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Free Winter creative writing movie guides
Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
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5th - 8th
Short Films For The Birds FREE Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Activities
FREE PIXAR SHORT FILM DIALOGUE AND CHARACTER ACTIVITY that students will actually WANT to do! This digital GOOGLE SLIDES resource allows students create 5 dialogue scenes for the bickering birds in the film and an activity to analyze how the dialogue shapes the characters. The TEACH slide explains how writers use dialogue to develop characters, and reminds them to use quotation marks when writing dialogue. This is a simple, stress-free way for students to learn dialogue in a way they will neve
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4th - 7th
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A Beautiful Mind Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.
This Free 6 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "A Beautiful Mind (2001)". This guide will also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher. Ideal for a unit about mental health.PART 1 – Comprehension questions.• 25 questions in chronological order with answers included.PART 2 – Extension Questions.• 3 short answer questions about John Nash. Includes example answers.• 1 Essay about John Nash working for Parcher.Inspired by the book by Sylvia Nasar. Set mainly in the C
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9th - 12th
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Polar Express Boarding Pass Freebie
Enjoy using these boarding passes in your classroom as you bring your lesson to life.
I created this freebie to use with my Polar Express book study. Feel free to use in your classroom as you read the Polar Express story and then watch the movie!
I've created boarding passes with assigned departure and arrival times and assigned seats. I have also created a blank pass that you can use to fill in your own information.
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PreK - 4th
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Home Alone Math Movie Worksheet
Some 6th grade math questions to go with the viewing of Home Alone
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4th - 6th
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ELF movie guide: Plate Tectonics
This guided set of questions follows the movie "Elf" and engages the viewer while also reviewing basic concepts regarding Earth's layers, plates, and plate boundaries. Great for viewing during the holiday season leading up to winter break.Purchase includes an editable word document version of the questions.
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6th - 12th
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"Elf" Movie Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Worksheet
This worksheet is a great no-prep activity for around Christmas or winter. On a day you plan to watch "Elf," each student will be responsible for paying close attention to Buddy's behavior and recording five expected behaviors and five unexpected behaviors. This is an easy way to add social-emotional learning into a movie day. Remember: your students are blessed to learn from you. -RedheadinSPED
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Not Grade Specific
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Perks of Being a Wallflower Movie Handout
This worksheet is intended to be used while kids watch The 2012 film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This will be appropriate for an ELA or creative writing class. It deals with such elements of fiction as * plot (using a narrative arc graph that goes from inciting incident to rising action to climax to resolution)* character development and motivation* internal and external conflict and resolution* personal viewer response
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7th - 12th
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Taylor Swift Scholastic Video Response Questions w/Link
This worksheet is connected to Scholastic's Video, located:
http://www.scholastic.com/taylorswift/?eml=CORP/e/20141028////OWP//TaylorSwift//Sign_Up///&ym_MID=1549586&ym_rid=26726171
The video is 30 minutes and includes an intimate look into Taylor's life and thoughts. She meets with a group of students, a handful in person and two virtual classrooms, discussing reading, writing, and her songwriting process.
Use the worksheet to connect to Core Curriculum standards and connect direct
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5th - 12th
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Polar Express Movie Invite (English & Spanish)
My class loves to watch the Polar Express before winter break. We usually enjoy some pjs and hot cocoa with it, and I made this simple and not too holiday specific invite. I'm in Socal so I always need my notes home in Spanish as well. Includes:3 Different Versions in English and Spanish1 Editable Version
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Not Grade Specific
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Flight of the Navigator Movie Guide + Activities - Ans Key. (Color + B&W)
This free 7 page movie guide with handouts accompanies the film "Flight of the Navigator (1986)". This guide will also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher. ★★ If you download this freebie, please leave feedback. Even if it's just a thank you ★★PART 1 - The first part consists of 6 questions all on the subject of aliens and U.F.O’s. The students get 20 minutes to complete this part, and then discussed together as a class.PART 2 – Comprehension questions. There’s a total of 35 ques
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6th - 9th
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Finding Nemo Multi-Discipline Project
This project integrates a science research project with creative writing and art for students to exercise multiple skills. It is best used in upper-elementary to lower-middle grades and it can be modified or enriched as needed. I generally have students complete the project after unit of study on ocean life & habitat and show them the movie "Finding Nemo."
