Types of Conflict Activity - Slides & Story Elements Hollywood Movie Studio Game
In this high-interest, Hollywood-inspired activity, students step into the role of Story Development Executives at Hollywood Conflict Studio, where they’ll decide which movie pitches have what it takes to make the final cut! Before the challenge begins, the included presentation introduces students to the four types of conflict, explains primary and secondary conflict, and walks them through guided examples for identifying conflict in a story. Then, it’s time to make some movies! Students work collaboratively to read and analyze nine fictional movie pitches, identify the primary and secondary conflicts in each, and match the pitches to the movie studios that best fit their conflict requirements. Teams must defend their studio matches with evidence from the text and determine which three movies won’t make the final cut.
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Included in This Types of Conflict Activity and Lesson:
➡️ Identifying Conflict Activity Teacher Instructions: A detailed teacher guide provides everything you need to successfully run the activity in your classroom. It includes clear step-by-step instructions, an overview of how the activity works, guidance for leading students through each stage of the challenge, and details for completing the lesson from start to finish.
➡️ Identifying Conflict Activity Presentation Slides: Use the 25-slide PowerPoint presentation to guide your lesson on types of conflict. The presentation introduces character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature, and character vs. self conflict, as well as the difference between primary and secondary conflict. Also included are guided examples, a practice movie pitch, challenge instructions, and answer slides for class review.
➡️ 9 Movie Pitch Summaries: Students analyze nine original movie pitches featuring different combinations of the four types of conflict: character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature, and character vs. self. Each synopsis gives students the details they need to identify the primary and secondary conflicts and determine which Hollywood Conflict Studio is the best fit.
➡️ Hollywood Conflict Studio Assignment Pages: As they evaluate each movie pitch, students use the included assignment pages to match each studio with the movie that best fits its conflict requirements. Teams identify the primary and secondary conflicts, support their choices with evidence from the text, and determine which three movie pitches don't make the final cut.
➡️ Identifying Conflict Activity Answer Key: A complete sample answer key is included, making it easy to review the studio matches and guide students through the reasoning and evidence behind each decision.
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