January 2018 ~ Mr. Hull's Movie Guides | Questions and Activities

Monday 22 January 2018

The Iron Giant Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc (Color + Black & White)


The Iron Giant Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc (Color + Black & White)

Product Description

This 5 page movie guide with handouts accompanies the film "The Iron Giant (1999)"

PART 1 - This has 30 questions in chronological order which require full sentence answers. It is aimed at the younger audience and I like to act out the scenes for questions they are struggling on. It's great fun with kids after watching the movie.

PART 2 – Creativity
• Students to imagine they find a robot in the forest. They then have to write about how they keep it a secret, describe it and draw it
• Students imagine they are reporters and write an article about the robot entering the town. Must include a picture too.

Based on the novel by Ted Hughes, this movie is about a young boy who finds a giant robot from outer space in the forest whom he befriends. A paranoid government agent finds out and is determined to destroy him.


 

 

 

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) - Movie Comprehension Questions + Activities - Answer Key Included


The Man Who Knew Infinity Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Included

Product Description

This 5 page movie guide for the classroom accompanies the movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity"

The movie is about a real-life mathematician named Srinivasa Ramanujanwho who after growing up poor in Madras, India, is admitted to Cambridge University during World War I. Here he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy.

PART 1
This has 30 questions in chronological order that the students can complete while watching the movie. Includes answers for this part

PART 2
•The first section has 3 long answer questions.
•The second section is an essay question. Students have to imagine they are Ramanujan and have just arrived at Cambridge University. They need to write a diary entry expressing their thoughts and feeling of their experiences so far, all the while being faced with racial 

Sunday 21 January 2018

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie Guide + Activities - (Color + B/W)


Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie Guide + Activities - (Color + B/W)

Product Description

This 10 page movie guide with handouts is for the film "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)"

PART 1 – Comprehension questions. I have made two separate sets depending on the grade taught. Includes an answer key.
• 20 questions in chronological order, answering in sentences.
• 20 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers.

PART 2 – Creativity
• Students create a day menu for visitors coming to the island. To include drawings too.
• Students pretend they are a newspaper journalist on the island and write an article about the raining food phenomenon.
• Students to imagine they are evacuating from the island the next day and have to write a diary entry of their experiences so far.

PART 3 – Just for fun
• Word search with clues to answer for some of the words. Answer key included.

Based loosely on the book by Judi Barrett, this movie is about a local scientist named Flint Lockwood, who is often regarded as a failure until one day he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know, things are about to take a turn for the worst. 


 

 

 

 

 


Saturday 20 January 2018

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) - Movie Questions + Activities


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Product Description
This 6 page movie guide accompanies the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

Part 1 – There are 35 questions in chronological order. Ideally, students should complete this part after the movie, and instead write notes while watching to help answer the questions later. (Answer key included)

Part 2 – (Creativity)
• The first part involves the student completing an imaginary E-Harmony profile. The idea is that they make it as interesting as possible as it’s connected to the second part.
• The second part is writing back to someone who sent them a message in E-Harmony. The student has to recount a typical day that they have. They should make it as extravagant as possible to try and make them look good.

Part 3 – Students to choose 2 of the 3 given daydreams Walter had in the movie and to write their own account of what happened in them.

This movie is about Walter Mitty, an employee at Life magazine, who spends his time developing photos for the publication. To escape the tediousness of his job, Walter inhabits a world of exciting daydreams in which he is the undeniable hero.








Wednesday 3 January 2018

Jurassic Park Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.


Jurassic Park Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.

Product Description

This 6 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "Jurassic Park (1993)"

PART 1 – Comprehension questions
• 30 questions in chronological order with answer key included.

PART 2 – Creativity
• In the first section, students to design a new enclosure for one of the dinosaurs and label important features with explanations.
• The second section is writing a recount about visiting the park as a lucky guest who gets to go before it reopens.
• The third part is creating a new species of dinosaur by mixing DNA. Students then complete the profile

The movie is about a wealthy entrepreneur who secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park. However, during the ride, the park's security system breaks down and the prehistoric creatures break out.


 

 

 


A Beautiful Mind Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.


A Beautiful Mind Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.

Product Description

This 6 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "A Beautiful Mind (2001)"

PART 1 – Comprehension questions.
• 25 questions in chronological order with answers included.

PART 2 – Extension Questions.
• 3 short answer questions about John Nash. Includes example answers.
• 1 Essay about John Nash working for Parcher.

Set mainly in the Cold War era, this movie is based on the true story of the mathematical genius John Nash. After making an astonishing discovery early in his career and standing on the brink of international acclaim, the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.



 

 

 


Bedtime Stories Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.


Bedtime Stories Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.

Product Description

This 7 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "Bedtime Stories (2008)"

PART 1 – Comprehension questions
• There are 25 questions in chronological order to be completed while watching the movie. Includes answers

PART 2 – Writing
• In the first section student to briefly recount the 4 stories told in the movie by Skeeter. Includes answers.
• The second section, students to write a bedtime story similar to Skeeter’s

This movie is about a hotel handyman named Skeeter whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true. Tell the students to particularly pay attention to the 4 bedtime stories told by Skeeter (the main character) as there will be tasks to complete later on.