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Study guides to help our students understand some of our favorite movies

Sub-pages:   Home Up Groundhog Day Steel Magnolias Paulie Fantastic Voyage Finding Nemo Finding Forrester American Tail Jungle Book Snoopy's Christmas The Grinch A Christmas Carol Last Holiday White Christmas Wonderful Life Air Bud--World Pup Chariots of Fire Cool Runnings Facing the Giants Sandlot1 Patch Adams House MD--pilot House MD--maternity House MD--Christmas Gua Sha Treatment Return of the King Finding Neverland Rudy Ever After Narnia Narnia--Caspian Lost Worlds Titanic Secondhand Lions Family Man Russians are Coming Fiddler on the Roof Ben-Hur The Robe Greatest Story Ever Far and Away

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We love movies, whether we are watching them in a theater or in our home.

The buttons above link you to plot summaries, vocabulary, discussion questions and more,

to help you enjoy these great films.

 

In March 2006 we took a group of students and friends to see Narnia at a Kunming Theater (in English with Chinese subtitles)

Some of the films we have materials for:

Paulie: family comedy/drama that shows various aspects of US life; 91 minutes

Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo: cartoon, family comedy, adventure; 100 minutes

Finding Forrester: drama with educational themes; under 2.5 hours

Patch Adams: comedy, drama, US history; under 2 hours

Snoopy's Christmas (actual title: A Charlie Brown Christmas): cartoon comedy & holiday classic; under 30 minutes

Last Holiday: comedy, drama; under 2 hours

House MD: Pilot/Maternity/Christmas; episodes in a US TV series about medical diagnosticians; under 40 minutes

Return of the King (Lord of the Rings III); 11 Oscars! Drama, adventure, romance; 3:15 hr

Finding Neverland: friendship, drama and a bit of history; 100 min

Rudy: drama, sports; 2 hrs

Ben-Hur: 11 Oscars! Romance, action, drama; 3.5 hours

Ever After: romance, humor, and a bit of history; 2 hrs

Narnia 1: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; fantasy/adventure; 2 hrs

Narnia 2: Prince Caspian; fantasy/adventure

Lost Worlds, Life in the Balance: documentary about biological diversity & the environment; 40 min

Titanic: (there are several films on this subject) romance, drama, history; varying lengths

Second Hand Lions: comedy, drama; 2 hrs

Cool Runnings: the Olympics/sports, history, comedy; 2 hrs

Chariots of Fire: the Olympics/sports, history, values; 2 hours

Disney's Jungle Book: cartoon, comedy, musical, adventure; 78 min

Air Bud (3)--World Pup: family comedy, sports, teen romance; 83 min

 

(Click on the titles at the top of the page to go to these resources)

If the Study Guide you want doesn't have much dialog from the movie, try http://www.imdb.com

We love discussing movies with our students and friends. Here Vivian answers questions in our living room in Xi'an.

After seeing Narnia, two groups walked to Dona Doughnuts and discussed the movie, using the Study Guide available on this website.

Click here to visit other Net movie sites: www.imdb.com    Yahoo movies

 

http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlibrary.html

Place to download pdf study guides from a website that says it is a "link between education and the UK film industry"

These resources were created for our students under our understanding of "fair use" for educational resources,

and do not imply any consent from or relationship with the publisher(s) or producer(s). 

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