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Common Core RL.7.3 movie guides
Movie Response Unit | Film Analysis & Review | Media Literacy | Digital & Print
⭐ Make MOVIES and VISUAL TEXTS A MEANINGFUL learning opportunity in 2024 with this UPDATED and engaging collection of FILM STUDY graphic organizers, activities and tools your students will love. ⭐ All the hard work is done for you with NO PREPARATION REQUIRED for this DIGITAL and PRINT MEDIA LITERACY resource.This collection of 27 INDEPENDENT TASKS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS takes students beyond the hype, special effects and trailers to look at visual literacy from several perspectives, offering D
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Innovative Substitute Teaching Bundle | No Prep Sub Plans
Pixar-like Shorts: Films For Christmas/Winter Activities Literary Elements Theme
Pixar-like Short Film LITERARY AND NARRATIVE WRITING Workshop: HEY DEER!Looking for a fun way to teach theme, plot, setting, and narrative writing. This winter themed workshop is both rigorous and adorable! It can be used for a Christmas activity, but it is also a great winter activity, appropriate for students who don't celebrate this holiday.Students will use the graphic organizers to analyze the plot of Hey Deer!, then use STORYBOARD templates to plan and write their own narrative. DIFFERENTI
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5th - 8th
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Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion
Zootopia is not only a great movie, but also has important ideas about stereotyping and how we treat each other in a diverse society. Thus, it's a perfect film to show students as a springboard to deeper content and thinking. So, I created this product to use in the middle school classroom, based on the film.
This product is broken up into three parts:
Part 1-Movie guide: students answer questions as they watch the movie, about the plot of the film.
Part 2-Critical thinking: Students answer que
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6th - 9th
Pixar-like Shorts Plot Theme Character Literary Elements Worksheets & Slides SEL
Pixar SHORT FILMS are the perfect way to teach literary elements and SEL! This digital, interactive workshop studies the short film, Joy and Heron and guides students through an analysis of the 6 basic literary elements to prepare them for the culminating narrative writing assignment. Students watch the film directly from their slides and work through all of the fun activities. Film Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tries to steal her owner's fishing worms.
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5th - 8th
Pixar-like Shorts: Films For Theme Inference Plot Foreshadowing Writing Alma
Alma - a short film literary element study that students will actually WANT to do! ❤AWARD WINNING PIXAR-like SHORT FILM: ALMA This spooky workshop focuses on how a professional writer uses literary elements to foreshadow trouble. Students learn that literary elements interact to shape the story and will use these elements to create an alternate ending. LITERARY ELEMENTS/DEVICES:FORESHADOWING-Students learn specific foreshadowing techniquesMAKING INFERENCES-Searching For CluesPLOT-Creepy plot el
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5th - 8th
Christmas OR Winter Pixar-like Short Films Literary Devices THEME & NARRATIVE
HEY DEER! ANIMATED PIXAR SHORT FILM! Great for Christmas OR winter ELA. Short films are the perfect way to teach narrative writing and literary elements and devices. This workshop guides students through an analysis of 6 basic literary elements to prepare them for the culminating narrative writing task. Students watch the film directly from their slides and work through all of the guided activities.❤ Winter themed- but NO direct Christmas referencesSettingCharacters/CharacterizationPoint of View
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6th - 9th
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Pixar-like Animated Shorts Plot Conflict Inference Literary Devices & Elements
Engage your students with this fun literary workshop for use with Pix Short Film, Defective Detective. This workshop focuses on Inferences, Plot, and Internal & External Conflict. Tried and true winner with students and teachers!❤ FILM SUMMARY: A detective with a "defective" overreactive imagination tries to solve a case, but instead ends up angering an old lady who he thinks is in trouble. He picks up on all of the wrong clues and believes she is being assaulted, but in reality, she is onl
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5th - 8th
PIXAR -like Shorts Literary Analysis Devices Elements Plot Theme SEL Activities
