Crater | Movie Guide + Questions | Social Emotional Activities Digital Printable
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Description
Have you ever wanted to include a film, educational video, or movie into your lesson, but needed some questions, activities, and/or deeper thinking work to go with it to help create a more robust and impactful learning experience? Well I certainly have, and I originally created this movie guide and question set for the movie Crater to use in my own classroom for that exact reason!
This resource is designed to turn a single movie into (potentially) a full week of reflective learning and expression. The great thing about the materials in this kit is that you can really choose how “deep” you want to go into the story, setting, and characters.
ABOUT THIS MOVIE:
Title: Crater (Disney)
Rating: PG
Release Date: May 12, 2023
Genre: Family, Science Fiction, Teen/Youth
Learning Topics: Earth, Space, Solar System, the Moon, mining, helium
Themes/Topics: Problem solving, friendship, commitment, social-emotional relations, taking risks, adolescence, life changes, being an outcast or different, child-parent relationships, life chapters
Summary: “Crater” is the story of Caleb Channing, who was raised on a lunar mining colony and is about to be permanently relocated to an idyllic faraway planet following the death of his father. But before leaving, to fulfill his dad’s last wish, he and his three best friends, Dylan, Borney, and Marcus, and a new arrival from Earth, Addison, hijack a rover for one final adventure on a journey to explore a mysterious crater.
TEACHING IDEAS:
- If you only have one day or class period for the movie, you could print or digitally assign just the viewing questions to ensure that students are watching and comprehending the movie’s plot, setting, and characters
- After watching the movie, implement learning centers using the following ‘stations’:
- Deeper-Thinking Questions / Grammar Practice
- Character Study / Compare and Contrast
- Problems + Solutions / Story Mountain
- Opinion Writing (independent)
- ‘Create-a-Quiz’ about the movie
- After watching the movie, have a class discussion using the deeper thinking questions as a guide. This works great because some of them are opinion questions and should spark a fun conversation.
- Assign any of the individual extension activity worksheets as ‘fast finisher’ work or homework.
- Last minute sub plans can be assigned right from home via Google Classroom- no prep necessary if students have individual computers, laptops, or tablets.
- This is also an awesome curriculum-based, educational and FUN end of the year activity. Those last few weeks are the perfect time to sprinkle in fun, high-interest activities like this.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
(Everything listed below is provided in both printable and digital formats.)
- Movie Viewing Questions: 20 short-answer questions about details of the movie that are listed in order of when they are presented in the movie.
- Post-Viewing Deeper Thinking Questions: 6 short-answer reflective questions that require higher-level thinking. Some are open-ended and students would express and support their opinion.
- Character Study: graphic organizers that allow students to dive more deeply into each character's individual traits, actions, feelings, and changes over time.
- Compare + Contrast Graphic Organizers: graphic organizers that allow students to compare and contrast different characters (of their choice or you can assign them) in the film. Two versions are included; comparing 2 characters or comparing 3 characters.
- Problems + Solutions Graphic Organizer: a table-style organizer that provides either a problem or solution from the movie in each row. Students will provide the corresponding problem or solution that is missing.
- Opinion Writing Prompt: a long-answer, essay-style reflection question that asks students to provide their opinion and support their answer with specific examples from the movie.
- Grammar Practice Worksheets: 2 worksheets that each target a different grammar goal: usage and revising/editing. Both worksheets are themed with sentences and paragraphs that pertain specifically to the movie.
- Story Mountain Graphic Organizer: a classic “story mountain” organizer that guides students in identifying the different story elements in the movie: rising action, build up, climax, resolution, and ending.
- Answer Keys
Ideal for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR A CLOSER LOOK!
Note: This product uses American English and is not editable.
Parents, Caregivers, and Homeschool Providers
This resource is a perfect additional to an at-home curriculum or enrichment program. Easily transform a movie day into a lesson and extend the learning as much as you want!
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