5 Pack Bundle | Halloween Movie Guide Questions + Activities | Upper Grades

Come get this discounted offer of 5 movie guides to accompany Halloween movies for the upper grades. Answer keys are included for each movie.

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Hocus Pocus Movie Guide + Activities (Grades 7-12)

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Hocus Pocus (1993)".

This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

• PART 1 – There are 5 questions about witches that need to be completed within 20 minutes. Afterwards discuss as a class getting opinions from the students about witches. Talk about the Salem witch trials here too.

• PART 2 – Students to read the passage about the Salem Witch Trials and then complete 10 reading comprehension questions.

• PART 3 – There are 30 comprehension questions altogether. I have made two sets for differentiation. One set is multiple choice with 3 possible answers, and the other is full sentence answers. In chronological order with answer keys. The multiple choice questions have also worked well with my ESL students.

• PART 4 – Students are to make a truly wicked/awesome potion using mysterious, weird or downright disgusting ingredients. They need to also include what it does and the directions on how to make it.

This movie is about the Sanderson sisters who were hanged for practicing witchcraft 300 years ago in Salem. Returning to life thanks to a combination of a spell spoken before their demise and the accidental actions of Max, the new kid, the witches have one Halloween night to secure their continuing existence.

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Hocus Pocus 2 Movie Guide + Activities (Grades 7-12)

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)".

This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 45 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 45 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Character writing and creativity

• Students to write about one of the Sanderson sisters. To include a drawing of them with description, what they liked and disliked about the character as well as one thing they would change about the character's fate in the movie.
• Students to design an interesting spell and write the name and incantation. Include a visual representation of the spell and any possible warnings.

This movie is the sequel to the first Hocus Pocus movie and follows three teenagers as they unwittingly bring back the Sanderson Sisters again who wreak havoc in Salem.

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The Addams Family Movie Guide + Activities (Grades 7-10)

This 15 page Halloween movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Addams Family (1991)".

This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

PART 1 – Comprehension questions. I have made three sets of questions for differentiation or depending on how much of a challenge you want to give the students. Answer keys included

• 40 questions in chronological order.
• 30 questions in chronological order (10 questions removed from the 40 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers in chronological order

PART 2 – Creative writing

• Students to complete a profile of a long lost relative who turns up at Fester’s farewell party. Includes drawing the relative, writing about an interesting story of their life and what they want to do in the future.
• Students to write a little bit about Gomez and Morticia Addams. Includes writing about how they met, their wedding day and finally their honeymoon.
• Last task is for students to make a disgustingly delicious recipe for one of Granny’s breakfasts. To include ingredients, equipment needed and directions on how to make it.

PART 3 – Just for fun word search and crossword puzzle (10 questions with the answers being the words to find in the word search) also 5 additional words to find. Answer key included

The movie is about the eccentric Addams Family. After waiting almost 25 years, uncle Fester, Gomez's long lost brother unexpectedly turns up at the front door. But all is not what it seems.

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Beetlejuice Movie Guide + Activities (Grades 7-10)

This 7 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Beetlejuice (1988)".

This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

PART 1 – Comprehension questions

• 35 questions in chronological order requiring long answers. Includes an answer sheet.

PART 2 – Creativity

• In the first section, students to imagine they have been asked to help the Maitlands come up with some ideas to scare the Deetzes from the house. Students write up 3 ideas accompanied by a visual representation for each.
• The second section is writing a diary entry for one of the main characters in the movie. Students to tick the character box of their choice then write an account of a typical day.

PART 3 – Just for fun word search and crossword puzzle (15 questions with the answers being the words to find in the word search) answer keys included

This comedy horror movie is about a couple who die in a car accident, and find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When another family buys the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice, a rambunctious spirit whose "help" quickly becomes dangerous.

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Ghostbusters Afterlife Movie Guide + Activities (Grades 7-12)

This 14 page movie guide with handouts is for the film "Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)".

This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 50 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (20 removed from the 50 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creativity

• Students to imagine they found a journal of documented ghosts in the secret basement. They then go on to copy (using their imagination) one ghost profile from the journal by completing the form. To include a sketch of the ghost.
• Following on from the previous task, students to write the original phone call dialogue between the Ghostbusters’ secretary and caller for the ghost they profiled. To include the caller's first encounter, ghost description and where they're calling from.

The movie is about a single mom and her two kids who arrive in a small town and discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters, and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

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Movie permission slip form

This FREE simple letter to parents explaining some positive reasons to watch movies in class, and to allow them to give their child permission to watch a movie at school can be found here:

PG Movie Permission Slip Form - Editable Word doc or Easy printable PDF

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Worried about copyright issues using movies in the classroom? Don't be! Read all about it here:

Exceptions & Limitations: Classroom Use, Fair Use, and more

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How can movies help students learn English?

Movies can be used as a follow on from a novel study

- There are a huge number of movies that have been adapted from books which allow for book to movie comparisons or simply as a reward for finishing the book.

Learning from movies is motivating and enjoyable

- Sometimes students need a change in style, and movies are generally an integral part of a student's life.

Movies provides authentic and varied language

- It's always a good idea to introduce students examples of English in real situations. This includes accents different to your own.

Movies gives a visual context

- This gives the student the ability to interpret the language in full visual context. To see such visual supports as facial expressions and gestures simultaneously.

Variety and flexibility

- Movies can also act as a springboard for follow-up tasks such as discussions, debates on social issues, role plays, reconstructing a dialogue or summarising.

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