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Reading strategies movie guides
Before, During, After Reading Activities for ANY text! Reading Strategies Bundle
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
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Hunger Games Movie Unit, Questions/Activities, Lesson Plan
This set of activities for use with The Hunger Games movie is perfect if you are supplementing your novel study with the movie follow-up or if you are doing the movie as a stand-alone unit. These lessons are not book v. movie comparisons. Thus, they are unique in that not only are they designed to make the most out of the viewing experience, but also they could be used during reading for differentiating or as a quick review at the end of the novel study - a very flexible product! Student Exper
Grades:
6th - 10th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Movie Unit, Questions/Activities
Add rigor and interest to your To Kill a Mockingbird unit or movie study with this To Kill Mockingbird Movie Viewing Guide! The activities included could be used with your study of the novel or movie, but they are not novel-to-film comparisons. This pack works with the 1962 version of the movie to study a film as a text. These no-prep, standards-based activities and assignments are classroom-tested and student-approved, and will have you covered for up to three day!Student Experience: Students
Grades:
9th - 12th
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Viewing Guide
This guide focuses on the movie adaptation of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters released in 2013. This great guide include 35+ questions that mainly focus on comprehension but also include creative response questions.
Creative response questions include creating character interview questions, writing a review, and summarizing/sketching a scene.
Use this great guide to help your students further enjoy Riordan's amazing novel or as a complement to your Greek myth
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6th - 12th
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Book Study: Henry and Mudge
Students love the characters in this Cynthia Rylant classic: Henry and Mudge! This unit is a quick, but thorough book study that creates a strong foundation for fundamental reading comprehension and response skills.What’s Included: 1. Book Themed Activities: -The First Book-The Forever Sea-The Long Weekend-Mrs. Hopper's House-My Pet Dog2. Story Structure Activities: -Story Retell with Problem/Solution-Story Sequencing with Beginning, Middle, End-Story Sequencing with Events-Main Idea and -Book
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K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Cynthia Rylant "Click-and-Print" Author Study and Book Study Bundle
Book Study: Poppleton
Students love the characters in this Cynthia Rylant classic: Poppleton! This unit is a quick, but thorough book study that creates a strong foundation for fundamental reading comprehension and response skills.What’s Included: 1. Book Themed Activities: -Neighbors-The Library-The Pill-Lesson Learned2. Story Structure Activities: -Story Retell with Problem and Solution-Story Sequencing with Beginning, Middle, End-Main Idea -Book Summary (somebody, wanted, but, so, then)3. Character and Setting An
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Cynthia Rylant "Click-and-Print" Author Study and Book Study Bundle
Hamlet Movie Guide (Branagh 1996)
This Hamlet Movie guide includes:
• Character list and actor images
• Scene by scene questions with approximate times in the movie and equivalent line numbers Hamlet published by Folger Shakespeare Library
• Suggested Writing Prompts
• Teacher key
This unit took me 2 months with additional interpretive assignments, but could take less time if the only assignment is watching the movie.
This version of the movie is almost exactly the same as the play. Could be interesting to discuss director c
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10th - 12th
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Book Study: Mr. Putter and Tabby
Students love the characters in this Cynthia Rylant classic: Mr. Putter and Tabby! This unit is a quick, but thorough book study that creates a strong foundation for fundamental reading comprehension and response skills.What’s Included: 1. Book Themed Activities: -Pour the Tea-Drop the Ball-See the Stars-Fly the Plane2. Story Structure Activities: -Story Retell with Problem/Solution-Story Sequencing with Beginning, Middle, End-Main Idea -Book Summary (somebody, wanted, but, so, then)3. Characte
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Cynthia Rylant "Click-and-Print" Author Study and Book Study Bundle
Teaching Literary Elements with Animated Short Films: The Lost Thing
This set of standards-based lessons includes an examination of plot, conflict, setting, mood, symbolism, and theme. Teach advanced lessons for secondary students on setting, mood, symbolism, and theme using the picture book, "Lost and Found" by Shaun Tan or the Oscar Award-winning short film "The Lost Thing" (book/film not included). The Lost Thing is a story about a boy who finds a strange creature on the beach. He decides that it must be lost and that he must find where this creature belongs.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Five Short Films for Teaching Theme
The Monuments Men Viewing Guide
This great viewing guide focuses on the based on a true story film The Monuments Men. Guide includes 30+ questions that range from comprehension, interpretation, and creative response.
Creative response questions include writing a review, creating interview questions, and sketching a scene.
Capitalize on this great story in your study of World War II!!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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HOLES Novel Unit Study | Book Report Project | Activity Worksheets | Movie Guide
This independent novel (or movie) study cuts straight through all the busy work and focuses on the bigger picture of the book - the things you want your students to remember years after they leave your classroom. This packet includes all of the basic activities that you need for your students to demonstrate their comprehension of Holes by Louis Sachar. It's great if you're short on time or need to scaffold for ESL, special education, and absent work. Need to save paper? Print two per page to tur
Grades:
4th - 7th
Divergent Viewing Guide
This guide focuses on the movie adaptation of Veronica Roth's Divergent released in 2014. This great guide includes 40+ questions that mainly focus on comprehension but includes some creative response questions.
Creative response questions include writing a review, writing interview questions, and summarizing and illustrating a scene from the movie.
Use this great guide to help your students enjoy and appreciate this amazing book!!!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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A Knight's Tale Viewing Guide
This great viewing guide focuses on A Knight's Tale starring Heath Ledger. Guide is a great activity to pair with the movie as it focuses on interpretative response and character analysis.
