Despicable Me 2 Movie Guide (PG - 2013) | Questions | Plot | Conflict

This Despicable Me 2 Movie Guide (PG - 2013) challenges students to identify plot twists, foreshadowing and the internal conflicts that Agnes and Gru struggle with throughout the movie. Reflect on how Gru was treating in grade school and the effects it had on him and how it led to his fears of dating. Ask students to learn lessons about treating their classmates with respect to avoid painful experiences like Gru had. Share opinions about if Gru should or shouldn’t accept offers to join AVL or El Macho’s evil plan. Finally, choose between two interdisciplinary questions about how a real PX-41 Serum could negatively affect our world if released into the wild and/or write a mother’s day card inspired by Agnes.

Optionally: Ask students to listen for and define 5 Spanish phrases/words used throughout the movie.

This resource is meant to supplement the viewing of this movie, see the IMDb listing by searching the movie title.

This resource consists of 12 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.

This product .zip file includes:
-An Answer Key w/ CCSS Alignment (4 Pages)
-A Student Movie Guide (4 Pages)
-A PDF with link to a Google Slides version (1 Page)
CCSS alignment, Admin Movie Request and Permission Slip (2 Pages)
-A free resources and ‘About’ section (8 Pages - Not included in the page count for this product)
**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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