Name: Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Unit: The Ultimate Gift Ag. Biology: Week 1, 1/6-1/10 6 [ ] Absent No School!!! 7 [ ] Absent Welcome Back! 8 [ ] Absent 9 [ ] Absent 10 [ ] Absent The Ultimate Gift Essay Due: Wednesday, Jan. 15th! Packet Contents: 1. Bell Work 10 pts. 2. The Ultimate Gift Movie Worksheets 21 pts. 3. Self-Reflection & SMART Goals 15 pts. Total Points for Packet / 46 pts.
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Name: Period: The Ultimate Gift: Movie Workskeet Complete the questions as you watch the movie, The Ultimate Gift. Please answer the questions in complete sentences, paying attention to spelling and grammar. The Gift of Work 1. Red Stevens tells his grandson Jason that there will be a series of gifts leading up to the ultimate gift. What is it about Jason s behavior and attitude in the first scene that may have prompted his grandfather to withhold the inheritance? 2. What is Jason s job at the ranch? What is Jason s attitude toward this job? 3. Why do you think Gus destroyed the first fence that Jason built? What lesson is Gus trying to teach Jason? 4. What motivated Jason to finish his job on the ranch? 5. What motivates you to complete difficult tasks? The Gift of Friends 6. What does Jason s family, friends, and girlfriend do after they find out Jason lost all of his money? 7. Who is the only friend willing to help Jason complete his second task? 8. How does Jason s perception of friendship differ from Emily s? The Gift of Money 9. When Jason receives his paycheck from the ranch, what is he instructed he must do with it? Who does Jason give his paycheck to?
Name: Period: 10. What do you think this task is meant to teach Jason? 11. If you had to give $1,5oo away to help someone less fortunate, who would you give it to? Why? The Gift of Problems & the The Gift of Learning 12. Where must Jason travel, to face his past problems? 13. What was named after Jason? 14. What did Jason learn about his father and grandfather? 15. Why do you think it is important to learn about yourself and your past? The Gift of a Day 16. What does Emily want Jason to do for her for Christmas? 17. While in Texas, what special gift does Emily give her mother, even though Emily herself doesn t like it? 18. If you had one day, what would you wish to do? Whom would you like to spend it with? The Gift of Dreams 19. What dream does Jason develop? Why is he so passionate about his dream? 20. How did the gifts he completed help him to realize his dream? 21. What is your dream? What things are standing in your way? How can you achieve this dream?
Name: Period: The Ultimate Gift: Reflection Essay Please answer the following questions in an essay totaling a minimum of 2 pages typed in length. Your paper must be 12 font, Times New Roman and double spaced with normal margins. You must include 2 quotes from the movie. It can be one comprehensive paper or you can answer them in 1 or multiple paragraphs each. Be COMPLETE! 1. Start by writing a summary of the film explaining who Jason is, his character, and why he is receiving gifts throughout the movie. 2. The first gift was of hard work. Explain how Jason was able to earn that gift. Did he get it right away? How did you finally know that he had earned it? Why is it important that we learn the value of hard work? How does the lesson of hard work relate to real life? 3. The second was the gift of friendship. What do you feel that it means to be a true-friend? How did Jason show that he was a true friend and how did the little girl show him that she was his true friend? On a personal note, who is one of your true friends and how do you know? 4. The third was the gift of money. What did Jason learn about money? What lesson did he get about family that came along with this gift? (Think about Thanksgiving dinner) What value do you think money SHOULD have in our lives? 5. What do you believe that this movie was explaining to be the Ultimate Gift? Did Jason discover and/or earn that gift? After you explain about Jason, explain how the Ultimate Gift is important in your own life? How do you express it in your daily decision making or in your life in general? 6. What was the most valuable thing that you learned or realized through watching this film? Do you believe that our society actively promotes earning these life gifts? How can you as an individual help to spread these gifts? Give at least 3 examples.