The Giver Movie Viewing Unit, Questions/Activities, Lesson Plans

Add rigor to your movie-viewing experience with this The Giver: Movie Viewing Guide. This pack of versatile The Giver movie questions and activities is an excellent way to challenge and engage your students as you view the 2014 The Giver movie. It is not a movie-to-film comparison guide. These activities are tailored specifically for the movie.

Student Experience: From a quick six-question guide with skills-based questions to an analysis of symbols and theme to a paired info text to an argumentative prompt, you will have your choice of ways to differentiate for various learners as you teach this film as a text. Close the unit with the Rotten Apple craftivity where students make text-to-self connections. You may use one or all of the enclosed NO PREP activities to focus your studies. Students will apply various strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate the film.

Included:

- Teacher's Guide

- Paired Text for Thematic Connection

- Comprehension Questions with Answers

- Interactive Plot Review Activity

- Symbolism and Theme

- Three Short Argumentative Prompts

- Super Simple Sub Plan

- Rotten Apple Craftivity

- PDF format

- Link to the Google Drive version of these worksheets with ready-made text boxes for students to type answers in.

- You will need access to the movie; it is not provided in this download.

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Classroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:

♥ "LOVED this movie viewing guide. Went much deeper than a typical "compare the book to the movie" activity. The sections on cinematography were awesome. It really helped my students analyze the FILM aspect. Thanks!"

♥ "Great resource for when you have to have a substitute."

♥ "Wonderful movie viewing guide. I like that students are completing a "literary" analysis of the movie."

♥ "This was particularly good for my advanced level classes. The tasks were right on target."

♥ "Kept students engaged during viewing and helped them make more meaningful connections between film and literature."

♥ "This was a great way to keep students engaged and thinking while using the film version of "The Giver." We read the novel before Christmas, but didn't have a chance to watch the movie until after Spring Break! This resource provided an excellent guide for thinking about the themes of the novel and the movie and really helped my students to engage in both genres of the story."

♥ "Love all of the options! Already in my sub folder and ready to go!"

♥ "Lots of activities to choose from that supported viewing the movie after reading the novel. "

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Updated 2023