A DRAGON WITH WINGS
◼︎ Scenes 08 - 10
Watch the scenes below.
After each scene, answer the questions related to that scene.
SCENE 08
08 — WSCH TV: Bearded Dragons — WSCH TV anchors Cheyenne and Natalie feature the school's bearded dragons. (2 minutes)
◼︎Questions for scene 08 — WSCH TV: Bearded Dragons
(1) Two bearded dragons have escaped.
• Who do Natalie and Cheyenne, the WSCH TV anchors, blame for the escape of two bearded dragons?
(2) What happens in this scene to confirm there is a rivalry between Erin, Echo and Ellie and Natalie & Cheyenne?
(3) Note two sources mentioned by Natalie and Cheyenne where students might learn about griffins.
SCENE 09
09 — The First Message — While playing "The Dragons of Orr" video game in a back stairwell, Erin, Echo and Ellie receive their first mysterious message. (3 minutes)
◼︎Question for scene 09 — The First Message
(4) In the Hero/ine’s Journey, stories start “at home” or “in the land of the known.”
• What is “ordinary (school) life” like for Erin, Echo and Ellie?
(5) Several types of dragon populate “The Dragons of Orr” game.
• Write what we learn about three of these dragons.
(6) How might Scene 09, “The First Message,” be The Call to Adventure, the next step in the Hero/ine’s Journey?
SCENE 10
10 — At the Top of the Stairs — An iPad message send Erin, Echo & Ellie to the top of the stairs where… something out-of-this-world happens. (3 minutes)
◼︎Questions for scene 10 — At the Top of the Stairs
(7) Yes, the Special Effects (SFX) were created in an elementary school with $0 in the SFX budget.
• But, what do you think the thing that materializes is?
(8) Erin and Echo have one set of attitudes towards the device and its messages; Ellie has a very different set of attitudes.
• How do we know this?
(9) Erin and Echo mix “The Dragons of Orr” fantasy game with what’s happening I.R.L., in real life.
• Where do we see this?
(10) In the end, Ellie goes along with Erin and Echo.
• Why didn’t Ellie walk away from “this ship of fools”?
NOTE: In the 4th quarter, the ABCD answers are now 10 points (instead of 3)
ABCD (Above & Beyond the Call of Duty) — the only way to get to 50/50 (A+); you may also need the points if you’ve dropped points for questions 1-10.
Imagine a “device” pops up unexpectedly in your life.
Imagine the device sends you strange messages.
What would you think is happening?
Would you play along — or walk away?
Why or why not?
