2024 ~ Mr. Hull's Movie Guides | Questions and Activities

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Franklin TV Guide Episode One + Activities | Sauce for Prayers | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 8 page episode guide with additional activities accompanies Episode One: Sauce for Prayers, for the mini TV series "Franklin (2024)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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.

  • 18 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 18 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

This series starts with Benjamin Franklin and his grandson arriving on the shores of France, and set forth on a secret mission to secure money and military aid for the ongoing battle against England.

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."


Thursday 18 April 2024

Dune: Part Two Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key Included

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Dune: Part Two (2024)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.


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

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 write a propaganda article that puts the Empire in a positive light with regards to the turmoil happening on Arrakis.
  • Students to design a poster that shows there is no problem with Spice production or distribution. It needs to be positive and persuasive to reassure the common people that everything is fine on Arrakis.

About the movie

Based on the novel by Frank Herbert. Following on from the previous movie, exiled Paul Atreides continues his journey of enlightenment in the barren Spice deserts of Arrakis. Uniting with Chani and the Fremen, Paul seeks revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. 


Dune: Part One Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key Included

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Dune: Part One (2021)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.


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.

  • 47 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 30 questions requiring full sentence answers (17 removed from the 47 question set)
  • 30 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers

PART 2 – Storyboard, synopsis and creativity

  • 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 draw an imaginary map of the city of Arrakis as depicted by the Harkonnens for their attack. Need to include key points and vulnerabilities, then they will write a strategic plan of attack as similar as possible to what was seen in the movie.

About the movie

Based on the novel by Frank Herbert. The movie follows the noble family Atreides as they inexplicably become embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset, Spice. After accepting stewardship of Arrakis, the only planet that produces Spice, the Duke's son Paul begins his journey of self-discovery and connection to the locals known as the Fremen.


Wednesday 17 April 2024

Wonka Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with additional activity handouts is for the film "Wonka (2023)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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 – Creativity

  • Students to help design a new chocolate which includes naming it, listing the ingredients, describing what it looks like, how it tastes and what happens after eating it.
  • Students to imagine they are junior reporters for a newspaper and will need to “pretend” to interview Lofty about the new chocolate. Students then write an exciting article about the new chocolate. (using the details from the previous task)

The movie is about a young Willy Wonka as he dreams of opening up his very own chocolate shop in a city renowned for its exquisite chocolate. Upon arrival Willy soon discovers that his dream won't be so easy to accomplish as the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.


The Hunger Games | The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie Guide + Activities

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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(Each page represents a part depicted in the movie: The Mentor, The Prize and The Peacekeeper)

  • 52 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 52 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 – Characters

  • Students to choose any character from the movie and write about them. To include a drawing.
  • Students to write a short scene for three of the characters that performed an action off-screen. Lucy Gray’s journey from the reaping ceremony to the Capital, Sejanus bribing the Peacekeeper so he could sneak into the arena and Spruce taking the guns to the log cabin in the woods by the lake.

The movie follows a young Coriolanus Snow, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem as shown in the original Hunger Games with Katniss Everdeen. With the 10th Hunger Games looming, young Snow has been tasked with mentoring a tribute from District 12.


Spider-Man Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key Included

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Spider-Man (2002)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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)
  • 34 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers (+ the last question is a full sentence answer)

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

  • Students to write about Spider-Man and the Green Goblin following the question prompts. Includes a drawing of both. Could be helpful as a stepping stone for a group analysis of the two characters.

About the movie

The movie follows Peter Parker, a high-schooler who was orphaned as a teenager and now lives with his aunt and uncle. While on a excursion to a laboratory, Peter accidently gets bitten by a genetically modified spider and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined.


The Star Movie Guide + Activities | Christmas | Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 12 page movie guide with handouts is for the biblical Christmas film "The Star (2017)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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.

  • 32 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 31 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers (+ the last question is a full sentence answer)

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 word search fun

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.
  • There are 15 words/connected words for students to find in the word search. First they must unscramble 10 words followed by answering the 5 clues for the rest. Answers included.

