Lesson: Atonement, 2007

Plot Summary: In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony -- who has a crush on Robbie -- is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested -- and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love. Written by Orange

	Atonement		Film Review for Atonement
	Biography of Joe Wright, director		Test Open
	Constructed Response for Atonement		Constructed Response verbiage

Students will analyze the movie Atonement, revealing the legacy of Ian McEwans novel that have been transferred to film. The direction by Joe Wright and his filmography will be discussed. Atonement is an option for an extra credit reading. Film terminology will be presented as they are demonstrated in the exhibition of the motion picture.