Recently, students in Mrs. Donna Couture and Ms. Valerie Caruso’s 9th grade English Honors classes were engaged in a fun-filled alternative activity for their final assessment on Harper Lee’s famous novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Rather than the traditional book report or a similar assignment, the classes was divided into groups and challenged instead to produce short films focusing on the novel. Students were asked to provide an insightful analysis of theme, character and plot in a creative, entertaining manner. As they began this task, each group was required to write a script and storyboard for their film. Before students began working, they were given some direct instruction in the use, special effects, and tricks of iMovie by Mr. Amante so they could see what was possible while planning their film. Armed with this knowledge and after complete these planning steps, each group then received a Flip Video camera to record their video.  Students then took the cameras home for a few days for filming and included props, costumes, and even offsite locations in the community to make their films as professional and interesting as possible. After filming was complete, they then spent a few days in the computer lab editing their movies into a finished product. The end results were exceptional projects (as can be seen in this example student movie) and showed how students not only successfully met the task at hand but had a great deal of fun at the same time. Among the various films created by the groups were movie trailers advertising the novel, talk shows interviewing the novel's main characters, reenactments of scenes from within the novel, and even news broadcasts reporting about events in the novel. Overall, this video project was very successful.  Students not only solidified their knowledge of the novel through use of storyboards, scripts and overall dialogue but the use of technology engaged each student and provided motivation, thus leading to projects that were original, vivid and demonstrated a high level of creativity. Using Flip Cameras and iMovie as part of your curriculum is possible in almost any content area. If you would like to do this too, please contact the Tech Team. They would be happy to work with you on using moviemaking as part of your classroom instruction as well.