making

INFERENCES
with short
animated films
BUNDLE

created by
unique learners
2014
dear teacher,

Thank you for checking out my Teachers Pay
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enjoy the activity packet that I have created. I used
it to reinforce my students inferencing skills and they
LOVED it!

This is the second set of two mini-units that I have
created to help students learn the difficult skill of
inferencing. I have included inferencing questions that
correspond to several short films which are easily
accessible online. The films range anywhere from 2 to
5 minutes. I found this activity to be particularly
successful because the movies have no words, only
music! Please note, I highly encourage you to view
the videos in their entirety before showing them to
your students. For this reason, I have chosen to not
include an answer key.

Your feed back is appreciated! Thanks for the
download!

Enjoy,

unique learners

Unique Learners 2014

 Name:____________

One Man Band

Pixar

1.)
What is going on between the two street musicians?

Clues

Inference

2.)
What is the setting of this story?

Clues

Inference

3.)
Why did the music playing escalate?

Clues

Inference

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One Man Band

4.)
Why did she ask for her coin back?

Clues

Inference

5.)
Why did the bag of coins appear?

Clues

Inference

6.)
Why did she throw the coins into the fountain?

Clues

Inference

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 Name:____________

For the Birds

Pixar

Why are the birds chirping at each other at the

1.)
beginning?

Clues

Inference

2.)
Why are the birds laughing with each other?

Clues

Inference

Do the little birds want the big bird to sit with

3.)
them?

Clues

Inference




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For the Birds

What do the little birds decide to do to the big
4.)
bird?

Clues

Inference

5.)
Why is the big bird laughing at the end?

Clues

Inference

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Pigeon Impossible

Martell

1.)
What is the profession of the man?

Clues

Inference

2.)
Why is he carrying a briefcase?

Clues

Inference

3.)
Why did he hold the bagel in the air?

Clues

Inference

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Pigeon Impossible

4.)
At 4:40, why did the pigeon make that face?

Clues

Inference

Why do you think the man walked away like nothing

5.)
happened?

Clues

Inference

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 Name:____________

Geris Game

Pixar

1.)
Who is the old man playing against?

Clues

Inference

2.)
Is it a competitive match-up?

Clues

Inference

3.)
When he only has his king left, why is the
mans opponent laughing?

Clues

Inference




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 Name:____________

Geris Game

4.)
What is the man doing when he gasps and
falls to the ground?

Clues

Inference

5.)
How does he defeat his opponent?

Clues

Inference

6.)
Why is he happy at the end?

Clues

Inference

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Lifted

Pixar

Why is one of the space creatures writing on

1.)
a clipboard?

Clues

Inference

2.)
Why is the human floating through the air in all
different directions?

Clues

Inference

3.)
Why is the space creature yelling?

Clues

Inference




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 Name:____________

Lifted

4.)
Does the space creature have a lot of
experience lifting humans out of their homes?

Clues

Inference

5.)
Why does the space creature put the house
back in order?

Clues

Inference

6.)
Why is the space creature crying at the end?

Clues

Inference

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 Name:____________

Tin Toy

Pixar

Why does the Tin Toy look happy when he first sees
1.)
the baby?

Clues

Inference

2.)
At 1:30, why does the Tin Toys face change?

Clues

Inference

Why does the Tin Toy move away from the

3.)
baby?

Clues

Inference

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Tin Toy

Why are there so many toys under the
4.)
couch?

Clues

Inference

What does the Tin Toy do when he comes out

5.)
from under the couch?

Clues

Inference

6.)
Does the baby like playing with the Tin Toy?

Clues

Inference

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Presto

Pixar

1.)
What is the mans profession?

Clues

Inference

2.)
Why doesnt his first magic trick work?

Clues

Inference

Why does the rabbit keep stopping the man

3.)
from doing his tricks?

Clues

Inference




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 Name:____________

Presto

Why do the musicians start playing their
4.)
instruments?

Clues

Inference

Does the magic show go as the man had

5.)
planned?

Clues

Inference

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 Name:____________

Day & Night

Pixar

1.)
How are the two characters different?

Clues

Inference

2.)
Why do the two characters start fighting?

Clues

Inference

What are they going after they stop fighting?

3.)
(3:15)

Clues

Inference




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 Name:____________

Day & Night

What do the two characters learn from each
4.)
other? (4:00)

Clues

Inference

What is happening when they both turn pink and

5.)
orange? (4:45)

Clues

Inference

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Luxo Jr.

Pixar

1.)
How did the ball roll back to the big lamp?

Clues

Inference

2.)
What did the little lamp want to do?

Clues

Inference

3.)
What is the relationship between the big and
little lamp?

Clues

Inference




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Luxo Jr.

4.)
How does the little lamp feel when the ball is
popped?

Clues

Inference

How does the little lamp feel when he brings

5.)
out the big ball?

Clues

Inference

How does the big lamp feel when the little

6.)
lamp brings out the big ball?

Clues

Inference




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 Name:____________

La Luna

Pixar

What is the relationship between the young

1.)
boy and the two older men?

Clues

Inference

How does the boy feel as he starts to walk up

2.)
the ladder?

Clues

Inference

What did they land on and why are they

3.)
there?

Clues

Inference




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 Name:____________

La Luna

4.)
Describe the relationship between the two
older men.

Clues

Inference

5.)
What job to the men have?

Clues

Inference

At the end, what are they doing as they look

6.)
up into the sky?

Clues

Inference




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 Clip Art Credits

One Man Band

https://openclipart.org/detail/58297/silly-trumpet-by-gerald_g

https://openclipart.org/detail/37879/stack-of-gold-coins-by-anonymous

For the Birds

http://www.wpclipart.com/animals/birds/_Miscellaneous/generic_colors/
clip_art_bird_blue.png.html

http://www.clker.com/clipart-distribution-pole.html

Pigeon Impossible

http://www.clker.com/clipart-3071.html

http://www.clker.com/clipart-13364.html

Geris Game

https://openclipart.org/detail/24132/chess-symbols-set--by-anonymous-24132

https://openclipart.org/detail/24134/chess-symbols-set--by-anonymous-24134

Lifted

http://www.archjrc.com/clipart/space.html

Baby clip art:

http://openclipart.org/people/papapishu/papapishu_Baby_boy_crawling.svg

Magician clip art:


https://openclipart.org/detail/190871/white-rabbit-in-a-hat-by-loveandread-190871


http://pixabay.com/en/magic-wand-hat-sorcerer-magician-154526/

Day & Night


https://openclipart.org/detail/22012/weather-symbols:-sun-by-nicubunu

Luxo Jr:

https://openclipart.org/detail/66751/beach-ball-by-rg1024-66751

http://www.coloringplanet.com/coloring-pages/753.html

La Luna

https://openclipart.org/detail/105841/moon-crescent2-by-anonymous

https://openclipart.org/detail/14693/emblem-star-by-rocket000

Clip Art by Kathleen Amari-Crookston (middlegradesmaven.blogspot.com)

Clip Art by:

Tessas Designs

www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/tessas-designs

Unique Learners 2014