Directed by: BenStassen
Certificate: U
Running time: 87minsRelease date: 25March2011
Synopsis:A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventuresisa3DanimatedfilmaboutaturtlecalledSammyandhisadventures roaming theopenseasof theworld.Hemakes friendswithotherturtleswhilstavoidingpredatoryseacreatures,searchesfortheelusiveloveofhislife,andsufferstheconsequencesofenvironmentalpollutionoftheoceans.Itwasclassified‘U’formildthreat.
The activities in these Study Notes address aspects of the curriculum for Art & Design, Literacy and Science for pupils aged 5-11.
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s AdventuresStudy Notes
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Before seeing the film1. Findoutaboutturtlesusingreferencebooksaboutanimals,ortheinternet.Howmany
differenttypesofturtlearethere?Lookingatthepictureoftheturtleinthefilmcanyouidentifythetypeofturtlethatheis?
2. Thisisananimatedfilm.Whataretheadvantagesofanimation?Howwouldthefilmbedifferentifitwereadocumentary(afactualfilm)aboutturtles?Whataretheprosandconsofseeingthisfilmin3D?
3. Readthefilm’ssynopsisandunderlineanyadjectives(describingwords).Makealistofthesewordsandputthemintoyourownstorysynopsis.Whatwillitbeabout?
After seeing the film1. Chooseyourfavouriteexcitingmomentfromthefilm.Thinkbacktowhathappensin
thatmoment:whatcharactersarethere?Wherearethey,andwhataretheydoing?Createastoryboardofsixtoeightshotstoshowwhathappensinthatkeymoment,thinkingaboutwhenclose-upsandlongshotswereusedinthatmoment.Remembertoaddanydialoguenexttotheimages.
2. Sammygoesonajourneyaroundtheworldinthefilm.Makehimapretendpassport,showingallthestampsthathewouldgetfromthedifferentcountries.
3. Drawadiagramshowingthelifecycleofasandturtlebasedonwhatyoulearntfromthefilm.
4. Onhis journey,Sammymeetswhales,cats,anoctopus,snakes,penguinsandseagulls.Eachpersoninyourclassshouldcreateapageforafactbookaboutanimals.Someofyoucandrawpicturesoftheanimals,labelingthewaystheyareadaptedtotheenvironmentinwhichtheylive.Othermembersoftheclasscancreatefactfilesfortheanimalsandthedifferentpartsoftheworldinwhichtheylive.Whenyouhaveallfinishedyourpieces,createacoverforyourfactsheetsandputthemtogetherasareferencebookforyourclassandotherclassesinyourschool.
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