Film, while different forms of story telling, can help build an understanding of literary terms. This lesson plan will focus on the concept of story structure, themes and the development of characters through dialouge and actions. The film designed with this lesson plan is the film, "Summer Wars" directed by Mamoru Hosoda. This film expertly provides a story that teens can relate to and demonstrate the literary terms mentioned above. It is a Japanese film so it can be shown in both languages.