Mr. Hull's Movie Guides | Questions and Activities: Grade 9

Showing posts with label Grade 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grade 9. Show all posts

Saturday 7 October 2023

The Lord of the Rings | The Return of the King Movie Guide + Activities + Answer Keys

Description 

This 20 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Extended Version".

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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.

  • 80 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 60 questions requiring full sentence answers (20 removed from the 80 question set)
  • 60 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 Smeagol’s journey

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.
  • Students to write a short account of Smeagol’s journey after falling from the cliff. To include pictures and writing from 3 scenes (after falling from the cliff, by Sauron’s army and at Mount Doom). Also to include conversations between himself.

This is the final movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Continuing the journey of Frodo and Sam on their way to Mordor in their quest to destroy the One Ring. Sauron's forces lay siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor. Aragorn searches for his true self, whilst the King of Rohan prepares his forces for battle. This is rated PG-13, you can get a free parent permission slip here.

Please note, this is for the Extended Version of the movie


The Lord of the Rings | The Two Towers Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 20 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Extended Version".

★★ Check out the full preview! ★★

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, crossword and word search

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.
  • Just for fun/time filler word search and crossword puzzle (10 questions with the answers being the words to find in the word search) also 5 additional words to find. Answer key included.

This is the second movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which continues following the journey of Frodo and Sam as they make their way towards Mordor. With Merry and Pippin captured by the orcs in the previous movie, the three friends Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli are hot on their trail to save them. This is rated PG-13, you can get a free parent permission slip here.


Please note, this is for the Extended Version of the movie


The Lord of the Rings | The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Guide + Activities + Answer keys

Description 

This 18 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Extended Version".

★★ Check out the full preview! ★★

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 one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.

This is the first movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which follows the journey of a humble Hobbit called Frodo. After the Dark Lord Sauron's Ring of Power is found in the Shire, Frodo and his companions set about on a journey that is hoped to save all of Middle-earth. This is rated PG, you can get a free permission slip here.

Please note, this is for the Extended Version of the movie


Tuesday 12 September 2023

Spare Parts Movie Guide + Activities | Hispanic Heritage Month | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Spare Parts (2015)".

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This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher. Prepare your students for the oncoming year with this inspirational and positive movie about hard work, honesty, personal accountability, and treating others well.

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 junior reporters who go visit the boys after they won the competition. In the first part they write notes on the imaginary interviews in preparation to write a short news article, which will include questions and answers from the boys.
  • Using the notes, students to write an exciting article, which also includes a drawing and quotes from the interviews.

Based on a true story, the movie follows four Mexican high school students who form a robotics club under the guidance of their new substitute teacher. With little experience and a limited budget, the boys manage to put together an underwater robot good enough to enter into the National Underwater Robotics Competition. Working together they learn to build a bond that will last a lifetime. This is rated PG-13, you can get a free permission slip here.


We Have a Ghost Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "We Have a Ghost (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.

  • 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 – Character writing

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.

The movie is about the Presley family, who after moving into a fixer-upper house find that the attic is haunted by a ghost named Ernest. After Kevin records the ghost and the video becomes viral, Ernest suddenly becomes a social media sensation and a target of the CIA paranormal division. This is rated PG-13 and does have swearing in it, you can get a free permission slip here.


Friday 4 August 2023

The NeverEnding Story Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with handouts is for the film "The NeverEnding Story (1984)".

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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.

  • 38 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 25 questions requiring full sentence answers (13 removed from the 38 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.
  • Using their storyboards as guides, students to write a synopsis of the movie.

PART 3 – Character writing and Creativity

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and to include a drawing of their chosen character.
  • Students to use their imagination to draw a map of what they think Fantasia might look like. Need to include important features and the route they believed Atreyu took for his quest. Students then go on to briefly describe Atreyu's route and any problems he encountered (see 25Q answer sheet for additional help on landmarks Atreyu encounters on his journey)

About the movie:

After escaping some bullies by hiding in a bookstore, Bastian finds himself borrowing a magical fantasy book. Reading it in the school attic Bastian is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, a place that desperately needs a hero.


Grease Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 11 page movie guide with handouts is for the musical film "Grease (1978)".

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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.

  • 36 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 36 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 two of the characters following the question prompts and include a drawing of their chosen characters. One will be of the “Pink Ladies” and the other one of the “T Birds”.

