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[rayray123]

Could anyone suggest a movie or tv show for 1st year high school students? I don't watch movies very often and I never watch tv, so I really don't know what would be good.

[pkang0202]

I showed my students Glee, episode 1. Episode 2 may be inappropriate, but the 1st one is fine.

Or, Supernatural episode 1 is a good one too.

[waynehead]

It's that time of year, isn't it?

I showed my first and second year students the first 45 minutes of The Hurt Locker. They friggin loved it - but I teach all boys.

[tigershark]

Jaws.

[emilylovesyou]

My first year classes (all girls) watched The Day After Tomorrow, Ratatouille, or Princess Diaries. Anything comedy, action, or horror will do.

[Paladin Brewer]

I tried Shrek 2 and they were bored

[air76]

Our school has Brokeback Mountain in the video library (amongst a dozen other inappropriate films)....I'd love to show that movie some time and then have the university complain. "Well, you guys picked it out."

I found a movie in the library which has a really violent and graphic sex scene that involves snorting cocaine and doing a stripper in the bathroom at a strip club (and all sorts of other graphic stuff)....I told the administration that this movie should be removed from the library as it was inappropriate for a Christian school. I am not Christian but I know that a lot of the parents would NOT be happy to know that the school endorsed this film.....the administration said "oh....ok".....it's still there.

[Troglodyte]

Is it just a one off movie class? Or do you want to show videos on a regular basis?

There is a very nice video course called Extr@. You can find it for download (pirated of course) from several sites. There is also a work book and teachers book to go with it. It's About 4 neighbors in their teens/twenties. It's amusing and there are a few general story arcs over the course of the 30 episodes. Most of the middle school and high schools classes that I've show it to find it funny. It's a bit low budget and the humor is a bit juvenile but I think that's to appeal to the target audience.

[rayray123]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll watch the trailers and pick something out. I'll be teaching a mix of boys and girls. I just wanted one movie for part of my summer camp.

[chellovek]

Mr Bean