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4th grade short stories movie guides
Short Films Hair Love Theme Inference Plot Worksheets Literary Devices Elements
Guaranteed engagement with this animated short film workshop, Hair Love. It teaches inferencing, theme, foreshadowing, plot twist, symbolism, and conflict. This workshop highlights the work of black writer, Matthew Cherry, who aims to portray black fathers in a positive light and represent them fairly in the media. In this heartwarming film, a young father struggles to help his daughter fix her hair while her mother is recovering from chemotherapy. ❤ EASEL COMPATIBLEStudents work through the g
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4th - 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
Sequence the Story "For the Birds"
After watching the story "For the Birds" by Pixar, students can sequence the story by cutting out pictures and pasting them in the correct order. When they are finished, have them watch it again to check their own answers!Watch "For the Birds"
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K - 5th
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Teaching Literary Elements with Animated Short Films: Piper
"Piper" is an Academy Award-winning short film from Pixar about a hungry sandpiper hatchling who must overcome her fear of the ocean waves while learning to dig beneath the sand for food by the shoreline. It’s an excellent story that illustrates how looking at a problem from a different perspective can lead to a solution.My goal in teaching with films is to give students an understanding of literary devices and themes through a very short and engaging shared text; an understanding that they can
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4th - 6th
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Pixar Short Film "Topo" Sequencing Picture Activity
First show your students the Pixar Short Film "Topo". Following the film, pass out the pictures and have your students cut and put into order. There are 5 pictures from the video. In order to make this activity more advanced, you could have your students create a foldable. They will glue in the picture and write a brief description of what happened during that scene.
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3rd - 8th
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Gift of the Magi: Story vs. Movie Guide
There's nothing like a meaningful & rigorous way to incorporate a short movie into the classroom during a busy holiday season! I pair my annual short story study of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" with the Disney cartoon version found in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.It’s about a 20 minute film that pairs perfectly with ANY text version of this story. My students LOVE this version of the film, and it offers a lot of areas for comparison including plot element changes and additional charac
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: The Gift of the Magi Close Reading Unit Bundle
Finding Theme With Short Films
SHORT FILMS are the perfect way to teach literary elements! 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. ❤ Literary Elements Covered:ThemeSettingCharactersPredictionPlot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolutionCu
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4th - 7th
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Short Films For The Birds FREE Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Activities
FREE PIXAR SHORT FILM DIALOGUE AND CHARACTER ACTIVITY that students will actually WANT to do! This digital GOOGLE SLIDES resource allows students create 5 dialogue scenes for the bickering birds in the film and an activity to analyze how the dialogue shapes the characters. The TEACH slide explains how writers use dialogue to develop characters, and reminds them to use quotation marks when writing dialogue. This is a simple, stress-free way for students to learn dialogue in a way they will neve
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4th - 7th
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Sequence the Story "Presto"
After watching the story "Presto" by Pixar, students can sequence the story by cutting out pictures and pasting them in the correct order. When they are finished, have them watch it again to check their own answers!Watch "Presto"
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PreK - 6th
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Teaching Literary Elements with Animated Short Films: Presto
Use the animated short film "Presto" to teach plot, characterization, conflict, and theme. This engaging series of lessons also includes figurative language, the author's influence, poetic justice, and foil (a character type). Wrap up your film lessons by analyzing and writing a movie review.Teaching with animated shorts is a great way to engage struggling readers and English language learners. It gives them a scaffold that enables them to participate in discussions with peers about literary ter
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4th - 7th
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Sequence the Story "La Luna"
After watching the story "La Luna" by Pixar, students can sequence the story by cutting out pictures and pasting them in the correct order. When they are finished, have them watch it again to check their own answers!Watch "La Luna"
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K - 5th
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Pixar Short Sub Plans *Print and Go* Movie Poster and Critique Project
This print-and-go resource is designed for use as simple ELA sub plans and can be adapted to fit almost any block of time. Including both written response, illustration, and critical thinking components, this project is a great stand-alone tool for reviewing elements of literature with elementary students.This resource guides a substitute teacher through a lesson in which students: 1. Watch a Pixar Short 2. Reflect on the Short through written responses3. Design a Movie Poster to share a new nam
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3rd - 6th
