A Better Life Movie Guide in Spanish | Español | Immigration (PG13 - 2011)

A Better Life Movie Guide in Spanish | Español | Immigration (PG13 - 2011) challenges students to explore how the director develops characters, plot twists and uses foreshadowing. Compare and contrast perspectives, debate student opinions and write 1st person dialogue as if students were Carlos. Explore various interpretations of the movie and debate which ones most accurately depict the story. Finally, discuss the hardships Carlos faces as an undocumented worker and explore possible governmental solutions.

This resource consists of 10 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.

This movie guide is completely in Spanish:

The questions are all in Spanish and this movie guide is suitable for students with an intermediate to advanced Spanish level. Please look at the sample thumbnail and the preview file to see if the questions are appropriate for your students.

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF print version (4 pages)
  *An answer key is included with this movie guide, however many answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning from the characters’ dialogue and behavior. See the preview for samples.
  *A Google Slides Version of the Movie Guide
  *A generic, editable movie guide permission slip
  *CCSS alignment indicating standards met, PDF (1 page - see also preview image)
  **CCSS Note: I’ve taken the liberty of aligning certain reading standards with the act of consuming content via the movie instead. Although students are not reading they are asked to perform the same cognitive functions on the content that they consumed from the movie.

**Distance Learning Tips:

• Distribute the Google Slides version to each student
• Use the screen sharing tool on your group call software to play the movie
• Pause the movie at each question to give students time to write/discuss

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