Lesson: the notebook , 2004         

Plot Summary:

The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiance and her first love.

The Notebook Nicholas Sparks pdf
Review of The Notebook Official Web site for The Notebook
Reading Proofreader Marks
Constructed Response Test Open
Article on Romance Movies    

Objective: Students will analyze the movie The Notebook, to decipher how a third person novel can be communicated in film. The time period of dissection will include the 1940's historical perspective and 1996 perspective. Film terminology will be presented as they are demonstrated in the exhibition of the motion picture.

 

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