Holes - Trailer. (2012, May 18). Retrieved October 16, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvLRtDKT0c&feature=youtu.be

This is the official Disney movie trailer for the film “Holes”. The clip is under three minutes in length and shows the main characters in the story and various settings where the film takes place. The clip teases the audience with some background information about the misfortune of the main character, Stanley Yelnats, and his detainment at the juvenile detention center called Camp Green Lake. Additionally, there are some flashbacks to the legend of Camp Green Lake and Stanley’s family, who are said to be under a 150-year-old curse. Students will watch this trailer before reading the book to complete a double journal entry about what they think the book will be about. While reading the book, they will fill out the second part of the journal entry. Finally, they will refer to those initial notes when they read a professional review of the movie, and then again when writing their own movie and book review.




Disney's Paul Bunyan


Paul Bunyan [Motion picture]. (1958). Buena Vista. Retrieved October 16, 2014 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uPt822HC5w

This Disney animated classic of Paul Bunyan, produced by Buena Vista in 1958 is 17 minutes long and can be accessed via YouTube. The video clip includes music, a narrated storyline, and different examples of Paul Bunyan’s wild adventures in the west with Babe the Blue Ox. Students will view this video after reading the book Paul Bunyan’s Sweetheart and discussing what the characteristics of a folktale are and how they can be seen in various texts, including the unit novel. Students will take notes using a movie graphic organizer and discuss in small groups the different ways the stories about Paul Bunyan were presented in the movie. They will also discuss aspects of folktales that work well in film versus books and take notes that they will use to create their own folktale at the end of the unit.