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Spirited Away Film Study Bundle
Included is a comprehensive PowerPoint that teaches students key analytical skill needed for understanding a film's construction. It has interactive sounds and videos and activities. Easy to follow.The booklet encourages students to analyse the film while watching. It covers many film conventions and key comprehension questions.
Grades:
6th - 10th
Analyzing Suspense and Setting in Stranger Things
Students love learning about suspense and what better way to do that than by pairing it with a popular TV show the students already know and love? With this activity, students will be asked to answer basic plot-based questions during the viewing. The viewing guide also includes 13 critical thinking and analysis questions that can be assigned for a Socratic seminar or remote-learning discussion board posts. After viewing the episode, students will analyze the intention choices made by the writer
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Dark Side of Chocolate Comprehension Questions
Twenty multiple choice and short answer questions on the documentary 'The Dark Side of Chocolate.' The questions are sequential and are divided into Part One and Part Two (roughly first and second half of the documentary in case you want to break it up a little or discuss what they've seen.)Created for the seventh grade as an introduction to documentary film.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Canterbury Tales Activity Pack: Unveil Chaucer's World in 12 Interactive Slides
Engage, explore and elevate your literature classroom with our immersive and comprehensive "Canterbury Tales Activity Pack." This meticulously crafted resource spans 12 dynamic Google Slides, including a title page and hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation. Key Features:- Choice Board: Empower students with a range of interactive activities, allowing them to delve into Chaucer's tales in a way that suits their learning preferences.- Interactive Video Links: Dive into the world of
Grades:
9th - 12th
Iron Jawed Angels: Analyzing the Historical Accuracy
As part of our study of the Modern Period, I show my students the HBO film Iron Jawed Angels. My students often love this film and have questions about what happened in real life and what was added to the movie, since it is based on the fight for a federal amendment to the Constitution allowing women to vote. This worksheet will give students 14 statements to read detailing events in the film; they must decided whether or not that event happened in history or was part of the movie mojo, added fo
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10th - 12th
The Sixth Sense - Discussion Questions/Worksheet
If you are studying the Unreliable Narrator, or plot twists, there is NO BETTER MOVIE than The Sixth Sense. Many students are familiar with the famous line "I see dead people." So they already have a sliver of information about the movie prior to seeing it. This worksheet asks students to elaborate on themes found in the movie, search for symbols, and defend their answers with proof.
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9th - 12th
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Inception Worksheet
This film builds upon a student's comprehension level. It's main discussion points are a film's spatial and temporal relationship with the audience (how the filmmaker manipulates time and space). If you are reading a tricky storyline novel or literature piece, this film may be good to watch to help students understand they retain more than they think they do. This can also be used for ethical and moral discussions.
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9th - 12th
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Something the Lord Made (video) Analysis
The 2004 HBO video "Something the Lord Made" tells the story of Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas's collaboration to pioneer a new heart surgery to save the lives of "blue babies." This nonfiction drama stars Alan Rickman and Mos Def as an unusual partnership that begins at Vanderbilt Univ. and ends at Johns Hopkins University.
Along with the film, students may complete the analysis of the film as literature with examination of themes and conflict while watching to complete Bloom's level 1
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10th - 12th
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Some Like It Hot Worksheet
Students LOVE comedies, and Some Like It Hot delivers at exceptional display. Most teenagers these days love the movie "White Chicks" and Some Like It Hot is the film that started it all. With amazing performances by the talented men, and stunning beauty of Marilyn Monroe (which most students KNOW her image, but have not seen a film with her in it). The Dialogue in this film (Screenplay by the great Billy Wilder) is what students seem to catch. It's witty, and the humor is almost hidden. This wo
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9th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Film / Movie One Pager and Rubric
This is a GREAT way to have students show their understanding and knowledge of the film The Hunger Games.Students create a one pager that represents the characters, plot, and important themes for the movie.This is easy to have students in person in class, it's also easy to adapt and have students do it electronically on a ppt slide.
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Hunger Games Movie / Film Guide, Quiz, and One Pager w/Rubrics
"Harrison Bergeron" and "2081" by Kurt Vonnegut
Follow the trend of teaching dystopian literature in the classroom by introducing your students to "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. This short story will be certain to spark discussions and the students will be able to keep coming back to the story throughout the year as you teach other dystopian stories. Bonus material included: The "2081" movie viewing guide and accompanying activities.Included in this resource, you will find:Vocabulary ListLesson Plans (5 Days)-Quizlet and Blooket Activi
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7th - 10th
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Atonement by Ian McEwan - Quotes and Journal Prompts
This collection of quotes from McEwan's novel are designed to facilitate students' personal responses to a complex text.
