Not exact matches
Based on characters from Return of the Jedi, this
made -
for - television
fantasy was aimed at a
children's audience.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That
Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams
For movies opening March 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Alice in Wonderland (PG for fantasy, action, violence, scary images and smoking) Tim Burton directs this animated sequel to the Lewis Carroll children's classic revolving around now 19 year - old Alice's (Mia Wasikowska) return to the whimsical kingdom for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terr
For movies opening March 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Alice in Wonderland (PG
for fantasy, action, violence, scary images and smoking) Tim Burton directs this animated sequel to the Lewis Carroll children's classic revolving around now 19 year - old Alice's (Mia Wasikowska) return to the whimsical kingdom for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terr
for fantasy, action, violence, scary images and smoking) Tim Burton directs this animated sequel to the Lewis Carroll
children's classic revolving around now 19 year - old Alice's (Mia Wasikowska) return to the whimsical kingdom
for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terr
for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terror.
So often it seems
fantasy films are
made for families or just
children so when a film like this steps into the spotlight it is equally mesmerizing as it is jarring.
*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and
fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts
for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute
for each student /
child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 -
make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice
for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!
What
makes fantasy fiction even better is that you can write
for nearly any age group, from
children to teens, to YA, to adult.
If I had a nickel
for every time I heard a World of Warcraft player
make the earnest argument that Horde / Alliance players are all
children / crybabies / bullies / perverts / genetically inferior, I could fund my own MMO (it would basically be a hybrid of The Secret World and SWTOR, but high
fantasy).