Short Film Comprehension Activities Bundle

Description

Help students think deeply about stories with engaging short film comprehension activities!

Short films give students a shared story to discuss, retell, and analyze. Use these activities to help students notice clues, explain their thinking, and support their responses with evidence from the films.

This bundle provides a visual starting point for comprehension lessons and meaningful opportunities for English learners to practice speaking and writing.

What’s included?

You’ll receive 7 resource sets covering these 8 short films:

• A Fox and a Mouse: Retelling, story elements, character and plot development, and making inferences
• Día de los Muertos: Retelling, story elements, character development, symbolism, and a holiday fill-in-the-blank activity
• Piper: Story elements, major events, character development, drawing conclusions, and identifying the author’s message
• The Box (La Boîte): Story elements, retelling, making predictions, and making inferences
• The First of Spring: Character and plot development, comparing characters, character analysis, and retelling with vocabulary and sentence starters
• Wings: Retelling, story elements, making inferences, identifying theme, and supporting ideas with evidence
• Joy & Heron and Dustin: Comparing and contrasting two films using graphic organizers and a Venn diagram, with vocabulary support

Print and digital options

The bundle includes printable activities and links to Google Slides versions, along with answer keys or suggested responses. Selected resources also include digital options for group and individual work.

Flexible ways to use this bundle

Use the activities for whole-class lessons, small-group instruction, ESL/ELD groups, or comprehension review. Select the film and activities that match your instructional focus, then use students’ responses to guide discussion.

Grade levels: 3–6
Format: Downloadable ZIP containing PDFs and links to Google Slides activities
Digital access: A Google account is required to copy and use the Google Slides resources

Activities and skills vary by film. This purchase includes teaching materials and film links; video files are not included.

License: For one teacher’s use with their students. Materials may be shared with your students through a secure learning platform.