The Truman Show Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google (PG – 1998)

The Truman Show Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google (PG – 1998) helps students analyze the concept of reality. Challenge students to put themselves in Christof’s shoes and persuade Truman with a monologue to stay in Seahaven. Discuss and evaluate the the contrasting views Christof and Sylvia have on Truman’s life situation. Finally, explore your students’ creativity by writing the synopsis of a sequel to the Truman Show that describes what Truman’s life might look like after leaving the dome.

This resource consists of 11 high-level, short answer and essay questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information. See the thumbnail images for sample questions.

This product .zip file includes:

• A student movie guide, PDF digital fillable form version (4 pages)
• A student movie guide, PDF print version  (4 pages)
• An answer key (4 pages) is included, however, some answers will vary as students are encouraged to construct their own meaning throughout the film and many questions are open-ended.
• A Google Forms & Slides Version of the Movie Guide
• A generic movie guide permission slip (1 page)
• CCSS alignment indicating standards met, PDF (1 page – see also preview image)
  • CCSS Note: I’ve taken the liberty of aligning certain reading standards with the act of consuming content via the movie instead. Although students aren’t reading they are asked to perform the same cognitive functions on the content that they consumed from the movie.

Google Classroom Distance Learning Tips:

1. 1. Create an assignment using the Google Form
   2. Use the screen sharing tool on your conference calling software to play the movie
   3. Pause the movie at each question to give students time to write/discuss
   4. Make sure students input their name, so when you open your copy of the form, you can see each student’s individual response they submitted
   5. Note: If you are using the movie guide for multiple classes and want to separate responses by class, create multiple copies of the google form with file names such as [Title]MovieGuideClassPeriod[2] and then create assignments for each copy of the Google Form movie guide