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

Showing posts with label Imagination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imagination. Show all posts

Monday 17 June 2024

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Short Film Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Included

Description 

This 7 page film guide with additional activities accompanies the short film "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (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.

  • 20 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 20 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 short film. 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 film.

PART 3 – Creativity

  • Students to be imaginative and think up 2 other different ways Henry could have used his skill to find money for the hospitals and orphanages, and then explain a typical day.

Based on the short story by Roald Dahl, the film follows Henry Sugar, a rich singleton who stumbles upon a memoir of a chap named Imdad Khan who could miraculously see without using his eyes.


Wednesday 17 April 2024

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

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.


Wednesday 18 October 2023

Ghostbusters Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 15 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Ghostbusters (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.

  • 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 imagine they're interns at the Ghostbusters' headquarters and are tasked with documenting new ghosts captured. Students to write about the most recent one following the prompts, including a drawing of the ghost.
  • Students to imagine they're junior reporters who witnessed the phenomenon at the Ghostbusters’ headquarters. They need to write an article about what happened and include quotes from Louis about his own personal experience.

About the movie

After losing funding at their university, three parapsychologists set up shop as a ghost removal service in New York City. With business booming from a sudden surge in paranormal activity, the Ghostbusters find themselves suddenly up against a bigger threat than they had imagined. This is rated PG, you can get a free permission slip here.


Friday 29 September 2023

Halloweentown Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 11 page Halloween movie guide with additional activity handouts is for the film "Halloweentown (1998)".

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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 – Character creation and newspaper report writing

  • Students to imagine they are a character living in Halloweentown. Using their creativity, they decide the type of character they'll be, such as a werewolf, ghost, witch etc then draw and write about it following the prompts.
  • Students to imagine they are reporters from Halloweentown and write an article about the time when Kalabar was thwarted trying to convince everyone to become evil and take back the mortal world. To include quotes and a drawing.

The movie is about the Cromwell family and their secret connection to Halloweentown. When grandmother Aggie (who happens to be a witch) arrives to try and get her daughter Gwen's help to save Halloweentown, the children overhear and are suddenly whisked off for an adventure in this strange place where it’s always Halloween.


Tuesday 12 September 2023

The Halloween Tree Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 12 page Halloween movie guide with additional activity handouts is for the film "The Halloween Tree (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.

  • 30 questions requiring full sentence answers.
  • 29 multiple choice questions with 3 possible answers. The last question requires 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, crossword & wordsearch

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

Based on Ray Bradbury's novel of the same name, the movie follows four trick-or-treating friends who are whisked away on a spooky adventure where they learn about the origins of Halloween, and at the same time help rescue their best friend Pip. 


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.


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".


Thursday 18 May 2023

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Guide + Activities | Answer Keys Inc

Description 

This 12 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the animated film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie (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.

  • 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 – Character writing and word search

  • Students to choose one of the listed characters (or other choice) from the movie and complete the character profile. Includes describing them, their background, the student likes and dislikes of the character, changing one thing about the character, and describing one scene their character was in that they enjoyed.
  • Word search puzzle with 15 words to find, 5 of which need clues answered beforehand. Answer key included.

Based on the popular game, the movie follows two plumber brothers from Brooklyn who somehow get transported to a magical world. Separated during the journey, they both set off on their own paths to ultimately save the princess and the Mushroom Kingdom from the fire breathing King of Koopas.