Practical Magic Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween | Worksheets | Answer Key Included

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This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the Halloween film "Practical Magic (1998)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 55 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 35 questions requiring full sentence answers (20 removed from the 55 question set)
• 35 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creative writing

• Students to write imaginary diary entry for each of the following. For Aunt Jet on the day when Gilly and Sally first arrive at the house as children. For Sally on the day Gilly moves out of the family home with her boyfriend. For Gilly on the evening of Halloween when they dressed up as witches.
• Students to imagine they are researching the Owens Family background and stumble upon their Grimoire. They notice an unusual potion inside and decide to make a replica of it. Students need to draw a visual of the potion, what it's for, what it does and the directions on how to make it.

Based on the novel by Alice Hoffman, the movie follows two sisters, Sally and Gillian Owens, who come from a family of witches with a curse that dooms any man they fall in love with to an untimely death. The film blends magic with themes of sisterhood and self-discovery

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key

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This 18 page movie guide with additional worksheets and activities accompanies the Tim Burton directed film "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 60 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 45 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 60 question set)
• 45 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creativity

• A new child has arrived at Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children. Students are tasked with writing a record of the new child. Includes name, original home, age, peculiarity and description, personality and short biography.
• Students to imagine they're junior reporters and need to write an article about what happened at Blackpool pier. Need to include a drawing and quotes from imaginary interviews with local witnesses.

Based on the novel by Ransom Riggs, the movie follows Jake, who after hearing strange fables from his grandpa about peculiar children, decides to investigate if they're true or not. As he delves deeper into the mystery, Jake learns something he wasn’t expecting.

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Kiki's Delivery Service Movie Guide + Activities | Worksheets | Answer Keys Included

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This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 45 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 45 question set)
• 29 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers; Q30 needs a full sentence answer.

PART 2 – Storyboard, synopsis and flyer making

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.
• Students to imagine Kiki is asking them for help in designing an advertising flyer for her delivery service. Needs to at least include contact information, specific services included, a catchy slogan and decoration (as well as pictures)

PART 3 – Creative writing: News article

• Students to imagine they are junior reporters and have been tasked to write a story on either the saving of Tombo or Kiki’s new delivery service. Students to conduct an (imaginary) interview with Kiki and anyone else involved in the story, then go on to write a heartwarming article. To include interview quotes and a picture.

The movie is about Kiki, a witch who's just turned 13 and now obligated to leave home to find a new town to live and her place in the world. From the famed Studio Ghibli studio, this is a light-hearted alternative Halloween movie.

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Inside Out 2 Movie Guide + Activities + Answer Keys Included

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This 20 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Inside Out 2 (2024)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 50 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (20 removed from the 50 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

(Note: the answer to the last question is after the ending credits.)

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 (1-5) – Characters. Group Work: This task is for groups of 5. (Or could be pair work and completed together)

• Each student will get one of the 5 original emotions from the movie (Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, Sadness) and complete the worksheets which include connecting the emotion to the new ones (Anxiety, Ennui, Envy, Embarrassment)

(6) – Characters

• Students to choose one of the new emotions to write about. Includes describing the look of the emotion, how it connects with any of the other ones, describing a scene from the movie that included chosen emotion, giving an example of how the emotion could be used to have a positive outcome.

PART 4 – Discussion questions

• Pair work. Students to complete 5 questions to discuss as a class.

Following on from the previous movie, Riley has become a teenager and puberty fast approaches. Experiencing a new set of complex emotions, Joy and the others who have been running things so far suddenly find themselves trying to adapt to this unexpected change.

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The Secret of NIMH Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

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This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Secret of NIMH (1982)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 35 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 25 questions requiring full sentence answers (10 removed from the 35 question set).
• 25 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Synopsis. Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creativity and character writing

• Students are tasked in helping design the inside and outside of Mrs. Brisby's home after moving to the safe side of the rock. This can be like a floor plan showing rooms in the house and the features in the garden. To include a key.
• Students to write a little bit about their favorite character in the movie. Includes describing them, writing about their personality and what the student liked and disliked about them. To include a drawing of the character.

About the movie

Based on the novel (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH) by Robert C. O'Brien, the movie follows a field mouse named Mrs. Brisby. Faced with a difficult task of finding a new home due to the farmer's spring plough and the impossibility of moving her very ill son Timothy, Mrs. Brisby seeks aid from an unlikely set of animals and learns of a secret about her late husband.

