ARTSANALYS wrote:
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> Keith Blay writes:
> >I am teaching a course.... for seventh and eighth graders >(13-14 year olds).
> I am looking for films adapted from >stories (preferably short stories)
> suitable for this age group. >with quality adaptions into film. Any
> suggestions or >favorites?
>
> (shortish)  The Red Badge of Courage, The Old Man and the Sea, Lord of the
> Flies,
> (not so short) The Yearling, Old Yeller <hack--agh--Disney>,
> A Member of the Wedding,  To Kill A Mockingbird,  Animal Farm,
>
> Jean Jameson, Arts Analysis Inst, Cambridge MA
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The animated Animal Farm is a great choice. It's a wonderful and
iunteresting adaptation of a great novel.
 
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