Despicable Me 4 (PG - 2024) Movie Guide | Gru | Minions

Challenge students to explore the relationships, themes, and conflicts in the film Despicable Me 4. Discuss Gru’s transformation and the challenges he faces in protecting his family while concealing their true identities. Analyze the dynamics between Gru and his old rival, Maxime, and the impact of their past on their present actions. Reflect on how Gru and his family adapt in their new town and connect to how students have had to adapt in the past.

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

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 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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