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Compare & Contrast - Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood story graphic organizer including,- Title- Main Character- Character traits-Setting- Problem- ResolutionCompare and Contrast Venn Diagram- Little Red Riding Hood AND Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten-Same AND Different-Empty Venn Diagram
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PreK - 5th
Also included in: Fairy Tales - Compare and Contrast & Story Structure
Movie Guide THEME for ANY P Short Films | Movies | Novels | Short Stories
Want to teach literary elements using Movies or Pixar short films and bring real world learning into your classroom? This series teaches students to analyze the THEME of ANY film or story. Students will learn how professional movie makers and writers develop a theme through conflict and resolution to bring meaning to their stories.❤ Culminating Activity: Students will be cast into the role of a screenwriter to develop their own theme to pitch to movie producers, using the knowledge they gained i
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4th - 8th
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"Piper" Reviewing Elements of Literature with Pixar Shorts
Pixar shorts are a great way to review the elements of literature that will be sure to create high engagement! After students watch the Pixar Short "Piper", this resource can be used to think deeper about the story. Slides will review each topic and then provide an opportunity for students to analyze the short.8 Interactive activities in the slides cover:types of characterscharacter traitselements of plottypes of conflict and text to self connectionThese activities are fun for students to comple
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE Reviewing Elements of Literature with Pixar Shorts
Sequence the Story "Lifted"
After watching the story "Lifted" by Pixar, students can sequence the story by cutting out pictures and pasting them in the correct order. When they are finished, have them watch it again to check their own answers!Watch "Lifted"
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K - 5th
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iMovie Trailer Directions
Visuals with step by step directions to create a basic imovie trailer from the ipad
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1st - 5th
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Tangled Mood and Tone
This resource is a great hook to get students interested and understanding how the author's mood and tone affect a story. They'll watch two trailers of the classic movie Tangled, then compare the two. Great independent station!
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4th - 6th
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Thelma The Unicorn (Movie) Crossword Puzzle
Thelma The Unicorn (Movie) Crossword Puzzle: Created to be used for upper elementary grades 3-5.
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3rd - 5th
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Movie Guide THEME for ANY P Short Films | Movies | Novels | Short Stories
Want to teach literary elements using Movies or Pixar short films and bring real world learning into your classroom? This Google Slides workshop teaches students to analyze the THEME of ANY film or story. Students will learn how professional movie makers and writers develop a theme through conflict and resolution to bring meaning to their stories.❤ Culminating Activity: Students will be cast into the role of a screenwriter to develop their own theme to pitch to movie producers, using the knowled
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4th - 8th
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The Little Mermaid - poems and stories
20 printable pages exploring the themes in “The Little Mermaid”. Poems and stories about mermaids, King Triton, Sebastian, Ursula, sharks, dances, and more: Mermaids - a poem, Sebastian - A poem, Sea Animals - A poem, The Ocean Waves - a poem, Ursula - a poem, King Triton’s Daughters - a poem, The Race - a story, Dancing with a Prince - a story,The Shipwreck - a story,The Shark - a story,King Triton - a story,Under the Sea - a story,Ursula vs Triton - a story,The Song - a story,Electric Eel - a
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3rd - 8th
Movie Guide SETTING for ANY P Short Films | Movies | Novels | Short Stories
Want to teach literary elements using Movies or Pixar short films and bring real world learning into your classroom? This series teaches students to analyze the SETTING of ANY film or story. Students will learn how professional movie makers and writers create a setting to shape the plot, characters, and theme, and set the mood of a story. ❤ Also, they will be cast into the role of a screenwriter to produce their own setting for a story, using the knowledge they gained in the activities. BUYING
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4th - 8th
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City of Ember Movie Notes & Word Search
Included in this two page document is a place where students can write what they have learned about several of the main characters. They will also have an opportunity to include information such as setting, conflict, problem, key events, solution, and theme.The second pages of the document is a word search for students to complete using key information from the movie.Thank you for your purchase!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Movie Guide PLOT for ANY P Short Films | Movies | Novels | Short Stories
Want to teach literary elements using Movies or Pixar short films and bring real world learning into your classroom? This series teaches students to analyze the PLOT of ANY film or story. Students will learn how professional movie makers and writers develop the structure and connect events to create an exciting story. ❤ Culminating Activity: Students will be cast into the role of a movie description writer for Netflix. It will be their job to develop a plot summary of the film using the knowledg
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4th - 8th
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