Nacho Libre | Movie Guide Questions & Project in English & Spanish | Bilingual

29 Movie Guide Questions and a luchador creative project for the movie Nacho Libre in ENGLISH & SPANISH that include pre-listening questions, questions to answer during the movie, and reflection/analysis questions that can also serve as discussion questions after the movie. Includes movie images to help scaffold for diverse learners. Questions are spaced out to give students enough time to write answers down. Perfect way to hold your students accountable for watching the film, test their interpretive listening skills and engaging in class discussion around important topics.

Synopsis:

Ignacio (Jack Black), or Nacho to his friends, works as a cook in the Mexican monastery where he grew up. The monastery is home to a host of orphans whom Nacho cares for deeply, but there is not much money to feed them properly. Nacho decides to raise money for the children by moonlighting as a Lucha Libre wrestler with his partner Esqueleto (Héctor Jiménez), but since the church forbids Lucha, Nacho must disguise his identity.

• Rating: PG
• Genre: Comedy
• Original Language: English
• Director: Jared Hess
• Producer: Mike White, Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor
• Writer: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Mike White
• Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2006  Wide
• Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
• Box Office (Gross USA): $80.2M
• Runtime: 1h 31m
• Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Black & White Productions, Nickelodeon Movies
• Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
• Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

This film relates to the following AP Spanish Language and Culture themes:

Families and Communities | Las familias y las comunidades

Contemporary life - La vida contemporánea

Contexto 1 La educación y las carreras profesionales

Contexto 2 El entretenimiento y la diversión

Contexto 3 Los viajes y el ocio

Contexto 4 Las relaciones personales

contexto 5 Los estilos de vida

contexto 6 Las tradiciones y los valores sociales

Context 1 Education and professional careers

Context 2 Entertainment and fun

Context 3 Travel and leisure

Context 4 Personal relationships

context 5 Lifestyles

context 6 Traditions and social values

Las familias y las comunidades

contexto 1 Las comunidades educativas

contexto 2 Las redes sociales

contexto 3 La geografía humana

contexto 4 Las tradiciones y los valores

contexto 5 La ciudadanía global

contexto 6 La estructura de la familia

context 1 Educational communities

context 2 Social networks

context 3 The human geography

context 4 Traditions and values

context 5 Global citizenship

context 6 The family structure

Y / AND

Identidades personales y públicas | Identidades privadas y públicas

• Contexto l La enajenación y la asimilación
• Contexto 2 La autoestima
• Contexto 3 La identidad nacional y la identidad étnica
• Contexto 4 Los intereses personales
• Contexto 5 Las creencias personales
• Contexto 6 Los héroes y los personajes históricos

Personal and Public Identities | Private and Public Identities

• Context l Disposal and assimilation
• Context 2 Self-esteem
• Context 3 National identity and ethnic identity
• Context 4 Personal interests
• Context 5 Personal beliefs
• Context 6 Heroes and historical figures