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Allegiant Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

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This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the dystopian film "Allegiant (2016)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 45 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 45 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creative writing

• Students to imagine they are at a school in the Bureau of Genetic Welfare and have been tasked to write an exciting article about the newcomers for the school paper. Imagining they've already interviewed them on arrival, they go on to write the article about the newcomers’ initial thoughts of living there and what they're looking forward to. To include quotes from the interviews and a drawing. (note: this is prior to any of them finding out about the reality of the Bureau and the Council)

Based on the novel by Veronica Roth, the movie is set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions. Continuing on from the previous movie Insurgent, Tris and her friends make their plan to escape beyond the wall to find out the truth of the world around them. 

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Insurgent Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

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This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the dystopian film "Insurgent (2015)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 40 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (10 removed from the 40 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creative writing and characters

• Pair work. For each of the characters mentioned, students to write what they believe are important questions that need to be answered. Once done they swap their sheets with their partner and write a detailed answer to their partners questions, as though they are taking the place of the character. Finally, the students return the sheets back to their partner. Can be read out as a class and discussed together.
• Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.

Based on the novel by Veronica Roth, the movie is set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions. Continuing on from the previous movie Divergent, Tris and her friends are on the run searching out more allies and answers following the Erudite uprising.

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Divergent Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

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This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the dystopian film "Divergent (2014)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 45 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 45 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creative writing

• (a dice is required) Students are to imagine they are part of the community and it's test day. After finding out which faction they belong to using the dice, students to write a short diary entry about their first day.

Based on the novel by Veronica Roth, the movie is set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions. After reaching 16, teenagers must choose to either stay in their faction of birth, or transfer into another faction. The movie follows Beatrice as she discovers something extremely rare about herself.

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Franklin TV Guide Episode Three + Activities | Pride and Gout | Answer Key Included

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This 8 page episode guide with additional activities accompanies Episode Three: "Pride and Gout", for the mini TV series "Franklin (2024)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made two sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 20 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 20 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard, synopsis and discussion questions.

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the episode. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the episode questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the episode.
• 5 thought provoking questions to be used as a class discussion. May work well if completed in pairs first then shared with the rest of the class. Includes example/suggested answers.

About the Episode

Continuing his mission to convince France to join against England, Dr. Franklin tries to figure out what to do after his printing press is destroyed. News arrives about Temple’s friend who went to fight in America and Dr. Franklin has extra work to do as he gets ridiculed following a speech.

Franklin is a biographical drama miniseries about the United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Based on Stacy Schiff's 2005 book "A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America."

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The Hobbit | The Battle of the Five Armies Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

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This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 45 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 45 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis.

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Character writing and creative writing.

• Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.
• Using the end of the battle as a starting point, students to write a short account of the journey of two characters.

- Bilbo, as he makes his way back to Hobbiton.

- Legolas, as he heads North to find the Dunedain.

(This task could also be extended further to include Bain and his family, the Dwarves of Erebor, Tauriel etc…)

Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. In continuation from the previous movie, Bilbo and his fellow companions are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.

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The Hobbit | The Desolation of Smaug Movie Guide + Activities | Ans Key Included

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This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 50 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 35 questions requiring full sentence answers (15 removed from the 50 question set)
• 35 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis.

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Character writing and creative writing.

• Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.
• Students to continue on from the end of the movie but from the perspective of three different locations:

- From Dol Guldur where Gandalf is imprisoned.

- From The Master’s dwelling in Laketown.

- From The Lonely Mountain where the Dwarves are.

Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. In continuation from the previous movie, the company continue their quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. Follow Bilbo and his friends as they make way to search out the Secret Door to the mountain, and one step closer to taking back the stolen Arkenstone, and the Dwarves’ home.

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Spirited Away Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

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This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Spirited Away (2001)".

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PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

• 48 questions requiring full sentence answers.
• 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (18 removed from the 48 question set)
• 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

• Students to draw a 9 scene storyboard of what they believe to be the most important parts in the movie. To include a brief description for each scene. Remind students they can look at the movie questions to help with the sequences.
• Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Creativity

• Students to use their imagination and create a kind of profile page for one of the spirits visiting the bathhouse. Needs to include a drawing, describing it, type of bath had and the customer's review of their experience at the bathhouse.
• Students to imagine they are Chihiro's friend and have been asked to write about her experience at the spirit bathhouse. Students need to include 2 drawings and write about any part of Chihiro's experience that was witnessed in the movie.

Studio Ghibli's most famous work by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie is about a young girl named Chihiro who accidently becomes trapped in a mysterious world. As she navigates this strange realm, she must fend for herself as she encounters strange spirits, assorted creatures and a grumpy sorceress who seeks to prevent her from returning to the human world.

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