Animated Shorts

Check out how to use animated shorts to teach all types of literacy and writing skills with your upper elementary students.

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Using animated shorts is highly motivational for students. These high-interest films make learning fun for students. Check out the post below to see if this teaching method works for your students.

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- December Writing Prompts – Students watch 5 short films that tell the importance of candles for the holidays – Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah. An organizer is provided for students to write paragraphs explaining the importance of the Christmas candle, Kwanzaa kinara, Jewish menorah, and Yule log.

- Comparing Two Shorts with the Animated Short Distracted and Dear Alice

- Problems and Solutions + Inference with the Animated Short On the Same Page

- Setting and Comparing Short Film to the Novel Refugee with the Animated Short The Box

- Character Change and Mood with the Animated Short One Small Step

- Details from the Story with the Animated Short Broken: Rock, Scissors, Paper

- Problem and Solution Chain and Theme with the Animated Short The Catch

- Your Actions versus Character’s Actions + Comparing Two Films with the Animated Short Coin Operated

- Summarizing and Comparing Two Films with Miyako and The Monster Under My Bed

- Cause and Effect with the Animated Short Feast

- Character Traits with the Animated Short Geri’s Game

- Comparing the Book Version to the Film Version with the Animated Short The Girl and the Cloud

- Christmas Shorts – Details from the Story with The Letter and Cause and Effect Chain with Santa’s Intern

- Compare and Contrast with The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore vs. The Wizard of Oz

- Inference with the Animated Short Lonely Island

- Main Idea and Details with the Animated Short Lifted

- Perspective with the Animated Short Okapodi

- Problems and Solutions with the Animated Short Taking the Plunge

- Summarizing with the Animated Short Peck Pocketed

- Theme with the Animated Short Mater and the Ghostlight

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