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Free and Useful Editable Movie Report For Homeschool

November 27, 2020 | Leave a Comment
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I’m so excited to share this free printable editable movie report to compliment the 7 Step DIY Homeschool Planner and other learning forms I have here.

Editable Movie Report for Homeschool

Although I feel we need to teach our kids how to write a book report or two, some of the same learning concepts can be done assigning a movie report.

Don’t misunderstand me, I didn’t assign a lot of books reports.

However, a required book report or two helped my kids to prepare for literary analysis in high school. The same can be done with an oral report. It’s great to have choices is my point.

Free and Useful Editable Movie Report For Homeschool

So I think you’ll love adding this free editable movie report to your language arts curriculum.

Look at how I created it:

  • There are two versions of the same copy. One version has color and if you need to preserve your ink, one version is grayscale.
  • Both versions are editable. If you want your kids to practice his beautiful penmanship, just print without using the editable fields.
  • If your child prefers to use the editable form, type to fill in and then print.
  • Also, I created more of a book-ish type of report meaning I encourage writers through my form to think deeper than what is happening on the screen. That is how we want to sneak in a bit of critical thinking through the fun of watching a movie.

Movie Review Form

Movie reports are not only fun, but have a way of reviving a love lost in writing or analyzing.

Too, if a child has special needs, he may not able to read without great difficulty or write well. Still, he certainly can be encouraged to express himself in beautiful language.

An editable movie report form can help him to jot down fascinating facts and still think about the elements of literature.

Through a movie, his thoughts can be formed in a visual way instead of reading the pages of a book.

In addition, on the last page I have a place for a writer to draw his or her favorite scene/s. This page is unnumbered so that your writer can decide if he wants to illustrate more than one scene and print the same page multiple times.

On the other hand, he can divide the last page into 4 squares using his pencil and illustrate more than one scene on the one page.

Your writer decides if he wants to illustrate one scene per page or various scenes on one page, or print one page per scene. I love options while teaching and I know you do too.

Also, adding the unnumbered last page in this download allows you the freedom of including your youngest learner. He may be at the drawing pictures stage right now. This way your youngest learner is part of language arts instruction for the day.

Another important component I added to the form to help with older learners is a comparison between the movie and the book.

Because this section simply asks the child to compare the two, you decide which literary elements of the book and which movie parts you want your child to compare.

Lastly, the movie report shares some of the same literary elements or the elements of fiction included in a book report like:

  • plot;
  • setting; and
  • characters.

Another important distinction I made in this form because my kids had a hard time with it too is making the distinction between the plot and the theme.

Teach with Movies

So I have both a Main Idea (more like the theme) section and Plot so that your kids can learn the difference too. It helps them to think critically when filling out these parts.

Some kids do understand the difference between plot and theme until the teens years which I find is normal.

And filling out the section about what is advertised as the main idea about the movie, versus what are the plot and theme (Main Idea on form) can lead to many interesting observations about the movie.

Analyzing literature is something I’ve tried to make fun in our house; analyzing movies is another way to bring fun to language arts.

I hope you’ll love this form. Do you see other ways you can use this form?

Free and Useful Editable Movie Report For Homeschool

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You’ll love these other tips and posts:

  • 10 Fun Amazon Prime Movies for the Youngest Homeschoolers
  • 7 Educational Movies for Kids About Westward Expansion
  • Homeschool History Teaching Ancient Civilizations Using Netflix
  • How to Choose the Best Middle School Literature And Favorite Resources
  • How to Choose the BEST Homeschool Middle and High School Language Arts Curriculum & Options
  • What Homeschool Subjects to Teach and When to Teach Them

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How to Build the Alamo: Day 5 Hands-on Learning (Free Texas Unit Study)

January 20, 2017 | 1 Comment
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Learning how to build the Alamo was another fun change to our schedule as we have continued in our series of hands-on homeschooling learning.

We thought it would be fun to sketch a quick layout of the Alamo as we read about it.

Having studied about the Alamo before, we pulled out The Alamo, An Illustrated History, book by George Nelson and the other book, The Alamo, an Illustrated History by Edwin Hoyt to study a bit of the architecture.

We also looked at how to build the Alamo on ehow and Tiny liked that model.

We gathered a few supplies and needed some more:

  • 4 sugar cube boxes and we only did the outline of the wall. If you decide to do the interior walls as well, you will need double or triple that depending how thick you want the walls on your model.
  • we used an old pizza box
  • glue gun and glue
  • marker
  • ruler
  • spray paint of your choice
  • couple of straws

Again, though this project looks easy like simply gluing a bunch of sugar cubes together, but it really did require planning, calculating and deciphering to understand the bell shaped parapet.

Looking at the pictures The Alamo, An Illustrated History to view old drawings of the Alamo to learning its history helped to get an idea of how to build it.

