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Common Core RL.6.5 movie guides
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 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: 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
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
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
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Study | 13 Lessons & Activities
Bring Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to life with this complete NOVEL STUDY for UPPER ELEMENTARY/PRIMARY students to enhance READING and WRITING SKILLS. This DIGITAL & PRINT resource provides a HUGE variety of "WONKA-RIFFIC" ACTIVITIES your students will love.YOU ARE GETTING 60+ PAGES OF⭐ Lessons and worksheets with assessable outcomes⭐ A multiple intelligences activity matrix with 42 self-directed activities⭐ Graphic Organizers and thinking tools⭐ Answer key and assessmen
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3rd - 7th
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Despicable Me Using the movie to teach characterization, analysis and writing
Everyone loves minions, so use them to engage students in learning about characterization and literary analysis.
This eight day unit uses the movie, “Despicable ME” to teach characterization, protagonist/antagonist, motivation, inference and text analysis. This unit is also aligned to common core standards. Included are eight complete daily lessons complete with mini lessons, lesson, activities and assessments. . This great little unit has tons of hand outs and worksheets like character tra
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4th - 9th
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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.
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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
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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
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
PIXAR ANIMATED SHORT FILMS ONE PAGERS LITERARY DEVICES ELEMENTS & TECHNIQUES
Fun, quick, engaging one-pagers for teaching LITERARY ELEMENTS, DEVICES, AND TECHNIQUES using animated short films! This DIGITAL/PRINTABLE pack includes: THEME, CONFLICT, DIALOGUE, FORESHADOWING & FLASHBACK, CHARACTER MOTIVATION, AND PLOT TWIST!Don't need both digital and printable? You can purchase them separately:⭐PRINTABLE VERSION: CLICK HERE⭐DIGITAL ONLY VERSION: CLICK HERESHORT FILMS (links included)⭐ PLOT: GLUED⭐ PLOT TWIST: THE PRESENT⭐ DIALOGUE: FOR THE BIRDS⭐ CHARACTER MOTIVATION: S
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5th - 8th
Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
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5th - 8th
Narrative Writing With Graphic Organizers ANIMATED SHORT FILMS & Rubric
Narrative writing that students will actually WANT to do using ANIMATED SHORT FILMS! In this workshop, students are guided through literary devices, elements, and techniques, to learn how to create an exciting narrative story. Students will analyze literary techniques through the lense of animated short films, and complete mini-lessons and activities. Then, students will use graphic organizers and guided writing companions to map out and write their own narratives. *PREFER THE DIGITAL VERSION?
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5th - 8th
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THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE WORKBOOK: Print Novel Study
This 70-page workbook for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis includes chapter work, TEN literature exercises, vocabulary activities, a movie/book comparison guide, 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)CHAPTER WORK (34 pages): Each chapter (17) has TWO pages of work, w
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4th - 6th
Animated Short Films Theme Plot Narrative Writing Activity GLUED Literary Device
Here's a literary workshop that students beg to do! In this workshop, students are guided through a full Pixar interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've learned about plot development to create their own narrative story using the plot templates.DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE HEREFILM SUMMARY:In this funny film, a mother realizes her child is addicted to video games so she tries desperately to persuade him to play outside. Finally, in a hilarious c
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5th - 8th
Monomyth Cycle (Hero's Journey) Activity Using "Piper" (2016) – Pixar Short Film
Piper (2016) is a Pixar short film that follows the journey of a young, sandpiper (bird) aptly named, Piper! This activity uses the short film as a way to engage student discussion and analysis of the Monomyth Cycle, or Hero's Journey.As of February 11, 2022, the short film is available on the Disney+ streaming service, or alternatively, you can purchase the Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 on Amazon, which includes Piper. It is highly recommend this short film is paired with the publicly
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Movie Guides Literary Elements | plot | theme| inference | characters | dialogue
Want to teach literary elements using ANY MOVIE or PIXAR SHORT FILM to bring real world learning into your classroom? This digital GOOGLE SLIDES AND PRINTABLE bundle includes workshops for the 8 major literary devices and is easy to use and versatile! ❤ SAVE 30% ON THIS BUNDLE!!NOTE: This digital & printable bundle is perfect for teaching hybrid classes and for teachers with students who need or prefer paper or technology. ❤The Google Slides workshops are specifically designed on Slides for
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5th - 9th
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Teaching Literary Elements with Animated Short Films-"One Man Band"
Standards-based lessons that focus on plot elements, characterization, and theme. Within each focus area, there are variations in tasks for use with students that are "approaching standard" and "on standard." There is an additional page for students who have mastered the standard and are ready to "level up" that focuses on the literary device of poetic justice. Check out the preview for examples.The teacher's guide includes detailed instructions for differentiating the lessons.My goal in teachin
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5th - 8th
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Tuck Everlasting Persuasive Writing Unit
Are you looking for a writing activity for students to complete after reading Tuck Everlasting? This differentiated persuasive writing unit requires students to write a letter to Winnie Foster to convince her to either live forever or continue living a normal life. Lesson Outline, teacher models, rubrics, and writing samples have been included to help both teacher and students.The following files are included in this unit:1. Tuck Everlasting Viewing Guide: Students identify problems that Winnie
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5th - 8th
Movie Guides Literary Elements | plot | theme| inference | characters | dialogue
Want to teach literary elements using ANY MOVIE or PIXAR SHORT FILM to bring real world learning into your classroom? This bundle includes workshops for the 8 major literary devices and is easy to use and versatile! Focus on one literary element, or make a packet of the entire bundle to do a comprehensive movie study. LITERARY ELEMENTS:PLOTSETTINGTHEMECHARACTER TYPESCHARACTER TRAITSINFERENCEPLOT/OBJECTIVE SUMMARYDIALOGUE❤ Culminating Activities: Students will assume various movie roles such as,
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5th - 9th
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