Sunday, February 22, 2009

Respond to favorite movie worksheet

Movie: Kangaroo Jack
By: Candy

Character:Charlie

Character Map:
1.What does your character look like?
Charlie is tall, thin, caucasion, soft fluffly light brown hair, gentle face and eyes that are brown.

2.How does the character act?
Charlie is serious, catious, and a little shy. He has no luck with girls. He needs a little push every once in a while to do something.

3. How do other characters in this story react to this character?
Loius is his best friend who thinks Charlie is only still friends with him because he saved Charlie's life and owes him. Jesse thinks Charlie is a jerk at first because of an event that occured in the movie but in the end she falls in love with him. Sal is his step father who thinks Charlie is an embarrassment to the family and a mistake, so he decides to get rid of him by sending a bounty hunter after him. Mr. Smith is the bounty hunter who thinks Charlie and Loius took his money and figured out what was really going on.

Conflict Map:
1. What is the conflict?
Charlie and Loius are having to deliver a brown envelope for Sal all the way to Australia to a Mr. Smith. On the way there they find out it is full of money.Then in an event that occurs in the story they decide to put Louis's jacket on a supposedly dead kangaroo with the money it the pocket. The Kangaroo wakes up and runs off. So now they are trying to find this Kangaroo before Mr. Smith gets a hold of them and kills them.Also Sal finds out what is going on and sends his son Frankie down there after them too.

2. Why did this conflict occur?
Because Sal thought Charlie and his best friend, Loius, were an embarrassment to the famliy and are mistakes that always get in the way. So he decides to get rid of them by hiring a bounty hunter.

3. What are some ways this conflict can be resolved?
Charlie and Louis can move away and never come in contact with them again or Charlie's mom could divorce Sal.

Resolution Map:
1. How is the conflicted resolved?
Charlie and Louis get the money back. Then shortly after they find out what was really goin on. The police caught Frankie and Mr. Smith befre the could kill them.

2. What happens after the resolution?
Charlie and Louis stay best friends without thinking Charlie has a guilty conscience for Louis. Charlie and Jesse get married and become very rich off their natural hair product they discover during the movie. While the bad guys go to jail.

3. How does the conflict and its resolution affect the Character?
Charlie now doesnt have to worry about his family, girls, or best friend anymore. He went having pratically nothing to having all he could want.

Setting Map:
1.Where does this story take place?
This story takes place in Australia.

2.When does this story take place?
This story takes place in the summer.

3.Write a detailed description of the setting.
In a desert landscape with various animals roaming the land such as kangaroos and dingos. Also has mountain ranges and some water features.

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