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Teaching Reading and Writing Skills
with Animated Short Films
Created by Gay Miller 1
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Discussion Questions
• What is diversity? How does the film show diversity is a good thing?
Various animals with different abilities represent different people.
• How does Crow change from the beginning to the end of the film?
Crow changes from a self-centered individual who only cares about his talent to a creature who is willing to sacrifice what he cherishes the most to help his friends.
• Which genre is the animated short? How can you tell?
Myth - The story explains something from nature. In this case, the story explains why crows are black and have raspy calls.
• What is ironic about the character The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking?
The most brilliant mind and creator of the universe is portrayed as a small bug-like creature.
Crow: The Legend
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Crow
Skunk The One Who
Creates Everything
by Thinking
Turtle
Luna (The
Moon)
Owl Moth
Sun
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Crow: The Legend Characters
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Crow
brilliantly plumed bird
most handsome
beautiful voice
conceited - self-
centered
His friends convince
him to go on a dangerous journey to help them.
changed for the better
Skunk
female
Shy, admirer of
Crow (becomes
giggly around him)
appeals to Crow’s
vanity to make him go on the journey to
bring warmth back to Earth
Evidently learns that
she and Crow are
more alike than
different.
The One Who
Creates Everything
by Thinking
creator of everything
“The Great Spirit”
Turtle
slow moving and talking
Luna (The
Moon)
upbeat
tells Crow to “break a
leg”
Owl
Owl has vertigo.
wise – comes up
with a plan to save the
animals
Moth
brave
goes to rescue Crow even though
he must battle his biggest
obstacle (his attraction to
the Sun)
Sun
gives advise to both
Crow and Moth
Crow: The Legend Characters
List the sequence of events in “Crow: the Legend.” Use these details to write a summary.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Crow: The Legend
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
A narrator tells the viewer how there was a time when it was always summer. Life for the animals was peaceful and worry free.
The narrator tells the viewer that one day winter came changing the lives of the animals.
Crow flies by Moon, Sun, Saturn, and sees himself in one of the constellations.
Crow finds the palace of The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking, the source of the universe. He wakes up her up by singing. One Who Creates Everything by Thinking gives Crow a burning stick and sends him back to Earth. As he flies away, she says, “Let’s see what you are really made of.”
Moth tells Crow he can’t give up. Skunk believes in him. Crow flies close to the sun to relight the stick. Even though he is successful, his actions are not without consequences. Crow’s beautiful feathers are blackened and his voice is hoarse.
Moth and Skunk hear Crow singing. Skunk is infatuated with Crow. She slides down the bank and accidentally releases a smell. She runs away embarrassed because she “can’t let him smell her like this.”
Owl tells Turtle, Moth, and Skunk that the solution to the cold weather is to send one of them fly past Moon and Sun to the place where the stars live. The animal must convince the creator to “unthink” the cold and make it warm again. The animals convince Crow to go.
Back on Earth, Skunk tells the others she thinks something has happened to Crow, so Moth decides to fly up and check on him.
Meanwhile Moth flies by Sun who fusses at him for looking directly at him. As Moth is fighting his attraction of Sun, Crow rescues Moth. Crow then sticks the burning stick in an asteroid and tells Moth about fire. The fire catches Crow’s wing on fire. Crow fans his wing to put out the fire accidentally putting it out.
Upset, Crow flies away from the other animals. Skunk follows him. Crow apologizes to her for “being a jerk.” When Crow remembers the words of The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking who tells him “Let’s see what you’re really made of,” it becomes summer. His black feathers have some color in them. His smoke damaged new voice is a hoarse version of his previous voice, but Skunk likes his new sound.
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List the sequence of events in “Crow: the Legend.” Use these details to write a summary.
Crow: The Legend
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Crow: The Legend Select two themes that are present in Crow: The Legend. After writing the theme give proof.
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Proof Crow is the only one with the ability to
fly the great distance past the sun.
Proof
Owl is wise and comes up with a plan.
Skunk talks Crow into going on a dangerous mission by appealing to his
vanity.
Crow: The Legend ~ Answer Key Select two themes that are present in Crow: The Legend. After writing the theme give proof.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Theme
Everyone is diverse with strengths and
unique talents.
Proof Moth faces a big challenge (to fly past
the sun that he is attracted to) to help Crow who he feels is in danger.
Proof
Crow goes on a dangerous mission into
the heavens to save the other animals from the endless winter. Crow learns
that his sacrifice was worth it. Losing his beautiful feathers and voice were a
small price to pay for helping his
friends.
Theme
Sometimes you must be brave and
selfless to help others.
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