Reading movie guides

Worksheets, Activities, Movie Guides

Grades:

9th - 12th

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Also included in: Before, During, After Reading Activities for ANY text! Reading Strategies Bundle

Holes (Louis Sachar) Movie Guide

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Fun Fresh Ideas

Searching for a way to show your students the fantastic film based on Louis Sachar's novel, "Holes," while still keeping them on-track and learning? This wonderful resource keeps students focused on learning while still enjoying the movie. The worksheet includes 25 questions: multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer that cover major events, plot points, and characters in the movie from beginning to end. Additionally, this download also includes a venn diagram that asks students to

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 7th

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Activities, Movie Guides

Before, During, After Reading Activities for ANY text! Reading Strategies Bundle

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Building Book Love

Does your ELA teacher toolkit need some engaging before, during, and after reading strategies? Perhaps you are excited to teach a new novel but can't find any resources for it. Maybe you enjoy your creating your own lesson plans but need some time-saving templates. Possibly you are looking for fun reading activities that aren't worksheets. No matter your ELA activities goals, this Before, During, and After Reading Bundle has you covered!With this Before, During and After reading strategies bundl

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Grades:

7th - 12th

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Activities, Graphic Organizers, Movie Guides

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Unit Bundle

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Education is Powerful

Helping students read and analyze Shakespeare can be a challenge. This unit includes everything you need to teach The Taming of the Shrew - just print and go! Included are a variety of comprehension and analysis activities for students.Several of the products use the No Fear Version of the text, however all of the activities are accessible no matter which version of the play you choose to read. I personally have used these with the traditional and the No Fear Version of the play.*Note: This pro

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Study Guides, Movie Guides

Grades:

9th - 12th

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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Movie Guide & Literary Analysis for 4th-8th

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Lovin Lit

Show the original classic movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer movie and your students will get more out of this movie than any other they've ever watched at school!Included is a viewing guide for Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer (with accompanying reference guide that has content information and definitions) for your students to complete, analyzing plot structure, characterization, character traits, types of characters, conflicts, and types of conflicts.After completing the viewing guide, your st

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Holidays/Seasonal, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Movie Guides

Also included in: Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle

The Outsiders Book vs. Movie Compare or Contrast - Google Slide Copy Included

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This product compares the book and the 1983 movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided. The google slide copy link is on the credits page.

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Worksheets, Assessment, Movie Guides

Grades:

6th - 10th

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Book vs. Movie Compare and Contrast

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This product compares the book and the 2010 movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided. The google copy link is on the credits page.

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Grades:

5th - 8th

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The One and Only Ivan Book vs. Movie Compare & Contrast - Google Slide Copy Too

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This product compares the book and the 2020 movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided. The digital copy link is on the credits page.

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Grades:

3rd - 7th

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Edgar Allan Poe Biography Video Viewing Unit, Questions/Activities

Created by

Julie Faulkner

With this no prep resource, you will be able to introduce your students to the master of macabre: Edgar Allan Poe himself! There are two standards-based activities in this Edgar Allan Poe biography viewing guide that can be used consecutively or independently. Supplement your Poe unit or American Literature dark romanticism authors unit, leave as an emergency sub plan, or even pop it in for a quick Halloween lesson. Student Experience: Students meet Poe as they watch the biography of your choi

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Grades:

8th - 12th

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Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.2

, CCRA.L.5

Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans

Freak the Mighty Book vs. The Mighty Movie Comparison - Google Slide Copy Too

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Worksheets, Assessment, Movie Guides

This product compares the book and the movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided.

Subjects:

Literature, Reading

Grades:

4th - 8th

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The Crucible Film Analysis Guides - Scaffold literary analysis with the movie!

Created by

Write on with Miss G

Scaffold literary analysis with film analysis using these student handouts for the 1996 film adaptation of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." These guides are NOT mere comprehension questions; instead, these guides contain analysis questions to prompt students to analyze characterizations, author's choices, purpose, plot devices, and more.This product contains a guide for each of the acts, as well as thorough answer keys for each act! These guides will force students to be active viewers and critic

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Grades:

10th - 12th

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Golden Crowell's Social Studies and More

Also included in: The Crucible Unit Growing Bundle: Engaging Activities - Stations, Escape Room

A Wrinkle in Time Movie Guide (2018)

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This 2018 movie is based off of the 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle. The star-studded cast includes Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Michael Peña, and Chris Pine. A young girl, Meg, is still struggling with the disappearance of her scientist father. Meg's brother and friend join her on the search for him while also receiving help from Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who. The movie is visually astounding with amazing costumes and colorful sets. My movie guide co

Subjects:

End of Year, Literature, Reading

Grades:

5th - 9th

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Also included in: 4 Pack Movie Bundle

The Polar Express Movie Guide

Created by

Fun Fresh Ideas

Feel good about showing that movie to your students!A wonderful handout to keep students on-track while viewing the movie "The Polar Express," based on the awesome picture book written by Chris Van Allsburg. The worksheet includes over 30 questions: multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer that cover major events, plot points, and characters in the movie from beginning to end. Additionally, this download also includes a venn diagram that asks students to consider how the movie differ

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Movie Guides

William Shakespeare Introduction Biography Video Questions

Created by

Julie Faulkner

There are two activities in this pack to introduce your students to William Shakespeare or supplement your Shakespeare or British Literature drama unit. They can be used consecutively or independently. The questions included on the viewing guide are more open-ended, broad questions that allow students to watch and digest the info from the film and note what they remember or infer to be significant about Shakespeare. Included: - Links to several video biographies online - paid and free. (I use

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Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Movie Guides, Lesson

The Giver Book vs. Movie Compare and Contrast - Digital Copy Included

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In this assignment, after students have read the book and watched the movie, they will read twenty things that happen in the book, movie, or both. Students will then read these statements and identify which ones apply only to the book, only to the movie, or to both. There are six extended response questions and an answer key. The digital copy link is on the credits page. *NEW* I've added a self correcting google form link on the credits page as well!

