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Favorite Movie Essay

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read the essay prompt about favorite movies. Students write an essay about their favorite movie and why they like it.
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Worksheet
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DISNEY FILMS

For Students 5th - 7th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students match songs from Disney films to the title of movie in which the songs appear. They then choose a word from the title to fill in the crossword puzzle.
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Hollywood’s Top Ten

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this entertainment worksheet, middle schoolers answer 6 questions about their top ten favorite movies. The questions have no right answer because they are subjective.
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Movie Riddles: An ESL Activity to Get Students Talking About Movies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
For this lesson movies are used with ESL students in order to start a dialogue. Students explore the terms associated with movies such as genre, setting, plot and climax. Through the use of role play students identify the various aspects...
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Vamos al Cine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research movies originally made in Spanish. Using the Internet, they complete a worksheet with questions in Spanish. They focus on movies in Spain or Mexico and discuss their findings. They watch appropriate films in Spanish as...
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Making Movie Storyboards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the importance of images in telling a story in film, analyze movie clips and identify some visual cues that help them explain the story; students work collaboratively to storyboard a passage from a book and present them...
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Movie Analysis

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss main concept, supporting details, plot, setting, major events, problems, conflicts, and resolution in two short stories. They apply these terms to a movie of their choice. They compare analysis of movies to...
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Describing Vocabulary for Cinema, Movies, and Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students name their favorite actors and actresses, and then use adjectives to describe them. They go through a list of actors and actresses and discuss the adjectives they used to decribe them. As an extension, they can write about a film.
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Maverick

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers apply probability to real life situation. For this statistics lesson, students play poker and make predictions on what hand they will get next. They apply their knowledge of how probability works to make their predictions.
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Television and Movies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore media.  In this television and movies lesson, 5th graders compare a variety of types of television shows and movies. 
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Poetry Movies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research, analyze, and describe a poem using the Internet and a variety of technology applications in this Language Arts lesson for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed on the creation of a Keynote or PowerPoint...
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YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and participate in activities to find out more information about women movie-makers.The use of reading a script and making storyboards are just a couple of examples.
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Top Ten Movies in Montreal!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the newspaper to create a list of movies they want to see with their friends. Using the internet, they identify the top and bottom movie in Montreal and five French words that are knew to them. They complete a chart based...
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How To Read A Movie

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders respond to films they have seen using literary, dramatic, and cinematic terms. They reevaluate their role as a moviegoer. Students analyze their favorite film in order to discover what good films have in common.
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Great Escape

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a television program that explores the influence and importance of film's contribution to the rise of global culture. They discuss and write about the movies' influence in their own lives and compare and contrast different...