The movie follows an unlikely hero, a donkey named Bo who yearns for a life beyond his village. Finally breaking free, he goes on a journey to be a part of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas.


Indiana Jones | Raiders of the Lost Ark Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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 – News article writing

  • Students to imagine they are reporters for the college newspaper and have heard rumors of Dr. Jones’s recent adventure. Students need to “interview” the professor and Marion Ravenwood for both sides of the story in order to write a short article.
  • Using the notes, students then go on to write an exciting article, which also includes a drawing and quotes from the interviews.

The movie is about Indiana Jones, a professor of Archaeology who gets roped in to searching for the famous Ark of Covenant. After US Army intelligence visits the college, Dr. Jones finds out that Adolf Hitler is on a quest to find it first and unleash its supernatural powers.


Addams Family Values Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Addams Family Values (1993)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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 – Character writing and diary writing

  • Students to choose one of the Addams Family characters and write a little bit about them following the prompts. To include a drawing of the chosen character.
  • Students to choose either Pugsley or Wednesday and write 3 short diary entries about their time at summer camp.

About the movie

This macabre comedy follows the weird antics of the Addams Family. After the arrival of a new baby boy, siblings Wednesday and Pugsley do their very best to get rid of him. With this new spur of sibling rivalry, Gomez and Morticia send Wednesday and Pugsley to summer camp and hire a nanny. 


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Movie Guide + Activities + Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 23 page movie guide with additional activity handouts is for the film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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.

  • 70 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 50 questions requiring full sentence answers (20 removed from the 70 question set)
  • 50 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

  • Students to write about the three friends Harry, Hermione and Ron following the question prompts and to include a drawing of each of them. Includes a template for any other character. May work well in groups of three.

PART 4 – Just for fun word search and crossword puzzle (10 questions with the answers being the words to find in the word search) also 5 hidden words to find. Answer key included. Useful for early finishers too.

This is the first movie in the series and follows Harry Potter, who on his 11th Birthday discovers that he is no ordinary boy. A warm loveable giant named Hagrid informs Harry that he is a wizard and has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Here he learns the truth about himself, his family and the dangerous evil that haunts the magical world.


Friday 2 February 2024

The Dark Knight Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key Included

Description 

This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Dark Knight (2008)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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 – Character writing

  • Students to write about the Joker and Batman following the question prompts. Includes a drawing of both. Could be helpful as a stepping stone for a group analysis of the two characters.

About the movie

Harvey Dent is the new District Attorney in the city who takes an iron fist in bringing down Gotham's organized crime. As a result, the city's desperate mob bosses turn to the Joker, a sadistic psychopath who creates a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against The Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to confront everything he believes in, and his ability to fight injustice.


Gattaca Movie Guide + Activities | Eugenics | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Gattaca (1997)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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 – Discussion questions. Includes some example answers.

  • Students to answer seven inferential questions. The last question looking at pros and cons of genetically engineering and selecting humans could work well for a small debate.
  • Students to come together as a class and share their answers.

About the movie

Society has all but removed the natural birthing process and now relies on genetically engineering humans to enhance abilities and remove genetic disorders. The movie follows the life of Vincent, one of the few humans born naturally, and his journey to fulfil his ambition of travelling to space. The problem is his genetic makeup means he can only apply for menial jobs, and must do something drastic to achieve his dream of space travel.


The Pale Blue Eye Movie Guide + Activities | Edgar Allan Poe | Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Pale Blue Eye (2022)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.

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 – News article writing

  • Students to imagine they are junior reporters who go visit West Point Academy to interview a cadet named Edgar A. Poe. In the first part they write notes on the imaginary interview in preparation to write a short news article, which will include questions and answers from Mr. Poe.
  • Using the notes, students to write an informative article, which also includes a drawing and quotes from the interview.

Based on the novel by Louis Bayard, the movie follows Mr. Landor, a weary detective who is hired to investigate the murder of a cadet at the US Military Academy at West Point. Embarking on a challenging, time-sensitive mission to collect clues, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case, a young man named Edgar Allan Poe.