Help your students learn to write about film like analysts, not reviewers.

This resource includes four complete PDFs designed to scaffold seniors (and advanced 11th graders) toward college-ready analytical writing using Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (specifically, the opening credit sequence) as the analysis text.

A complete set of film writing exemplars designed to help teens write analytically about movies using cinematic language — not plot summary.

This pack includes:

• A full writing guide that breaks down how to write about film
• Teacher-annotated mentor texts with detailed commentary
• Clean versions for annotation, practice, or modeling

Perfect for ELA teachers, film teachers, homeschool families, and anyone who wants a structured way to teach analytical writing through film.

What’s Inside

📘 PDF 1&2 — Writing About Film Guide (Presentation Decks)

A clear, senior-friendly breakdown of:

• Thesis development
• Using film form vocabulary
• Writing effective body paragraphs
• Evidence selection
• Analysis that goes beyond summary
• Rubric descriptors from developing → proficient → advanced

📘 PDF 3 — Annotated Mentor Texts (8.5x11)

Includes multi-paragraph exemplars AND full essays with thoughtful commentary explaining:

• What makes a thesis compelling
• How cinematic evidence works
• How to deepen analysis
• How to revise weak or vague claims into precise academic writing

📘 PDF 4 — Clean Student Versions

Ready for:

• Annotation
• Do-Now analysis
• Writing mini-lessons
• Peer review
• Modeling

Who This Is For

Teachers & students seeking:

• College-ready film writing models
• Structured analytic writing practice
• Clear examples of film form vocabulary used correctly

Format

PDF files — protected and ready to print or display.

📝 Why This Resource Works

Because students need to see what strong film writing looks like. These models give them:

• A roadmap
• Language patterns
• Analytical moves
• Realistic, achievable examples

Standards Alignment:

CCSS RL.1–3, W.1–2, W.4–5, W.9; SL.1.
IB Language A Criteria A–D; IB Film Textual Analysis.
IGCSE AO1–AO3 for textual/film analysis.