...Mikaela Hicks Ferris Bueller’s Day Off In the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the main character, Ferris, speaks directly to the viewer, which is called breaking the fourth wall. This type of narration helps hook the audience to the movie with Bueller’s charm and “wisdom.” It also brings a more comical and aloof feeling to the movie, with Bueller making jokes and explaining his view of the people in his lives. He has basically made himself the narrator of the movie. This happens very often throughout the movie, even with the opening scene starting with Bueller giving the audience tips on how to play sick for the parents. The reasoning behind breaking the fourth wall, especially in this movie, is to explain to the audience the different types of situations the characters have gotten themselves into. He will go into detail about the how and why of certain situations, such as the opening monologue when Bueller explains “Life moves pretty fast” (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off). He is basically saying, why would one not do all they can to enjoy a beautiful day. At another point in the movie, Bueller explains the character of Cameron in a nutshell after listening to a conversation between the two of them arguing about whether or not Cameron will be picking up Ferris to enjoy the day together. In this direct address, Bueller lets us know that Cameron is a severe hypochondriac. And he believes Cameron is like this because of his home situation. Cameron feels better when he does not feel good...
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...Time Management (A) Lesson pacing in the classroom is extremely important. The reason it is so vitally important is because it lends purpose, direction, and structure to the classroom. Teachers, of course, need to develop lesson plans which meet certain educational objectives. Teachers could accomplish this with a nice long lecture with a follow-up question/answer session. However, they also need to keep the students engaged, interested, and retaining the information. Teachers don't really want a Ferris Bueller's Day Off classroom scenario..."Anyone?...Anyone?", nor do students. Okay, that's fine. A teacher could incorporate tons of interaction and many different activities into the lesson. Here's lies the rub...they need to do all of this in 45 minutes. Lesson pacing ensures that the teacher can accomplish all of these classroom needs. (B) One might think that if a class includes English Language Learning (ELL) students, then the pacing of the lesson would need to slow significantly. However, this is not necessarily the case. Of course it will need to slow some to allow for language clarification and to allow the ELL students time to translate in their heads. The pacing really just needs a little change-up. Direct instruction should be in more simplified language and with more interaction. The use of visual aids and graphic organizers should be incorporated into direct instruction. Direct instruction also need not be given in one big chunk...
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...high schoolers. Ferris Bueller's day off takes it to a whole nother level. The movie is a high school senior who likes to take lots of days off from school by faking sick. When he is home from school he tries to squeeze every ounce out of it. In the movie, he takes his girlfriend and his friend to Chicago. They watch a cubs game, go out to a fancy restaurant, and do a lot of other fun things. However, His principal Rooney smells something funny with Bueller and tries to catch him skipping school. Ultimately he fails but he comes very close to catching him and holding him back another year. He manages to almost get caught but like all movies, he wins in the end and doesn’t get caught. Bueller is an amazing character and that really connects to a lot of people and that really helps makes the film what it is....
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...“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” It may be a bit of a stretch to say everyone in the English speaking world knows what movie that quote is from, but it’s not that long of one. Since its 1986 release “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” has become an American classic, and its late director John Hughes became a king in the teen movie genre. Hughes wrote countless classic ’80s films, such as “Pretty in Pink,” the first two “Home Alone” films, “Christmas Vacation” and “Flubber.” The man penned some classic one-liners and also wrote quite a few life lessons into his films. That spurs the question — what other films from the 1980s include valuable life lessons? Yes, the ’80s are the butt of all decade jokes, but where would America be without those crucial 10 years of big ugly hair, heavy eye makeup and leg warmers? No matter the fashion, people were still people in the ’80s, and there’s always something to be gleaned from the past. We’ll examine life lessons taught to us by several films from the ’80s; “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Back to the Future,” “Heathers” and (how could we not?) “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Unknown-3 You never know what kind of friends you’ll make in detention. Photo from IMDb. “The Breakfast Club:” One of the most important lessons in “The Breakfast Club” is to not judge someone based on first impressions. Did anyone honestly expect a beauty queen and a rebel to fall for each other? How...
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...What was the task(s) of the Breakfast Club? Did they succeed or fail in performing their task(s)? Evaluate their group performance of the task(s). Their tasks were to write a essay no less than 1,000 words describing who they are, think about why they are in detention, and not to talk, sleep, or move while they are there. They succeeded in performing their tasks but not by the way their instructor wanted them to. They came together and opened up with each others feelings. Identify and analyze informal role emergence in the Breakfast Club. Is there role status? Role conflict? Role Reversal? Role Fixation? Provide examples of character behavior to support your answer. Andrew shows role reversal when he opens up during “group therapy” with his...
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...Ferris Bueller’s Day Off begins as high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes being sick in order to stay home from school. Although Ferris’ mother and father allow him to stay home, his sister Jeannie is not convinced that he is actually ill. As Ferris’ absence is noted, Principal Rooney suspects he is truant and claims he will catch him in the act. Ferris convinces his friend Cameron, who is also absent, to come over to his house, knowing he would sit and feel sorry for himself alone. Once at Ferris’ house, Ferris convinces Cameron to call his girlfriend Sloane Peterson out of school by pretending to be her father and to claim her grandmother has died. Rooney believes Ferris is somehow behind the phone call, but he lets her out of school anyway....
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...Readings for American History Since 1877 Historiography in America...................................................................................................................................................... 2 How to teach history (and how not to) ................................................................................................................................ 6 How Ignorant Are Americans? ........................................................................................................................................... 9 The West ............................................................................................................................................................................... 11 The Education of Native Americans ................................................................................................................................. 11 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee .................................................................................................................................... 15 Prostitution in the West: .................................................................................................................................................... 17 The Gilded Age ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 The Duties of American Citizenship ...........................
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