Author Topic: Movie for Grade 6 and 5? (Read 15719 times)

timmahh · « **on:** April 11, 2011, 09:27:31 AM »

just wondering if anyone had any good ideas for non-animated movies for 6th graders? theyv pretty much seen every animated movie lol.

i found the day after tomorrow to be a good one, although its a bit long.

popeye2u · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2011, 09:46:23 AM »

I used HoodWinked in HS class. Should be okay for 6th grade with subtitles. I usually get my subtitled movies in Songtan.

marlon julius · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2011, 11:53:17 AM »

It depends on the amount of time you have.I only have 45min per class so I usually download tv series for the class. The kids seem to like CSI, NCIS, and House. BTW I work at a middle school.

whate1cn · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2011, 12:17:51 PM »

I watched Deathbell and Deathbell 2. They are korean movies but I had the English subtitles (mysoju.com). The 6th graders wanted to watch the movie and it's easy to organize because there is no downloading required.

vise3 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2011, 12:23:00 PM »

In celebration of spring you should totally show them Ferngully (I guarentee they haven't seen it)

teacherman1234 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:35:59 PM »

I like to show labyrinth or goonies, but my grade 6 are quite advanced, you might need korean subtitles for a lower level class to watch these. My old co teacher has found subtitles before so you could ask yours to help you?

jamo8604 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:38:51 PM »

Jumanji or Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Uni · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:43:13 PM »

How about some classics like Star Wars or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure or even Zombieland? I think the last one is pg-13, no?

murcart23 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:43:39 PM »

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. It might be awful, but my 6th graders last year loved it for some reason, and there wasn't a peep out of them the entire time.

sh1nynewlove · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:49:58 PM »

Diary of a wimpy kid was a good movie for kids.. about middle school life.. it is based of a children's book

Bshort · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:55:47 PM »

Just make sure that you yourself have seen the whole episode or movie...it could get awkward and the teachers might not be happy if there are some unforeseen scenes that are explicit or not appropriate for the young viewers...

chinaski · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:06:52 PM »

Quote from: Bshort on April 11, 2011, 01:55:47 PM

Just make sure that you yourself have seen the whole episode or movie...it could get awkward and the teachers might not be happy if there are some unforeseen scenes that are explicit or not appropriate for the young viewers...

Yeah I felt a little awkward watching Night of the Living Dead from editingthedead.com; I only saw some partial nudity and the guy punching her in the face before, thankfully, the class period was over.

allone23 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:07:27 PM »

Transformers 1 and 2. I hate these movies, but the kids love it.
How about Avatar, Star Trek, or Inception?

teachteach · « **Reply #13 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:31:58 PM »

How to train your dragon

Matilda

The Princess Bride

Bridge to Terabitha

Nim's Island

My girl

The Chronicles of Narnia

What about Ferris Bueller's Day Off? It's a classic, although it is a bit dated and maybe too much bad language.

rasa · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:37:28 PM »

My students' favorites last year (quite randomly) were Zathura and Despicable Me.

mulletor0012 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 11, 2011, 02:54:46 PM »

I've stayed with the current animated films with my Middle schoolers + they quite like them. Also, I've attached some of the worksheets I've used for them. They include:

How to Train your Dragon
Despicable Me
Megamind
Tangled (haven't created a worksheet for this one yet)

For Megamind (and Despicable Me), their websites have printable worksheets for all elementary levels.
http://www.megamind.com/ (go through + find "Activities"...that's where the prinatble templates are)
http://www.despicableme.com/

Sarane · « **Reply #16 on:** April 11, 2011, 03:01:58 PM »

Where can you get English movies with Korean subtitles. I think for the most part I'll just show them the English movie and they can understand what they understand but if I wanted to get movies subtitled in Korean - how would I go about doing that?

zontog · « **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2011, 03:07:10 PM »

I've found that my students (I've taught elem. and highschool) LOVE "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs".

I know it's not PG-13, but...

timmahh · « **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2011, 03:09:04 PM »

thanks guys. i think zathura and diary of wimpy kid would be great! id love to show zombieland although il prob have to watch it again to make sure its pg-13 enough for school. i teach 6th graders, and about 80% of them have literally seen 90% of all animations (new and old) so i wanna find something they havnt seen or heard about yet. i gave them about 10 movies choices thinking i was being a very generous teaching but the general consensus was...seen it, seen it, seen it. lol

dabrot791 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 11, 2011, 03:12:09 PM »

I think diary of a wimpy kid is an excellent suggestion.