Tiny really had fun making this. We grabbed some Spanish moss and miniature cactus after Tiny painted it and otherwise he really loved the break in our schedule while focusing on understanding the history of the Alamo.

I created a Texas lapbook with my older set of boys and it is a subscriber only freebie.

I luv my followers and make it special for them here when I can.

This Texas lapbook is a subscriber only freebie! This means you get access to the exclusive area for subscribers and can download this printable there.

I would love for you to follow me and give me the opportunity to help you along in your homeschool journey.

Important: IF you are already an email reader meaning you are receiving my newsletters, please read this below instead of emailing me right away.

Though I love your emails, it can take a while for me to answer you.

Please find the link to the current follower only freebies at the BOTTOM of the most current newsletter to get this freebie. Click that link in the newsletter and you will be directed to the follower only section.

Look at these other hands-on activities.

Day 1: Make a Hair Hygrometer,

Day 2: Desert Sand Art,

Day 3: Make Zopf (Swiss Style Bread),

Day 4: Exploring Edible Cactus (Learning about the Desert) and

365 Days Hands-On Homeschool Activities – One for EVERY Day of the Year

How to Build the Alamo. Learning about Texas. Grab your free unit study and lapbook @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

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Homeschool Quarter Planning Form – Free UNIQUE 7 Step Planner

August 10, 2016 | 9 Comments
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Homeschool Quarter Planning Form - Build Your UNIQUE 7 Step Planner @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

4 Homeschool Quarter Planning Forms

You know I’ve said before, it takes me sometimes several months thinking about a homeschool form for the 7 Step Homeschool Planner before I actually release it to you. The reason why is because my forms are created out of need as I go throughout my many years of homeschooling.

This one, the homeschool quarter planning form, I actually have been thinking about for a year. And I am so OVER THE TOP excited to share it with you today!

Let me tell you first how I set it up, how I will be using it this year and why I needed it last year too.

How to Use the Homeschool Quarter Planning Form - Build Your UNIQUE 7 Step Planner @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Look at how I created this newest from.

  • It’s divided into 4 quarters or 4 pages with three month calendars on each page.
  • It has a box at the top right to pen in whether you follow an academic or a physical year calendar.
  • So that the calendars can be used over and over, pen in the day of week so your calendar is current year ready. Note: (Not that you would do this, but remember the first of the month doesn’t always begin on Monday or Sunday. I know you know that, but you’d be surprised how giddy you can get when filling in a new form.)
  • Because you can choose when to begin your homeschool year, you determine which months are your first quarter, your second quarter and etc. Just put an X, highlight the quarter or place a check at the top right section. I love the flexibility of determining which months are which quarters.
  • On the calendar highlight or circle the dates you want to reach certain objectives, goals or projects and
  • then use the lined box to the right of the calendar to write down your thoughts, plans or objectives.
  • At the bottom of the page or the end of the quarter is a place for evaluation.

Though I have two other objectives form which are kept on Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives I ran into small problems that set me back when planning with broad strokes.

Because this is my third high schooler, I know that our year needs to not only be varied, but focused.

Dividing the quarter planning forms up, I can focus on one or more skills or subjects for a specified period of time.

The other months I don’t have to plan so detailed. I LOVE these new forms because you can use them in a variety of ways.

  • One or more can be used when you need to plan for a short term or three months.
  • If you have a high school teen, you may need to plan all of the quarters more precisely.
  • If you have an older child, but the rest of your children are younger, this allows you to plan for your oldest child in a more detailed way.
  • If you want to plan with fine details for all of your children, no matter their age, each form allows you a place to write down your plan.
  • The best part is that you can print off as many as you need. You can print one for each child, one quarter for all your children or print all of them for your children.

I have just started putting together my planner and will be not binding it for a while yet because I am still undecided about some things I want in it, but this is not one of them. I am already using these quarter planning forms.

I hope you love these new forms and read on to see how to get them.

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These printable quarterly forms are subscriber only freebies!

This means you get access to the exclusive area for subscribers and can download this printable there when you follow my blog through email.

I would love for you to follow me and give me the opportunity to help you along in your homeschool journey.

Important: IF you are already an email reader meaning you are receiving my newsletters, please read this below instead of emailing me right away.

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Begin to build your planner using my free forms. I take you step by step through each option to create a planner JUST for you this year!

Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color”

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! Not a kazillion other people

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!

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Free Ancient Greece Lapbook

March 24, 2016 | 15 Comments
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Free Ancient Greece Second Lapbook @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Free Ancient Greece Lapbook

Today, I finally have the rest of the minibooks for the free Ancient Greece lapboook that seems like it took us half a year to cover. Okay, it did with our move overseas, but the length of time only made Tiny savor it even more.

Look at these minibooks that I have today.

Ancient Greece Cover second lapbook
Ancient Greek and Latin Root Words

First, I have another color cover to add to the other free covers I have on my first Ancient Greece lapbook.

