Short Film Activities for Language Comprehension Skills | Día de los Muertos

Description

Bring meaningful reading comprehension practice into your classroom with this engaging Día de los Muertos short film resource! Using the animated short film Día de los Muertos, students practice essential comprehension skills while exploring a cultural tradition.

Short films are a wonderful way to build comprehension skills, especially for multilingual learners. The visual storytelling makes the content accessible while providing opportunities for discussion, critical thinking, and written responses.

Skills Students Practice

• Retelling and sequencing events
• Identifying story elements
• Analyzing character and plot development
• Understanding symbolism
• Using context clues
• Building background knowledge and vocabulary

What’s Included

Printable Graphic Organizers:

• Retelling Events
• Story Elements, Character & Plot Development
• Symbolism & Context Clues
• Answer key

Digital Graphic Organizers (Google Slides):

• Building Background Knowledge
• Building Vocabulary Knowledge
• Story Elements & Character/Plot Development
• Symbolism & Context Clues

A link to the short film is also provided.

Perfect For

• Grades 4–6
• ESL/ELD and general education classrooms
• Small-group or whole-class instruction
• Reading comprehension lessons
• Cultural traditions and celebrations
• Print or digital learning

With visual and language supports built in, this resource helps English learners and other students engage with the story, discuss their thinking, and demonstrate comprehension.