Over the past week, I have been working on my book report movie, and I will tell you the steps I went through while working on it.

My Movie

Plot, Character, Setting, and Mood

“Farley Mowat” was a real person, and I searched up pictures of him online to make the avatar look as similar to his real life appearance as possible. I thought a fur coat would be the perfect arctic attire for him to wear.

As this is a true story, setting was quite easy to find. Although it does not say in the book, running a quick google search asking when “Never Cry Wolf” takes place tells you 1946. Where the story takes place is found in the quote “Say about… three-hundred miles north of Churchill?”

I wrote important plot points for each chapter as I read this book, so I had many options to choose from. However, I only chose the points I thought moved the story along in a big way, or plot twists that changed the expectations of the reader. I thought about putting more points, but I think I gave enough of a summary for the reader to understand the plot.

The mood of the story is defined as “The general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader.” Although I have not seen the famous “Never Cry Wolf” movie yet, I can imagine Farley Mowat out in the barrens with ambient and subtle music in the background. I thought the song I chose perfectly represented how it feels to be alone in an empty, barren land. I did not touch on it in the powerpoint, but for the first little bit of the book Mowat was alone after Mike left for an unknown reason. This may be a stretch, but the little personality this song has can be found in the drum beat, which in a way, represents the wolf family who occupied Mowat’s thoughts over the two years in the tundra.

This powerpoint was quite the chore and I’m glad to have it done. Although that sounds very negative, the assignment has taught me a lot about the program and the experience was made tolerable by the fact I was at least making it on a book I was passionate about.

Core Competency Reflection

• I can describe how the things I learned about Farley Mowat at my previous school relate to this experience in the conclusion, where I explain that I have read two of his other books and written a biography on him. I compared the different experiences I’ve had with this author many times in my head as I worked on the assignment.
• I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is found in the side characters slide, where I put another avatar to meet the extending level criteria, and in the conclusion, where I wrote much more than what was needed.
• I appreciate feedback on grammar and prefer it comes in the form of criticism and advice rather than nitpicks. Although my grammar would be worse if my previous English teacher didn’t point out every error and flaw in my essays, I feel like I could still get A’s without these insignificant criticisms. This is not to say she was a bad English teacher by any means. Although she nitpicked, she did give me many helpful tips and criticisms that went a long way.