K12 Movie Guides

Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts Curriculum – Quarter 1

Name: Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts Curriculum – Quarter 1
Brand: K12 Movie Guides
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Launch nine weeks of high-engagement film study with dystopian tales and heroic underdogs.

12 printable & digital movie guides
5 comparative-analysis prompts
3 summative assessments
Logline-writing workshop
Complete planning docs

Quarter 1 Overview

This first quarter of Film as Literature & Cinematic Arts turns movies into rigorous ELA lessons. Students investigate dystopian futures in Unit 1 and heroic perseverance in Unit 2 while completing 12 movie guides, 5 comparative analyses, and 3 summative assessments—all mapped to the Common Core.

What's Included

Educator Planning Guide (7 pp) and Student Syllabus (6 pp)
Unit 1 lesson plans (25 pp) and Unit 2 lesson plans (25 pp)
12 student movie-guide slide decks with answer keys
5 comparative-analysis essays + rubrics
3 summative tasks on intentions, outcomes, and heroism
Logline Workshop: student packet, answer key, exemplar slides
Movie Purchase & Rental spreadsheet with live links
Standards Alignment chart for every activity

Are you more of a visual person?

Download the free sneak peek preview here to get a feel for this curriculum.

How to Use This Curriculum

Upload DOCX and PPTX files to Google Drive with “Convert uploads to Google Docs editor format” enabled for instant editing, or print the PDFs. Show each film over two class periods, assign the corresponding movie guide, and follow the pacing in the weekly plans. Conclude Unit 1 with a comparative essay on dystopian themes; finish Unit 2 with a “Heroes & Underdogs” summative task.

Standards Alignment

Quarter 1 materials explicitly address CCRA.R.1–4, CCRA.R.7–8, CCRA.W.1–3, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.3, and CCRA.L.4–5.

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