Remember the Titans

1. Remember the Titans

2. Today’s lesson • Aim: Develop an understanding of characters and plot • Starter: Trailer • Plot Summary • Chain Story • Explore Conflict and Resolution

3. Character Identification • Name the two most important coaches of the Titans • Name the important players on the Titans football team

4. MUST SHOULD COULD 3 Adjectives 1 Problem 1 Way he helped the community 3 Adjectives 1 Problem 1 Way he helped the community Coach Boone Coach Yoast

5. He was cantankerous, sharp-edged, intelligent, opinionated – and a driven man who stepped on quite a few toes treated everybody the same helped Louie get his grades up good family man a 'race man' i.e. was proud of his race and worked for it drive to win – a 'winner' strong disciplinarian, would drive the boys; inspirational Coach Boone

6. Screenwriter: Bill is a very sweet, warm man - one of the nicest men I have met. He started out in life wanting to be a preacher; but became a coach as a way of reaching young people. He seems laid-back but he wanted to win just as much as Boone did. a good man, decent, honourable; will not win his job back through cheating has his pride but is able to subdue it in the interests of the team strong paternal affection for the boys treats Sheryl with respect as well as love Coach Yoast

7. 3 Adjectives 1 Problem 1 Change 3 Adjectives 1 Problem 1 Change Julius Gerry

8. Angry Brilliant Funny Respects Gerry's ability, and his ability to change. Starts as a racist but Julius becomes his best friend; he is too decent, too honest, too honourable to accept Ray's betrayal of the team. Puts the team first. Julius Gerry

9. Other Characters • Rev -a 'brainiac', deeply religious, a decent, likeable boy; offers to tutor Louie. • Louie - 'white trash', from a poor background, and not a scholar; singer and dancer; open-minded – "I'm with everybody." • Petey – oversensitive, self-centred, has to learn to put the team ahead of himself. • Sunshine – has a personality to match his name. • Blue – sees life through music; but also shows grit, determination. • Ray – invented character to represent the intransigent racist.

10. Plot Summary words head coach funeral grudgingly/reluctantly disciplined camp particularly unified job prejudice success integrated successful assistant imperious/bossy respect captain spirit tragedy Hall of Fame champions paralysed

11. The Setting of the scene Answer the following questions as best you can, based on the information you have. Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?

12. Viewing – Setting Up The Conflicts Goal: To understand the idea of conflict, and track its resolution through the film Starter – key word definition – in your group, come up with a clear definition of what conflict means in a film Recap – What has happened so far? Viewing – Making a note of conflicts. Feedback – what conflicts have we found?

13. Conflict • External Conflict • Pick three of conflicts. • Write down how the viewer expects them to be resolved • Internal Conflict

14. Coaches Tough Choices • Goal: To show an understanding of the dilemmas facing a character, and the tension these create • Key word – Dilemma – definition? • A REALLY difficult choice, where every result has a bad consequence • Viewing – keep an eye out for Coach Yoast’s dilemmas • Written response – were I faced with the following dliemma, I would likely …

15. Narrative Tension Exploring Narrative Tension Narrative means story – so narrative tension means tension that comes from the plot or storyline. Use the Cloze Summary Sheet to divide the plot line of Titans into 12 main parts. Once you’ve done that, create a narrative tension graph to plot the ebbs and flows of tension throughout the story. Tension Extension Challenge Chart the main sub-plot as well • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plot Point