Before showing the film

• Elicit the children's knowledge of the subject or theme.
• Show the title and / or the first images and ask the children to imagine what is going to happen.

Ask the children, when they hear a certain word, phrase or structure, to:

• Raise a finger.
• Touch or show a picture or an object.
• Make a gesture.
• Do an action.
• Say the word or phrase.

Ask the children to count the number of times they:

• See a person, animal, object or action.
• Hear a given word, phrase or structure.

Ask the children to notice:

• Something new.
• The name of something.
• Something the same as something else (a previous story, a picture, etc.)
• Another way of saying something known. Ex: Goodbye / Bye bye.
• Something said by a given character.
• A specific piece of information.

Ask the children to speak:

• At the same time as one or more of the characters (on 2nd or later viewing).
• To the characters (warn them, tell them what to do, etc.)

Show the film with no sound, stop frequently and ask the children to:

• Describe what's happening.
• Say what's already happened.
• Imagine what's going to happen next.
• Imagine a dialogue.
• Watch a person's mouth and guess what they're saying.

Cover the screen, or ask the children to close their eyes, and ask them to listen and:

• Guess who's speaking.
• What's happening? where? when?

Position the class so that only half the children can see the screen. With or without the sound.

• Those that can see describe what they see to the others.
• Those that can't see ask questions.

Half the class sees one side of the screen and half the other. Stop the film frequently.

• The children share information to work out what's happening.

Play a sequence backwards

• The children work out what happened in the correct order.

After viewing the film

• The children put pictures, objects, written words or sentences in the chronological order of the film.
• The children draw scenes from the film in chronological order with a few "speech bubbles."
• In small groups the children act out the film with or without dialogue.
• Children, individually or in small groups, mime something from the film. The others guess what it is.
• Write on the board: What? Where? Who? How many? etc. The children ask each other questions about the film.
• Teacher/child recounts the film with deliberate mistakes, the other children correct them.
• Teacher/child assumes the identity of a character, the children ask questions to discover who it is.