Then, I have a minibook on Ancient Greek and Latin root words. The instructions are on the book and so are the answers.

Ancient Greeks about Greek
Why Study About Ancient Greece

Then I did a flip book (left) that has quotes by Greeks about Greeks. It just gives Tiny some beautiful food for thought to put in his brain and shows what Greeks thought about their every day life.

Too, a quick Why Study About Ancient Greece reminded Tiny about the huge impact Ancient Greece has on American culture. I don’t have an insert for this minibook because it is a little research project on the internet about why it is important to study about Ancient Greece.

Ancient Greece Athens and Sparta and go fish pocket

Then the next two printables are a pocket and mini two tab book that compares two famous city-states, Athens and Sparta.

The pocket is for the Ancient Greece Go Fish, that I shared earlier. The Athens and Sparta minibook has a page where your child can glue a few of the facts given about how each city-state is different under the tab, or research and add his own.

Like always, most of my minibooks have the answers in the download.


Don’t forget too that since this is my third time around studying Ancient Greece with my children that I have two other lapbooks to go with this one. One is Ancient Greece and the other Ancient Civilizations II.

I luv my followers and make it special for them here when I can.

These freebies are subscriber only freebies! This means you get access to the exclusive area for subscribers and can download this printable there.

I would love for you to follow me and give me the opportunity to help you along in your homeschool journey.

Important: IF you are already an email reader, please read this below instead of emailing me right away.

Though I love your emails, it can take a while for me to answer you.

 1.) If you are already a blog follower, the link is sent to you at the bottom of EVERY newsletter. If you have been getting my blog posts, then check at the very bottom of one of my recent newsletters for the link.

2.) If you just joined my blog, then the hidden link was sent to you when you CONFIRMED the email sent to your inbox.

Also, we love and use the hands-on Greece products from Home School in the Woods. Especially when you teach Ancient Greece more than one time, you need various resources. You’ll love these!

Click below to for some hands-on ideas for studying about Ancient Greece.

Ancient Greece
Free Ancient Greece Lapbook

Hugs and love ya,

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Free Ancient Greece Go Fish Game – Ancient Greece Unit Study

February 2, 2016 | 27 Comments
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There’s not a better way to start back to our Ancient Greece unit study than playing a game. So, today I am sharing my free Ancient Greece go fish game. I have created some history cards to play Go Fish! Want to play?

Ancient Greece Go Fish Game

You know how I feel about hands-on history. If there is a way to learn history that way, I’ll teach it that way.

The cards have more facts about Ancient Greece that I want Tiny to know.

Free Ancient Greece Go Fish Game - Ancient Greece Unit Study. Download this FREE Go Fish Printable Card game to teach your kids about Ancient Greece. It’s a fun hands-on history printable game. When finished playing, add to their Ancient Greece Lapbook. Gab the Ancient Greece Lapbook too. CLICK HERE to download it!

Games are so much more engaging than a worksheet (uggg).

Don’t get me wrong, I believe worksheets have a place, but a game makes facts fun and easy to remember.

Too, though Mr. Awesome 2015 never minds playing with Tiny, he won’t always be around.

Free Ancient Greece Go Fish Game - Ancient Greece Unit Study

Hands on History

So in adapting this and upcoming games for an only child, this game can be played like memory match up, simple memorization or I can even play with Tiny.

Besides, these game cards can be added to our lapbook.

Also if you love hands-on learning don’t forget that Home School In the Woods have some beautiful units.

I’ll probably end up making a pocket for the cards. Do you want one to store them in? I am thinking yes.

Be sure to grab the other free printables for our Ancient Greece lapbook that I have created so far.

Don’t forget too that this is my third time around studying Ancient Greece, so grab my first lapbook here and Ancient Civilization here .(Minoan and Mycenaean civilization)

Hope you luv this hands-on fun and printable game.

How to Download this Freebie.
It’s a Subscriber Only Gift.

From time to time, I do Subscriber Freebies only. This is a subscriber freebie. I do this to show my appreciation and because I want you to follow me and give me a chance to make a difference in your homeschool.

Too, when you join my email list, you get access to my Subscriber’s Only Exclusive Library of Freebies.

This is how you get access to this form quickly.
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Free Ancient Greece Go Fish Game - Ancient Greece Unit Study. Download this FREE Go Fish Printable Card game to teach your kids about Ancient Greece. It’s a fun hands-on history printable game. When finished playing, add to their Ancient Greece Lapbook. Gab the Ancient Greece Lapbook too. CLICK HERE to download it!

You’ll love these other posts:

  • 20 Ancient Civilization History Coloring Pages
  • Ancient Civilization History Living Books
  • Ancient Civilization History Living Books
  • Ancient Civilizations II Lapbook and Unit Study
  • Hands-on History Activities for Learning about Ancient Civilizations
  • 9 EASY and Fun Hands-on Ancient Greece Kids Activities

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