I often use this assignment after using the film version of the novel
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9th - 12th
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Common Core CCSS EDI Listening Speaking Writing with Reading Rainbow
EDI Common Core Listening, Speaking, and Writing with Reading Rainbow videos
• This is a complete set of 6 perpetual lessons using Reading Rainbow episodes to address the Common Core Speaking and Listening and Writing standards integrating the Explicit Direct Instruction techniques that your supervisor is looking for during walkthroughs.
• No preparation is required, and the only materials needed are your own copies of Reading Rainbow (which can be streamed from Discovery Streaming http://www.
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2nd - 5th
Teaching Through TV: the Big Bang Theory
Updated to Google docs:This is the second of a series I am creating called teaching through television. Through viewing clips, students will practice comprehension, figurative language, literary elements, and summarizing questions. This item includes:6 "Big Bang Theory" clips with 5 multiple choice questions per clip, along with a summarizing component, and an answer key.This is a fun way for your students to practice their ELA standards. This can be used as an incentive activity, an early finis
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7th - 12th
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Jaws Worksheet
When discussing foreshadowing in literature, a great classic like Jaws can do wonders for your lesson. Surprisingly, many students have not seen this film, even thought he musical score is one of the most famous of all times. My favorite is to show Jaws right before Spring Break, and get giggles out of students saying that they are vacationing on the beach for their trip.
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9th - 12th
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Teaching Through TV: Friends
Updated to Google docs:This is the first of a series I am creating called teaching through television. Through viewing clips, students will practice comprehension, figurative language, literary elements, and summarizing questions. This item includes:6 "Friends" clips with 5 multiple choice questions per clip, along with a summarizing component, and an answer key.This is a fun way for your students to practice their ELA standards. This can be used as an incentive activity, an early finisher activ
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7th - 12th
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Film Terminology PowerPoint SlideShow
This detailed PowerPoint slideshow should be used in conjunction with the Film Terminology Definition graphic organizer in this same store.
Students research and complete the graphic organizer on their own, and I used the PP to instruct, explain and allow students to fill in any missing information.
Students then use the graphic organizer on all assignments for the unit. This is an excellent opportunity for students to strengthen analytical skills using film in place of the literature. In
Grades:
9th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird Book and Movie Jailhouse Scene Comparison
This activity poses seven questions to students about the impact, differences, and similarities between the jailhouse scene in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1962 film adaptation.Students' answers will vary, but should demonstrate higher-level thinking skills to be counted for full credit.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â To Kill a Mockingbird Resource Bundle
Unit 2 - How To Look At Movies
This entire unit focuses on undoing a student's "invisible" perception of films, and helping them unravel how a film works. This unit can be used in conjunction with Unit 1 (film history) or you can begin with this unit.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Ferdinand- A literary devices film Scavenger Hunt
Students will review literary devices such as plot, inferencing, using descriptive details, figurative language, cause and effect, and other literary devices. This film scavenger hunt will keep them engaged and help them to practice, independently, the skills they have learned during literary analysis.
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5th - 12th
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Film Terminology Graphic Organizer with Scaffolding/Examples
This graphic organizer asks students to define basic terms used in film making. After students complete this, they may apply the terms to any film and analyze it as literature.
I've used it with "The King's Speech," but any Alfred Hitchcock film will work beautifully as well as "Citizen Kane" or "To Kill a Mockingbird."
See the PowerPoint in the store that goes with this graphic organizer. I spent two days in the computer lab with students researching and defining terms, and then I used th
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6th - 12th
Guardians of Ga'Hoole
From Michele Jeanmarie, take your students through a novel read, Guardians of Ga’Hoole, and learn of the many elements of characterization, plot, comparison and contrast. Students use other disciplines, such as Astronomy and Aerodynamics to expand understanding. Oreo cookies are used to show comprehension of the phases of the moon, plane models are used to understand the principles of aerodynamics and references of the Bible as a historical document are used to measure values and virtues, morali
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5th - 7th
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Characters of Greek Mythology Chart: Lightning Thief
Use this chart as an interactive Movie Guide for "The Lightning Thief". Before watching, ask students to jot down what they know about each character on the chart. Then while watching (or after) ask them to add information to the chart showing what they have learned about each character in Greek Mythology. There is a Make a Connection question at the bottom as well! Watching the movie is a great way to introduce, end or enrich a Greek Mythology unit or novel study! Enjoy!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Advance Organizer for the Movie "National Treasure"
Help you students be more alert to story details by looking for and answering questions related to plot, major and minor characters, cause/ effect, character traits, primary sources, and story resolution with this organizer.
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4th - 8th
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