Post 9

Choose one of the films (Spellbound or Hobart Shakespeareans) and write about it (or both if you want) through a literacy studies framework. What literacy practices are valued in these films? What would some of our authors say about these practices?

I had never heard of Spellbound before, but I’m so glad that I had an opportunity to watch it. Spelling bees hold a special place in my life, considering that I myself participated in several spelling bees in elementary and middle school.

Most children in the spelling bee were considered “advanced” in their classes because they were amazing spellers. Of course, there were always those that got to the national spelling bee by luck, as may be defined by some of the other spellers that work hours upon hours every day. That idea is pretty much spread though the nation; If you can spell really well, you must be very smart.