Writing About Media: A Justified Film Lesson Using Ferris Bueller's Day Off

This teacher's blog post explores how using a popular culture text (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) can connect with students and help teach the "language of film." I recently taught some of the "languages of film" when I conducted a workshop at the South Carolina Council of Teachers of English (SCCTE) annual conference: Using Film in The Literature Classroom.