Add rigor & depth to your movie-viewing experience with this The Princess Bride Movie Viewing Guide. This packet is an excellent way to practice literary & film analysis skills while keeping your students engaged as you watch.

Included:

Pre-Reading Activity
- 2 images of different movie posters
- Venn diagram asking to compare/contrast the posters' tone/mood, camera angles, & other observations

During Reading Activity
- 18 questions for students to answer as they watch (in chronological order). Some multiple choice & some fill in the blank over figurative language, comprehension, diction, tone, camera angles, etc. Answer key provided

Post-Reading Activity
- Students choose from 3 short response prompt questions over analytical ideas in the movie asa whole. 1 lined page provided for them to respond

*Note: It is not a movie to film comparison guide. These activities are tailored specifically for the movie.*

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6 pages

Answer Key

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.9-10.3

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

CCSSRL.9-10.7

Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

CCSSRL.9-10.10

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CCSSCCRA.R.2

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCSSCCRA.R.3

Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

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