FULL LITERARY UNIT! TEACH LITERARY ELEMENTS AND ANALYSIS WITH AN AWARD-WINNING ANIMATED SHORT FILM: THE PRESENT. TEACH LITERARY ELEMENTS AND ANALYSIS WITH AN AWARD-WINNING ANIMATED SHORT FILM: THE PRESENT. In this workshop, students learn to identify characterization techniques, plot twist, theme, conflict, and symbolism and how make inferences based on evidence from the film. Includes constructed response writing prompts with sample answers for everything. CULMINATING ACTIVITIES:❤ DESIGN A THE
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5th - 8th
PIXAR ANIMATED SHORT FILMS ONE PAGERS FOR LITERARY DEVICES ELEMENTS & TECHNIQUES
Fun, quick, engaging one-pagers for teaching literary elements with animated short films! This pack includes: THEME, CONFLICT, DIALOGUE, FORESHADOWING & FLASHBACK, CHARACTER MOTIVATION, PLOT, AND PLOT TWIST!*DIGITAL VERSION: CLICK HERE*DIGITAL & PRINTABLE CLICK HERESHORT FILMS (links included)⭐ PLOT: GLUED⭐ PLOT TWIST: THE PRESENT⭐ DIALOGUE: FOR THE BIRDS⭐ CHARACTER MOTIVATION: SELFIE CAT⭐ FORESHADOWING & FLASHBACK: SNACK ATTACK⭐ THEME: JOY & HERONFOLLOW DIGIGOODS FOR FREEBIE AND
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5th - 8th
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Study Guide-Common Core Aligned for Middle School
Let's face it: there aren't very many good Thanksgiving movies. And if you have school the first few days of Thanksgiving week, you're looking for something fun, but also worthwhile. Charlie Brown and I are here to save the day!This product includes a 7 question study guide and answer key for the holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. The questions are all short-response, require critical thinking, and align with common core standards for English.I used the 7th grade standards, but due t
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6th - 8th
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Movie Guide - Use with ANY Movie - Standards-Aligned - Print & DIGITAL
Movie Viewing Guide is now Newly Revised to include digital slides perfect for distance learning! Show any movie while students practice meaningful skills! These eye-catching movie response pages and slides allow you to comfortably show or assign a movie knowing students are analyzing topics such as setting, characterization, tone, mood, conflict, and theme. Three additional post-viewing activities are included for further learning and differentiation. If you teach remotely, chose a movie that’s
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol ELA Animated Short Film Middle School Language Arts Activities
FULL LITERARY UNIT! Teach literary elements and devices and plot with this digital short film literary analysis of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Animated short film is divided into 6 scenes and linked on the slides for a step-by-step, interactive analysis. ❤CAN BE USED WITH ANY VERSION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL❤ LITERARY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:THEME, PLOT, CONFLICT, SETTING, CHARACTER TRAITSDIALOGUE, SYMBOLISM, FORESHADOWING, FLASHBACK, INFERENCE, AND COMPARE/CONTRAST, MOODStudents will explore
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7th - 12th
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Pixar shorts films theme plot flashback foreshadowing SEL literary elements
COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY ELEMENT UNIT! Animated short film workshop, Snack Attack is a PROVEN FUN AND EFFECTIVE way to teach literary analysis! This workshop focuses on foreshadowing, flashback, character traits, dialogue, theme and conflict. Tried and true winner with students and teachers!CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE ONLY VERSION❤ FILM SUMMARY: A cranky old lady believes the teen boy on the bench next to her is stealing her cookies. But she realizes through a flashback that she had unwittingly s
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5th - 8th
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Movie Activities for Any Movie Version
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a classic story to enjoy with your middle school ELA students! There have been many movie adaptions that are fun to view with your students. This unit is full of ENGAGING activities that can be used for any movie, play, or story version of A Christmas Carol that holds true to the basic plot and characters of the story. If students engage in all the activities and view the movie this unit should take about a week to complete. Included in the A Christmas C
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5th - 8th
Movie Questions to Accompany the Movie Ruby Bridges End of the Year
For teaching about the Civil Rights Movement, School Integration or anytime of the year, 20 movie questions to accompany the 1998 version of the movie Ruby Bridges.This is the story of a six year old girl who is the first to African American child to attend an all white school in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960. Viewing this movie is a great way to introduce students to the civil rights movement and school integration in the South.