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4th - 7th
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Where the Wild Things Are Movie Guide - Ans Key Inc (Color + B&W)
This Free 5 page movie guide with handouts is for the film "Where the Wild Things Are (2009)". This guide will also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.For the first part, students need to complete 21 long answer questions which are in chronological order. After this the students then need to describe what they would look like if they were a ‘wild thing’, and also draw a picture.Part 2 is a just for fun section. The word search has a total 18 words to find. 10 of them are the mai
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3rd - 6th
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The Day the Earth Stood Still Movie Guide + Activities
This free 5 page movie guide with handouts accompanies the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)". This guide will also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher. ★★ If you download this freebie, please leave feedback. Even if it's just a thank you ★★PART 1 – Comprehension questions• 25 questions in chronological order with answers PART 2 – Extension questions and essay• The first part, students to imagine they are also witnessing the events that happened in the movie. Then go on
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7th - 10th
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Cinderella Text Vs Film Lesson Sequence
Engage your middle school students with a fun and exciting unit on Cinderella. In this lesson sequence students will read The Grimm Brother's Cinderella and watch the 1950 Disney film. Students will practice skill such as: Note takingAnnotatingAnswering text dependent questionsComparing and contrasting film and media versions of the same storyNarrative writingPodcastingPrintables for each lesson available for purchase.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Cinderella Text vs Film Bundle
Movie Review
This movie review is perfect for any movie.It consist of 3 pages. Its fun and creative. My son that's in the tenth grade enjoyed doing this assignment.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Structure, Plan, and Plot
This set of graphics displays three ways to plan and structure either a work of short fiction, a novel, or a screenplay. It discusses Joseph Campbell's version of the Hero's Journey, Dan Harmon's Story Circle, and Chris Volger's Archplot.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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1917 Film Narrative
The film 1917 is an excellent resource for teaching students about WWI and helping them realize that war is not always as glorious as it is depicted in our culture. This assignment will allow students to choose one side character from the film and write a creative narrative from their perspective using historically relevant information and details from the film.
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8th - 12th
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Wilderness Documentary Worksheet - Fairy Tale Settings
This is a worksheet created to go with Wilderness History - Documentary. I used it in Creative Writing during our Fairy Tale unit. The video discusses the history between humans and the "wilderness." Why are the woods so scary? What do the woods hide? Please enjoy this resource and let me know what you think!
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6th - 12th
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Do the Right Thing's Messages of Empathy and Community
This lesson gets students to wrestle with the complicated nuances and dynamic that lead to the formation of the film's boycott coalition. In the process, students will develop empathy for Buggin' Out, Smiley, and Radio Raheem, and thus engage with some of the film's core themes.
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11th - 12th
Allegory in film Match-Up
10 famous films mirroring the political climate of the time. I used this resource to explain the use of allegory in Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible', but it would also be an engaging task for creative writing or the reading of other texts.
Print double sided and laminate cards, students move around the room with their answer sheets and attempt to find a match with each card.
Fabulous list over at http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/10-brilliant-films-used-as-allegories-for-social-and-political-is
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9th - 12th
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Storytelling and Summarizing
If you are like me and struggle to find new and engaging ways to get your students generating story ideas to write, here is a great tool. I have structured this storytelling organizer like a Story Spine for writing a screenplay. Students love the idea that their story could be made into a movie and it really gets them writing! Included is an example of how to write a story spine using Beauty and Beast. This is an effective tool for teaching students to summarize as well.
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4th - 7th
Let's Write About Books
Activities that follow Let's Write About Feelings an inclusive asynchronous video resource with captions, an American Sign Language (ASL) box, and visuals that explores social-emotional themes through poetry, creative writing, and song.Watch for free: http://bit.ly/LWA3forTPTA packet ideal for virtual and hybrid learning models as students can watch and participate independently and bring their writing artwork in for class discussion and read alouds.
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PreK - 3rd
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