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Reading strategies Common Core RL.6.1 movie guides
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:Â Five Short Films for Teaching Theme
Animated Short Films as Mentor Texts: Mr. Hublot
Teaching with short films is a great way to engage struggling readers and English language learners, giving them a scaffold that enables them to actively participate in discussions with peers about literary terms. Each film/ lesson comes with: plot maps, essential questions, writing, and discussion prompts and suggestions for extending the lesson. This lesson using "Mr. Hublot" focuses on plot, theme, conflict, and characterization. This product also includes a digital interactive notebook creat
Grades:
5th - 8th
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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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Teaching Literary Elements with Animated Short Films: Feast
Discover rich educational opportunities with the animated short film Feast. This comprehensive lesson plan dives deep into the intricacies of storytelling and explores plot, tone/mood, theme, characterization, conflict, point of view, and memory moments.Unlock the potential of your students' analytical skills with engaging activities such as plot maps, essential questions, writing and discussion prompts, and a detailed example of a movie review for honing critical writing abilities.These lessons
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5th - 7th
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Animated Short Films as Mentor Texts: Wire Cutters
"Wire Cutters" is an award-winning film about two robots who meet while mining on a desolate planet. They decide to work together and their combined talents pay off until they begin fighting over the resources that they are collecting.My goal for 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 then apply to more complex written texts. This set of standards-based lessons includes
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Back to School Short Film Bundle
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