A comprehensive and engaging film study unit for How to Train Your Dragon, designed for Years 7–9 English classrooms. This resource supports students in developing comprehension, analytical, discussion, and writing skills while exploring themes of friendship, courage, leadership, identity, and acceptance through this popular animated film.

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What’s included
• Analysis of themes, characters, and key ideas
• Exploration of leadership, courage, belonging, empathy, and personal growth
• Cinematic techniques, film language, symbolism, and visual storytelling analysis
• Character development and relationships study
• Close scene analysis and comprehension activities
• Paragraph and analytical writing support
• Discussion questions and collaborative learning tasks
• A structured 4-week teaching sequence
• Multiple engaging learning activities each week
• Classroom-ready activities throughout

Teaching approach
This resource is activity-based rather than a scripted lesson-by-lesson program. It is designed for teachers to select and adapt tasks to suit their own lessons and classroom needs. The unit emphasises discussion, creativity, collaboration, and analytical thinking rather than worksheet-driven instruction.

File info
• Provided as a non-editable PDF
• Not designed as an editable PowerPoint
How to use
• Upload to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) for digital use
• Print selected pages for classroom use
• Display scenes and slides to guide discussion and activities
• Upload to presentation or design platforms if you wish to adapt for your own use (formatting may vary depending on the program used)