In Your Dreams Movie Guide Questions & Worksheet (2025)

This In Your Dreams Movie Guide Questions & Worksheet helps Grades 3 to 5 students think about sibling relationships, fear, change, and the importance of staying connected during difficult times. As Stevie and Elliot move through strange dream worlds, students reflect on teamwork, courage, family stress, and the ways people support each other when life feels uncertain.

This packet gives you flexible ways to teach a full-length film without losing instructional time: use the pre- and post-movie discussion prompts to build purpose before viewing, pause at key time stamps for guided writing and conversation, or assign the written guide after the film for review and deeper analysis.

Engaging questions include scene-based, time-stamped prompts, reflection questions, and a multiple-choice quiz for easy differentiation. It works well for whole-class viewing, homework, sub plans, independent practice, or guided small-group support.

Check the thumbnail images for sample questions to see if this movie guide is suitable for your students.

Film Summary:

In Your Dreams follows Stevie and Elliot as they chase the Sandman through strange dream worlds, hoping one magical wish can fix the growing stress inside their family. The adventure uses comedy, nightmares, and sibling conflict to explore fear, change, and the comfort of staying connected.

Parental Guidance:

Rated PG for thematic content, scary images, action/peril, and some rude humor. See details on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27604215/parentalguide/

Perfect For:

• Upper-elementary classrooms
• Homeschool lessons
• Family film-study groups
• Sibling teamwork and family-change discussions
• Fear and resilience lessons

Skills Addressed:

• Reading for evidence
• Cause and effect
• Character motivation
• Theme
• Sibling comparison
• Vocabulary in context
• Speaking and listening
• Written or oral response with support

What's Included: (a zip file with)

Student Worksheet

• Google Slides/PPTX Print Version (Toner Tip! Print 2 Slides/Page)
• Google Slides/PPTX Digital Version
• Self-Graded Multiple Choice Quiz (30 Questions | Easy Language)
  • Digital Version (Google Forms)
  • Print Version (can be derived from the Answer Key not Self-Graded)

Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plan

• Pre & Post Movie Discussion Questions (themes, schema-building)
• Lesson Plan Options A, B, and C (3-day, 4-day, and 5-day pacing)
• Worksheet Answer Key + CCSS Alignment
• Multiple Choice Quiz Answer Key
• CCSS Alignment + Admin Movie Request + Parent/Guardian Permission Slip (2 Pages)
  

(Note: All files formatted for seamless upload to your Google Drive if desired.)

Time & Tech:

Runtime: 90 minutes. Use this resource before, during, or after viewing. Print the worksheet or assign the Google Slides/PPTX digital version, and use the Google Forms multiple-choice quiz when you want a self-grading differentiation option.

DISCLAIMER: This product is an independently created worksheet and question set for classroom commentary and instruction. It is not affiliated with the film's creators or distributors, and it does not include the movie itself. Teachers should preview films for local policy fit.