This book explains how the Moral Premise a statement of truth about the protagonists psychological predicament is a fundamental part of every successful movies structure. It is also a book about how you, the filmmaker, can appropriate the Moral Premise to create great motion pictures that resonate with large audiences. You will learn: the history and theory of the Moral Premise; its components and structure; its use in creating remarkable character arcs, act breaks, turning points, and dramatic beats; a step-by-step method for embedding a true Moral Premise into a three-act screenplay; understand and embrace one of the most fundamental structural aspects of storytelling, the basis for the most popular movies of all time; and use what has proven to be successful in the process entertain, delight, challenge, and uplift this generation and the ones to come.

Culled from over two decades of classroom expertise, this essential guide shows readers how to Create learning targets that are scalable and transferable within and across units Develop instructional scales for each learning target that define the increasing complexity of the skill progression Design non-scored practice activities, intentional formative assessments, and summative assessments to provide reliable, individual evidence of achievement toward learning targets Introduce and model skills that will be assessed and design tasks that allow students to use these skills to practice with the content Maintain a gradebook that tracks summative achievement of learning targets, and score assessments accordingly Communicate clearly and efficiently with all students and families about progress and learning