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Short stories movie guides for special education
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Workbook: PRINT Novel Study
NEWLY UPDATED SEPT 2023!This 60+ page workbook for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone includes SEVENTEEN chapter work sets, FOUR vocabulary review activities, THIRTEEN literature exercises, a movie/book comparison guide, and a final test. This novel study is available in print (b+w and color), AND HAS A COMPATIBLE MODIFIED VERSION adapted with word banks & hints for lower-ability learners. Key included.For the PRINT AND GOOGLE SLIDES option, click here.WORKBOOK CONTAINS:COVER PAGE + TABLE
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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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
Inside Out Movie Activities - Emotions & Memories SEL
This packet includes creative activities to accompany the Disney Pixar film "Inside Out." Includes:Writing about Core MemoriesDesigning "Personality Islands"Writing about each emotion in the movie (joy, sadness, anger, fear, disgust) Brainstorming other emotions that could have been includedDrawing an imaginary friend"What's Inside Your Head" art projectThis printable PDF download now includes both color and black & white versions.Are you looking for a fun way to present Social Emotional Lea
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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
THE HOBBIT STUDENT WORKBOOK: Digital and Print Novel Study
This 80-page workbook for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit or There and Back Again includes comprehension (fill-in-the-blank chapter summaries & follow-up questions), vocabulary, literature skill exercises, a movie/book comparison guide (part 1 of the trilogy), and a final assessment. Great for middle school or high school. This novel study is available in print and digital (with Google Slides), and has a MODIFIED version with word banks and limited choices for lower-ability learners. Key include
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8th - 11th
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Teach Language Arts with Film Clips: Suspense and Foreshadowing
This short Film, Alma, is an excellent tool to have students review suspense and foreshadowing techniques. Students love the "creepy" film and figuring out exactly what has happened to the character. The file includes the film, student worksheets, and an answer key. The 4 worksheet pages include pause times to have students reflect and infer, as well as screenshots for analyzing examples of foreshadowing. Older students will enjoy this film which is not too young and engaging enough to keep them
Grades:
6th - 12th
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The Lightning Thief Workbook: Digital and Print Novel Study
NEWLY UPDATED MARCH 2024! This 70-page workbook for Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (book #1 in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series) includes 22 chapter-work sets, 4 vocab reviews, 9 literature exercises, a movie/book comparison guide, and a final assessment. This complete novel study is available in print and digital (with Google Slides), and has a MODIFIED version for lower-ability learners. Key included. (For the PRINT ONLY version, click here.)WORKBOOK CONTAINS:COVER PAGE + TABLE
Grades:
4th - 7th
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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
Grades:
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
A Bug's Life Movie Worksheet
This product is based on the 1998 Disney / Pixar movie A Bug's Life. Includes24 Multiple-Choice QuestionsAnswer Key IncludedPLOT DESCRIPTIONFlik (Dave Foley) is an inventive ant who's always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper (Kevin Spacey). Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food -- or face annihilation. To avert disaster, Flik goes on a journey to r
Grades:
2nd - 12th
NGSS:
3-LS2-1
The Princess Bride: Film Study Using Short Story Terminology (Great End of Year)
GREAT END-OF-YEAR REVIEW ACTIVITY. This movie reviews short story terminology with sound educational value and provides a fun way to re-engage learners at the end of the school year, the start of the new year, or directly before or after holidays. (And let's face it: The Princess Bride, is one of the best and most beloved films of all time.)GREAT STARTER TO A SHORT STORY UNIT (terms review) This seven-page pdf document contains three different activities for a film study of The Princess Bride
Grades:
7th - 12th
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The Lightning Thief Workbook: PRINT Novel Study
NEWLY UPDATED MARCH 2024!This 70-page workbook for Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (book #1 in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series) includes 22 chapter-work sets, 4 vocab reviews, 9 literature exercises, a movie/book comparison guide, and a final assessment. This novel study is available as a PDF in b+w and color (new feature!), AND HAS A COMPATIBLE MODIFIED VERSION adapted with word banks & hints for lower-ability learners. Key included.For the PRINT AND DIGITAL (Google Slides)
Grades:
4th - 7th
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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Grades:
5th - 8th
THE HOBBIT STUDENT WORKBOOK: Print Novel Study
This 80-page workbook for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit or There and Back Again includes comprehension (fill-in-the-blank chapter summaries & follow-up questions), vocabulary, literature skill exercises, a movie/book comparison guide (part 1 of the trilogy), and a final assessment. Great for middle school or high school. This novel study is available as a PDF, and has a MODIFIED workbook with word banks and limited choices for lower-ability learners. Key included. For a PRINT AND DIGITAL (Goog
Grades:
8th - 11th
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
Lamb to the Slaughter: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
*Updated 10/12/20: For each worksheet, I’ve created a png image of the worksheet and then put that image as the background in a Google Slide. The students can use all of the tools in Slides to mark their answers. The links are already set up to force students to make a copy so they each have their own version of the worksheet in their Google Drive. Copy and paste the links below to share with your students. Please don’t post these links on any websites that are not password protected. A whole ne
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8th - 12th
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"It's a Wonderful Life" Compare and Contrast with Original Short Story
Do you have a week before Christmas break and do not want to start a new unit? Or are you teaching American Literature and want to introduce students to a heartwarming traditional story?This bundle gives you- a 9 page PDF of the original short story called "The Greatest Gift". - A one-page set of Comprehension questions for the story.- A Compare/Contrast chart to fill out while students watch the movie.Note: You will need your own copy of the movie for this to work. The original story was sent
Grades:
7th - 12th
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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: Five Short Films for Teaching Theme
THE CITY OF EMBER WORKBOOK: Print Novel Study
This 60-page workbook for The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau includes vocabluary work, chapter work (fill-in-the-blank summaries + comprehension questions), ELEVEN literature exercises, review activities, and a final assessment. This novel study is available as a PDF and has a MODIFIED WORKBOOK for lower-ability learners. Key included. For the PRINT AND DIGITAL (Google Slides) version, click here.WORKBOOK CONTAINS:COVER PAGE + TABLE OF CONTENTS (3 pages)VOCABULARY WORK (11 pages): Each half of t
Grades:
4th - 6th
Differentiated Lessons for Plot, Character, and Theme Using Pixar's "La Luna"
This set of standards-based lessons focuses on plot elements, characterization, conflict, and theme. Within each focus area, there are pages for use with students that are "approaching standard" and "on standard." There are additional pages for students who have mastered the standard and are ready to level up that focus on the coming of age genre and a paired non-fiction text (TED talk). Check out the preview for examples.My goal in teaching with films is to give students an understanding of lit
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6th
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Also included in: Five Short Films for Teaching Theme
Plot Diagram Activity Using Disney Movies
This product contains everything you need to create a plot diagram sorting activity for your students. There are slips for Toy Story 3, The Lion King, and Cinderella. The teacher will cut the slips and place them in labeled envelopes or bags. The students must sort them onto a plot diagram, and can check their work with the included answer keys.
There are also a set of slips with the definitions of each term on the plot diagram (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).
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5th - 9th
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID WORKBOOK: Digital and Print Novel Study
This 46-page workbook for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid includes comprehension, vocabulary, NINE literature skills exercises (character, point of view, cause/effect, etc.), and a final assessment. This novel study is available in print and digital (with Google Slides), and has a MODIFIED version for students with special needs and lower-ability learners. Keys included.(For PRINT ONLY, click here for the black + white PDF.)WORKBOOK CONTAINS:COVER PAGE + TABLE OF CONTENTS (2 pages)VOCABULARY
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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