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5th - 12th
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Christmas ELA Activities Literary Devices Short Films Theme Character Plot
Short Film Workshop: A Christmas Star Super fun way to teach NARRATIVE writing and LITERARY ELEMENTS! This lesson is PACKED with engaging activities that will teach students real world use of literary elements and how writers use them to create great stories. Students will learn to transfer the techniques to their own literary writing. ❤ DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION AVAILABLE! CLICK HERENOTE: This workshop can be easily differentiated because their are a variety of difficulty levels and DOK wi
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5th - 8th
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Questions to Accompany the Movie SHREK
Review the types of irony, fairy tale elements, and plot! This is a set of 15 questions to accompany the movie Shrek. Also included are two brief review boxes that cover common fairy tale elements and the types of irony. There are questions that address the elements of setting, plot, irony and common fairy tale elements. These questions will provide an engaging way to teach and review Common Core standards. Check out my other resources and follow me at: Kim's Middle School Mania! Why not buy a b
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4th - 12th
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Questions to Accompany the Movie ELF Christmas Activity!
This is a set of 20 movie questions to accompany the hilarious movie ELF. While enjoying this great holiday movie your students will identify the conflict, the resolution, character traits, dramatic irony and figurative language. This activity is perfect as a reward or for those days when you have to be out unexpectedly. You might also like: Christmas Tree Figurative Language Color by Number Christmas Sentence Structure Color by NumberChristmas Verbals Color by Number FOLLOW ME! Just click the g
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4th - 10th
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Annie (2014) Movie Questions End of the Year Activity
20 questions that go along with the 2014 version of Annie. These questions can be used with the movie and to assess some language arts standards.
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Check out some of my other language arts movie questions for the following movies:
Soul Surfer
Remember the Titans
Despicable Me
Maleficent
Mulan
Cars
The Ransom of Red Chief
Ruby Bridges
Finding Dory
Shark Tale
Shrek
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Inside Out
Night
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4th - 9th
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Christmas ELA Winter Activities Literary Pixar Short Films PLOT & NARRATIVE
Pixar short film workshop for Christmas Star. Short Film Workshop: A Christmas Star. A seriously fun way to teach NARRATIVE writing and LITERARY ELEMENTS! This lesson is PACKED with engaging activities that will teach students real world use of literary elements and how writers use them to create great stories. Students will learn to transfer the techniques to narrate the short film. FACT: ADDING NARRATION TO A SILENT FILM IS AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR TEACHING NARRATIVE WRITNG!ACTIVI
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5th - 8th
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The Little Match Girl Christmas Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
The Little Match Girl is a classic story by Hans Christian Anderson. This analysis applies the common core standards for literature. The goal of the study is to challenge students with critical thinking questions directly connected to the text.
The study includes:
1. The story in block form with questions for each block.
2. Questions that are text-based and require analysis.
3. Using specific text to analyze the development of theme.
4. Analyzing the use of specific words and phrases to c
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4th - 8th
Short Films Hair Love Theme Inference Plot Worksheets Literary Devices Elements
Guaranteed engagement with this animated short film workshop, Hair Love. It teaches inferencing, theme, foreshadowing, plot twist, symbolism, and conflict. This workshop highlights the work of black writer, Matthew Cherry, who aims to portray black fathers in a positive light and represent them fairly in the media. In this heartwarming film, a young father struggles to help his daughter fix her hair while her mother is recovering from chemotherapy. ❤ EASEL COMPATIBLEStudents work through the g
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4th - 8th
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Home Alone Movie Guide Questions & ELA Activities for Middle School
The 1990 Home Alone movie starring Macaulay Culkin is a humorous and well-written story that your middle-grade ELA students will LOVE!. This 22-page resource supports watching the classic holiday Christmas movie Home Alone. Students will engage in pre-reading statements, comprehension questions, character development, plot structure, character dialogue, inference skills, compare and contrast, a dynamic character essay, word search, and maze. The main character in Home Alone, 8-year-old Kevin, i
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Middle School Movie Bundle
The Outsiders ELA Novel Unit - Creative Standard-Based Literature Study - Guide
This bundle will save you a TON of time and money. This is literally every single resource I use when teaching The Outsiders. I am so passionate about this novel, and these resources have been teacher tested countless times.
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6th - 9th
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