Guide also includes creative response questions like creating interview questions, writing a review, and summarizing/sketching a scene. This guide also includes a compare and contrast activity about Chaucer's introductions.
Use this great viewing guide in your class to get your students thinking about A Kn
Grades:
7th - 12th
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The Lightning Thief Novel vs. Movie Activities
Lightning Thief Movie Activities! This resource includes 3 activities students can complete after they’ve both read Rick Riordan’s Lightning Thief novel and watched the movie version. You may choose to have students complete all activities or just one! In my classroom, I make copies of all three activities and tell my students that they must complete two.ACTIVITIESNOVEL VS. MOVIE COMPARISONThis short answer activity requires students to make written comparisons between the novel and the movie. T
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â The Lightning Thief Novel Unit Bundle
The Great Gatsby Viewing Guide
Capitalize on the popularity of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and use this viewing guide so that everyone wins!
This guide focuses on comprehension but also includes interpretative, descriptive, creative, and analytical questions. Creative questions include writing a review and interview questions for one of the characters in the movie.
Guide also asks students to summarize events, dialogue, and facts. Use this great guide with your students so that you all can enjoy this grea
Grades:
9th - 12th
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"Free Solo" Documentary Film Study (2018): Critical Viewing - DISTANCE LEARNING
I love doing a film study with my class as a stand alone exercise. I tend to take a focus or position on a film and have students complete a viewing guide. Free Solo, 2019 Oscar winning documentary film, explores how solo climber Alex Honnold takes on El Capitan, a three-thousand-foot wall in Yosemite National Park. The film chronicles his attempt to climb this granite face without ropes.The film takes the viewer into Alex’s personal life and headspace in order see what it takes to accomplish g
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Performance Psychology Minicourse for Sport & Other Pursuits: 13 Lessons
The Outsiders Character Chart
This is a character log that will help all students better understand and keep track of the characters in The Outsiders. I included still shots from the film next to each character to help students visualize each one. I chose the characters that are most important and come up the most frequently in the story. There are also three charts at the end to help categorize the Greasers, the hoods, and the Socs.
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6th - 9th
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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief Viewing Guide
This guide focuses on the movie adaptation of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief released in 2010. This great guide include 35+ questions that mainly focus on comprehension but also include creative response questions.
Creative response questions include creating character interview questions, writing a review, and summarizing/sketching a scene.
Use this great guide to help your students further enjoy Riordan's amazing novel or as a complement to your Greek
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5th - 12th
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Catching Fire Viewing Guide
This viewing guide focuses on the blockbuster movie Catching Fire. Enjoy the hype of The Hunger Games and its movies with this guide to keep students engaged and on task.
Guide mainly focuses on comprehension but also includes description, interpretation, and creative questions. This guide includes 40 questions and concludes with a review and summary/illustration activity about the arena's clock-like setup.
Great resource that allows students to learn and enjoy the movie!!!!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Book Study: The Relatives Came
Students love the characters in this Cynthia Rylant classic: The Relatives Came! This unit is a quick, but thorough book study that creates a strong foundation for fundamental reading comprehension and response skills.What’s Included: 1. Book Themed Activities: -My Visit with Relatives-A Big Sleepover-A Long Car Ride (narrative)-My Car Ride (sensory poem)-Someone I Miss (letter writing)2. Story Structure Activities: -Story Retell -Story Sequencing with Beginning, Middle, End-Main Idea -Book Sum
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Cynthia Rylant "Click-and-Print" Author Study and Book Study Bundle
Book vs Movie! A Packet of Ready-to-Print Pages for Comparing & Contrasting!
Kids ALWAYS want to watch the movie (if there is one!) after completing a chapter book. These days, with online streaming services, it is easier to access these books-turned-movies than ever before.
The packet contains a set of printables to use with your students to make the most of the book/movie experience. One of the most powerful ways we can ask students to think critically is by examining similarities and differences. The pages in this packet address these skills in a variety of ways.
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Book vs. ___ Bundle! Book vs. Book AND Book vs. Movie Printables!
The One and Only Ivan MOVIE GUIDE book vs movie
Show a movie in class but make it MEANINGFUL! Practice up to 10 ELA skills (such as character traits, quoting, making connections, sequence, main events, themes, author’s purpose, compare/contrast, and more!) Please note: This movie is no longer streaming on Disney+. Please ensure you have access to the film before purchasing. For other movie guide options, see the list at the end of the description!This movie guide accompanies Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan. Choose one of 2 version
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3rd - 6th
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Movie Analysis: Hoodwinked (Extensive; advanced) PDF
Intensive analysis of the deconstructed fairy tale cartoon mystery, Hoodwinked (currently streaming on Netflix), a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.Answer key and teacher ideas are included.Lesson Plan includes more than 20 varied questions for advanced middle school or regular high school students. Questions range from knowledge level to evaluation (Bloom's taxonomy); lessons can be adapted to the needs of your class. The movie, Hoodwinked, is a cartoon - yet the simple story is an excellent
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8th - 10th
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Short Film Winter Christmas Literary Elements and Devices Workshops
Pixar Short Films are a PERFECT way to teach narrative writing! Since there are no words, students must create the narration themselves. This digital interactive guides them to identify all of the elements of narration in the film. SETTING, CHARACTERIZATION, CONFLICT, THEME, POINT OF VIEW & PERSPECTIVE, and all of the PLOT elements are covered! This bundle includes digital workshops for the SHORT FILMS:A Christmas StarHey Deer!Other Christmas and winter-themed resources you might like:Christ
Grades:
5th - 8th
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