A musical about teens in love in the 1950's. During a summer visit to America, Australian good girl Sandy Olsson meets and falls in love with a sweet American boy named Danny. When the summer ends, the two think they'll never see each other again. However, something unexpected happens.


Back to the Future Part 3 Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with handouts is for the film "Back to the Future Part III (1990)".

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

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This is Part 3. If you are looking for Part 2 or the original "Back to the Future" you can find them here:

Back to the Future Movie Guide + Activities | Crossword | Ans Keys Inc
Back to the Future Part 2 Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

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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 (20 removed from the 15 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 – Puzzles

  • Word search & crossword puzzle (10 questions with the answers being the words to find in the word search) in addition to 5 other words to find in the word search. Answer key included

Following on from part 2, after lightning strikes the time machine sending Doc back to 1885, Marty ends up travelling back to the old West as well to try and help save Doc and himself.


Wednesday 19 July 2023

The Twilight Zone | A Stop at Willoughby Episode Guide + Extras

 Description 

This 6 page episode guide for The Twilight Zone series is for Season 1, Episode 30 "A Stop at Willoughby (1960)".

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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. Answer key included.

  • 14 questions requiring full sentence answers.

PART 2 – Storyboard and synopsis

  • Students to draw a 6 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.

PART 3 – Class discussion questions. Example answers included.

  • Prior to starting the worksheet you can ask the students what they believe the overall theme to the episode is.
  • Based on the theme “pressure and solace” students to complete four questions individually which can later be discussed and debated as a class.

This episode is about Gart Williams, an Ad agency executive in a high-pressured job who starts to dream about an idyllic town called Willoughby.


Tuesday 18 July 2023

The Sandlot Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 12 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Sandlot (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 two sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.

  • 35 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 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 – Class discussion and Creativity (action plan) - may also work well in pairs.

  • 5 inference questions for the students to answer.
  • Students to imagine they have been asked to help make a plan to retrieve Scotty's dad's precious signed ball. Using a rough sketch of the sandlot, students number the steps on the map and write a more detailed description of their plan of action on the next page.

The movie follows the new kid in town Scotty Smalls as he tries to make new friends before summer. Not knowing much about baseball, Scotty is taken under the wing of young baseball prodigy Benny Rodriguez and invited to join the rest of the kids on the sandlot to play baseball for the summer.


Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Movie Guide + Activities | Ans Key

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)".

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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.

  • 54 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 36 questions requiring full sentence answers (18 removed from the 54 question set)
  • 36 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 newspaper report

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts as well as drawing a picture of their chosen character.
  • Students to imagine they are reporters for the college newspaper and have heard rumors of Dr. Jones’s recent adventure. Students pretend to have an interview with the professor in order to write a short article which include quotes from the interview and a drawing.

The movie is the 1st instalment of the Indiana Jones movie series and follows famed archaeologist Dr. Jones as he unexpectedly ends up in India, then gets tasked by an impoverished Indian village community of searching for a sacred stone believed to have been stolen by a dark power.


Field of Dreams Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Field of Dreams (1989)".

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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.

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

PART 2 – Class discussion questions

  • 5 Critical thinking questions for students to complete then to be discussed as a class for further analysis. Includes example answers.

PART 3 – 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 4 – News article writing

  • Students to imagine they are amateur reporters who visit the baseball field built inside the cornfield and write an article on it. They need to “interview” Ray Kinsella for his story and some of the guests to find out why they decided to visit, then write down important notes from the interviews.
  • Using the notes, students then go on to write an exciting article, which also includes a drawing and quotes from the interviews.

Based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella. The movie is about Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella and the quest he follows after hearing a voice in his cornfield say to him "If you build it, he will come".


Tuesday 25 April 2023

Star Wars: A New Hope Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Key Inc

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)".

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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 – Character writing and creative writing

  • Students to write about one of the characters following the question prompts and include a drawing of their chosen character.
  • Students to write a short story about what one or more of the characters decided to do after the Death Star had been destroyed. If they choose more than one character, they need to involve both in the same story.

About the movie: After plans of an Imperial space station are stolen by rebels against the Empire, two droids set off on a mission to keep them safe and ensure they don't end up in the wrong hands. The droids eventually meet Luke Skywalker, a farm boy from Tatooine who suddenly finds himself embroiled in the resistance on their mission to try and help stop the advancements of the Galactic Empire.