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Grades:

6th - 9th

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Marilyn Yung ELA Brave and True

Great Gatsby 2013 Luhrman Film Chapter Breakdown w/ Timestamps & Dialogue Cues

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My chapter-by-chapter movie outline is SUPER HELPFUL when I show my students the 2013 The Great Gatsby film by Baz Luhrman. On this sheet, I've broken down the movie into the nine chapters of the book by including timestamps from the movie AND I've also included the dialogue or narration to be listening for as you watch so you can stop the movie at the end of each chapter without having to pause and see how far you are to the right timestamp. (I hope that makes sense!) In other words, at first,

Subjects:

Teaching and Motivating Teens

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Movie Guides

The Twilight Zone "To Serve Man" Lesson | Irony, Idioms, Context Clues

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This resource is included in a bundle! Check it out:The Twilight Zone Collection of Lessons for Five EpisodesTwilight Zone lesson plan resources and worksheets. Hook and engage your language arts students with the power of ideas and creativity - relating literary concepts to episodes of "The Twilight Zone" makes your kids want to come to class. Enough lesson material for 3 days (or more) - depending on how you choose to use it. And you're connecting to their love of video, questioning establishe

Subjects:

Drama, Reading, Writing

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Worksheets, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

Also included in: The Twilight Zone 5 Lesson Bundle | Science Fiction and Horror

Study Unit to be used with Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Created by

Mindy Killgrove

This wonderful book will come to life quickly in your classroom with the aid of this study unit. Included in this packet, you will find: Multiple ideas for a reading calendar, study guides (divided into five parts), quizzes, two assessment options (a 20 question multiple choice cumulative test or a test featuring 15 multiple choice questions, 25 true and false, and 5 essay questions), a student project, two different writing assignments (with student examples and rubrics), and four powerpoint p

Subjects:

Character Education, Reading, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Movie Guides

The Giver Color-Fill Film Guide Doodle Notes

Created by

Leah Cleary

Color-Fill Film Guides are doodle notes for movies! They are perfect to leave with a sub., give for extension extra-credit, or just to use in class. Students color and answer prompts as they watch the film. The coloring aspect is just enough to help them concentrate. When the film is finished, they have an Elements of Plot page that asks them to identify key events in the plot, a Film vs. Book page with information about differences between the two genres, and a final page to help them reflect o

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Movie Guides

Tuck Everlasting Book vs. Movie Compare and Contrast - Google Copy Included

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This product compares the book and the 2002 movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided. The google copy link is on the credits page.

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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Number the Stars & Miracle at Midnight Book vs. Movie Compare and Contrast

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This product compares the Number the Stars book and the Miracle at Midnight movie. Students are given 20 statements and they have to identify which ones apply to just the movie, just the book, or to both. There is also a 6 extended response question assignment. This is a great assessment tool or assignment after students read and watch the movie. The answer key is provided. The google slide copy link is on the credits page.

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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The English Teacher's Pet

Twelve Angry Men Introduction PowerPoint

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Looking for a great tool for introducing Reginald Rose's play, Twelve Angry Men, to your students?Included in this 41 slide PowerPoint Presentation are Key Terms and characters for the play. Whether reading the script or viewing the movie or play, a description of the twelve jurors, defining protagonist and antagonist, even discussing Reasonable Doubt or Murder in the First Degree assists reading and comprehension. A great tool for introducing Twelve Angry Men to your students!****************

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PowerPoint Presentations, Movie Guides

Grades:

6th - 12th

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CCSS:

Gulliver's Travels Movie Viewing Unit, Questions/Activities, Lesson Plan

Created by

Julie Faulkner

Ready to set sail with Gulliver? This pack offers creative and original activities that would work very well for making your movie-viewing experience more rigorous and engaging. Student Experience: Students will get the most out of the film by digging into these materials. Even if you are reading the book but would like some new and creative tasks, this pack would work perfectly for those needs as well. Students will complete a travel log to document each place they "visit" along with Gulliv

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Graphic Organizers, Movie Guides

Grades:

10th - 12th, Higher Education

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Also included in: British Literature Curriculum, Year-Long Curriculum, BUNDLE+, English Lessons

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Novel Study & Movie The Mighty Activities

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Teaching with Jenny- ELA for Middle Grades

Looking for engaging, visual, middle school, ELA literacy activities to teach while reading Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick with your students or watching The Mighty movie? This resources include vocabulary development, theme, plot, character analysis, and writing activities.Included are visual character analysis charts to teach the six traits of characterization, text chat activity to discuss conflict, social template to review plot structure, agree and disagreement statement, writing a

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