Where the Wild Things Are

There is a wild thing in all of us!

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

COVER: What do you think this book will be about?

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

MAURICE SENDAK

MISCHIEFCan you figure out what the word ‘mischief’ means from

looking at the picture?

PAGE TWO

Do you think his mom would really send him to bed without eating

anything?

PAGE FIVE

1.  What do you think is going to happen to Max?  Is that dragon going to hurt him? 

2.  A year is a pretty long time.  I bet he misses home.

PAGE FIFTEEN

GNASHEDWhat does this mean?

It sounds scary!

PAGE SEVENTEEN

What do you think the monster’s are going to do next?

PAGE EIGHTEEN

What does it mean when Max said he

TAMED them?

PAGE NINETEEN

What does

RUMPUS mean?

PAGE TWENTY TWO

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“Let the wild rumpus begin…”

RUMPUS

What did Max do to the Wild

Things, that his mother did to him back at

home? 

PAGE TWENTY NINE

Where do you think that smell is coming from? 

PAGE THIRTY

The film follows the imaginary adventures of a young boy

named Max, who is angry when his mother, Connie, invites her boyfriend over. After causing one mischievous antic after

another, he is sent to his room without supper. Feeling angry and unloved, he then creates a

forest bordering a massive ocean, and sails away to an island inhabited by seven

imaginary monsters called the Wild Things, who crown him as

their ruler.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

DIR. SPIKE JONEZ (2009)

THIS FILM IS

BASED ON THE BOOK AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE

POSTER THAT THE MONSTERS AND MAX LOOK VERY SIMILAR

TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS

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WRITE DOWN A LIST OF ALL THE PARTS OF THE BOOK

THAT SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED AND WHY

YOU HAVE READ THE SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE

AND IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO THE BOOK

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WRITE DOWN A LIST OF THE ASPECTS YOU THINK

WOULD CHANGE AND WHY

SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

THIS SHOULD TAKE TWO PERIODS

WATCHING THE FILM

Section A - film

WORKBOOK

Objectives:

Engage with and enjoy visual language

Understand, respond to and use visual language effectively in a variety of contexts

Identify the purposes for which verbal and visual features are used and combined

Respond to and discuss meaning, ideas and effects

FILM STUDY

Film

Setting

Theme/ideas

Character

Relationships

WHAT DO WE STUDY?

• Dialogue (digetic)

• Voice over (non digetic)

• Music (non digetic)

• Silence (both)• Ambient sound

(digetic)

• Shot sizes• Camera angles• Editing• Colour• Costume/Make up• Mise en Scene

Verbal Visual

TECHNIQUES

Section B- techniques

WORKBOOK

1. Who is the main character in the film? How do you know they are the main character?

2. Describe the main character, physically and emotionally.

3. What sort of person is he? How do you know this?

4. Who is the main Wild Thing?5. Describe them in detail.6. How does the Wild thing connect with/relate

to Max?

CHARACTER

Section C - character

WORKBOOK

THEME/IDEA

ESCAPISM

FANTASYFRIENDSHIPLONELINESS

CHILDHOOD

FORGIVENESSFEAR

Escapism Fantasy Friendship Loneliness

THEME/IDEA

Make a table like this with four ideas at the top you can choose from the

ideas we discussed on the previous slide

Section D - Ideas

WORKBOOK

1.Are relationships important in this film?

2.Which relationship is most important? Why?

3.What do we learn from watching Max interact with the

Wild Things?

RELATIONSHIPS

Section E – practice writing

WORKBOOK

What is so special about the setting in this film?

There are two settings

SETTING

How to write a Year 10 essay (idea)

ESSAY WRITING

Choose one idea and think…

What did the director say about this idea?

How did the director show you this was the main idea?

What did he want you (the viewer) to think about this idea?

How can we prove that this is the main idea?

THEME/IDEA

Verbal techniques

Visual techniques

Describe an important theme/s or idea/s from your text.

Explain how it is important.

Describe a challenge or challenges that a character faces.

Explain how the challenge/s helped you understand a key

idea/s.

Describe an interesting moment in your text.

Explain, with detailed examples, why it was interesting.

THEME/IDEA

Key Words!

Essay question comes in two parts and has handy hints (the key words in bold).

Part One: DESCRIBE – you need to be able to describe WHAT it is that is on bold on your question, for instance; describe theme/challenge/moment

Part Two: EXPLAIN- you need to be able to explain HOW/WHY this made you feel as a viewer, for instance; explain how was it important/how it helped you understand the

idea/why it made you think it was interesting

ESSAY WRITING

In your paragraphs you need to be able to describe clearly what the question asks you to and explain convincingly how the director made you do something:

write your description as if the person reading the essay has NEVER seen the film (this way you will be more detailed)

only describe your aspect in full detail, be brief about the plot

explain using PROOF from the film

format using I. D. E. A. +.

DESCRIBE & EXPLAIN

I Identify the point you are going to make

The main idea in the film Where the Wild Things Are is loneliness.

D Describe your point Loneliness was shown in the film when…

E Give an example of your point

An example of this was the dialogue, when ?? says,…

A Analyse what this example did

This made the audience think/feel/believe/feel…

+ Connect it to either a) another text you have studied or b) another aspect of the film

The audience was made to feel like that again in the film when…This was similar to The Outsiders when Pony Boy felt lonely because…

IDEA+

• Introduction = reword the question into a statement, be sure to use the words that are in BOLD and include the films title (underlined) and the directors name. Name the examples you will use to prove you are right (not the techniques, the moments of the film you will talk about)

In the film Where The Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonez an important idea was loneliness. Loneliness was important because it…

STRUCTURE

• Boby paragraphs = these are the internal essay paragraphs that convince the marker that your opinion about the film is correct. You will need to use your IDEA+ structure

One of the reasons the idea of loneliness was important is because it made you understand the character Max and what he was feeling. Max felt left out of his family and was angry with his mum when he was sent to his room. Max felt as though he was alone and no one understood or cared about him. This was shown when…

• The + can be about what YOU LEARNT from watching this

STRUCTURE

• Conculsion = tell the marker why you believed the idea of loneliness was important in the film and how specific techniques were used to prove it (not the moments in the film).

Spike Jonez was clever when he conveyed the idea of loneliness in the film. He used the techniques…. To show how important this idea was.

CONCLUSION

DUE: 9th March

PRACTICE ESSAY

Section F - poster

WORKBOOK