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Free 12th grade english language arts movie guides
Analyzing Mood and Tone using Movie Trailer Remixes
This is a great way to break up the monotony with a little bit of humor while still teaching crucial analysis skills! My high school students love the remixes - which are professionally done - and engagement during this lesson is always high. Students analyze three sets of movie trailers. Each set contains the original trailer and one remake. Analysis focuses on the effects of music, filters, dialogue, inclusion/exclusion of scenes all impact tone, mood, and characterization. This product includ
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9th - 12th
Wall-E Movie Questions
This worksheet is designed to give students the opportunity to watch a fun movie, Wall-E, and think about the message behind the cuteness. It asks critical thinking questions that require the students to think about what they are watching. Example questions include:
"Describe and give characteristics that make WALL-E different from other robots. Give examples of how he shows human qualities."
"Why does the plant that EVE brings to the Axiom mean so much? What does it represent?"
These quest
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5th - 12th
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FREE: The Great Gatsby Novel vs. Film Analysis Using Manila Folders
With the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby being just around the corner, I wanted to create an engaging activity for students to enjoy as the watch the movie. As we all know, sometimes watching a movie allows students to see it as a free day, but with this interactive folder, students will be forced to analyze the differences between the novel and the film (while still enjoying the movie). Enjoy! ****Please provide feedback if you use this activity!~ Connect with Me ~Connect with Me Super
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8th - 12th
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Movie Viewing Guide (PG-2010)
This Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Movie Viewing Guide (PG-2010) is a great movie to introduce or pique your students' interest in Greek mythology. Use this movie guide to help keep your students engaged and create valuable and deep discussion.Check the preview file for high resolution sample questions to see if this movie guide is suitable for your students. This resource consists of 11 high-level, short answer reflection and essay questions that will do more than just
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7th - 12th
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Film Study Guide: Remember the Titans (African American History; Black History)
Based on a true story, Remember the Titans is a coming of age story of a local football team and how it brings a divided community together. With its accurate depiction of the struggle to integrate during the post-Brown v. Board era, Remember the Titans pays homage to principles of segregation and discrimination that is very much relevant today.Using the film as a means to raise awareness, communicate, and educate concepts that is essential to understanding Black History month, we have compiled
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4th - 12th
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A Million Miles Away movie guide in English and Espanol
This is a video guide in Word in English and Spanish about A Million Miles Away movie and Hispanic astronaut Jose Hernandez. It was designed for high school grade ELS, ELL students. It has sentence prompts and is numbered. It has vocabulary at the beginning to preview for learners.
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5th - 12th
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Documentary Viewing Doodle Note Taking Graphic Organizer Worksheets
Watching a documentary with your students? Hold them accountable with these easy to use documentary note worksheets. Four different styles, four visual designs.I love this resource and I hope you do too! Please leave any feedback you have and I look forward to hearing from you!Happy teaching!Check out my Short Story Mini-Unit Student Workbook resources:Short Story Mini-Unit Student Workbook for Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day "Short Story Mini-Unit Student Workbook for Ray Bradbury's "Marion
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4th - 12th
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A Complete Movie Guide for 12 Angry Men (1957)
This is 9 pages including a character guide of all the jurors to assist students while viewing. It also includes four handouts on plot, characterization, symbolism, and a sheet of questions to go along with the movie 12 Angry Men (1957). I also provided answer sheets for the handouts. If you're interested in this be sure to check out the handouts I have for other films like Vertigo, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, The Force Awakens, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.******************************
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8th - 12th
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TED Talk: The Danger of a Single Story (Worksheet)
This is a worksheet to help facilitate the watching of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's most famous TED Talk. The worksheet is based around facts, however, there are questions asking about scholar's opinions and their personal experiences. Depending on timing, this worksheet could be used as a whole lesson or a supplement to a daily lesson. The worksheet is best to follow up with a discussion with the scholars.
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8th - 12th
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Movie Watching Sheet/ Analysis
This worksheet is a note-taking worksheet for students that are watching a movie in class. Students could utilize this sheet as notes for a film review or other writing activity for the film.
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8th - 12th
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Lord of the Flies Movie Guide + Extra Activity - Answer Key Included
This free 7 page movie guide with handouts accompanies the film "Lord of the Flies (1990)" PART 1 - There are 23 comprehension questions in chronological order. Answers included.PART 2 – 3 short answer extension questions. Example answers included as some answers may vary.PART 3 – Creativity (group of 4 or individual)• Students to imagine they’ve found themselves on a deserted island with three of their friends. They then write down their plan for survival. They need to include the following: a
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9th - 12th
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Hercules Movie Questions (Comparing to Greek Myth of Heracles)
Use this worksheet to ask your students to compare the Disney film version of Hercules to the classic Greek myth of of Heracles Life and Labors. The worksheet asks to compare characterizations of the gods and characters and steps of the hero's journey. There are also questions that require "outside research" that could be used as extension activities if you need!
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6th - 12th
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Nightmare Before Christmas Guide | Questions | Vocabulary | Comprehension
Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas with your English Language Arts Class this Fall! Use this reading guide to help your students make inferences, predictions, learn vocabulary, plot, and find the theme of the story with this watching guide.Included:12 comprehension questions and 10 vocabulary words all related to the movie with an answer key.
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4th - 12th
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ESL Movie Lesson: Ratatouille
A 4-8 page Interactive ESL/EFL Lesson with MOVIE summary, prompts (comprehension, discussion, essay), vocabulary including Academic Word List notations, movie quotes, screen shots, resource links, and more.
Lesson is in the same sequence as the actual movie; the design is transparent and adaptable. The full-color, high-resolution layout looks spectacular on overhead projector or electronic media.
Please visit http://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.com for more info.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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***FREE*** McFarland, USA: Film Study Worksheet
Use this film study worksheet to dig deeper into the themes in the movie McFarland, USA. Uploaded in Rich Text Format so that you can copy and paste the text directly into Google Classroom or onto one of your existing worksheets. This worksheet is a short activity to get your students thinking about why this movie is "based on a true story" rather than a documentary. It is recommended that you have your students watch the interviews with the actors and the real people portrayed in the movie b
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7th - 12th
National Treasure Movie Quotes
The Nation Treasure Movie Quotes worksheet is a Cloze exercise for students to complete while watching the (PG) rated movie National Treasure directed by John Turteltaub. Students will fill in the blanks with the missing words from quotes said throughout the movie. There are 29 fill-in-the-blank quotes with an attached answer key.
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4th - 12th
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Free Halloween Activity Frankenstein (1931) Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet
Free Halloween Activity Frankenstein Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google (NR - 1931) challenges students to explore one of the earliest film versions of this classic scary story. Compare the style of this old, classic, black and white movie to modern day scary movies. Discuss if Henry deserves to have his wedding day interrupted by his creation and if this is an example of poetic justice. Debate whether nature or nurture caused Frankenstein's monster to become dangerous. Finally, ask s
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7th - 12th
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Video Follow-Along Notes
Movies, filmstrips, documentaries, and even YouTube clips can all be used in our classrooms with great results - if we can keep our students engaged while watching.
This simple method keeps students on-task during your videos by asking them to jot down six questions, comments, or reactions to the video. It also reminds them to space these comments out (for your students who have a tendency to come up with six comments during the first three minutes of the video and then zone-out for the rest!)
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3rd - 12th
Knives Out Movie Mystery Packet - Distance Learning
This is an 11 page packet that goes along with the PG-13 film Knives Out. It's built around having students take notes of suspects throughout the film and then there is a larger writing assignment where they have to provide their solution to the crime before the film does. It also incorporates a review of literary device terms specific to mystery fiction, a review of red herrings, and a worksheet on Theme. Since I tied this with my unit on Sherlock Holmes I had them do a compare/contrast, I incl
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Salem Witch Trials History Channel Active Viewing Worksheet
This worksheet is designed to accompany the History Channel's video on the Salem Witch Trials (available on YouTube). I use this as an anticipatory activity prior to working on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," and it may also be appropriate for history classes working on Puritanism and early American history.
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9th - 12th
The Martian Movie Questions
Questions that go with the movie that follow along in order.
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9th - 12th
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Literary Elements found in Shrek
As students watch the movie, they locate examples of literary elements. This is just another way to review the elements. Includes: traits of fairy tale, tone, irony, setting, allusion, characterization, personification, sarcasm, simile, theme, and point of view.
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8th - 12th
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost | Poetry Analysis | Theme | Individuality
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze Robert Frost's famous poem, The Road Not Taken Engage with 5 high-level, short answer questionsIdentify figurative language, structure, enjambment, flow and moodExplore Frost's message and themeDiscuss the importance of individuality and it's importance today compared to Frost's day and ageWhat's in the download?A 13 page PDF with:Links to Google Formats [PDF p1]Answer Key with CCSS [Google Slides | PDF pp2
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8th - 12th
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McFarland USA movie comprehension questions
Basic comprehension questions to pair with the movie McFarland, USA.
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5th - 12th
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