Period 1- Literary Analysis with Animated Shorts by Stevey Ward

What to do

mswardlovesela — 2026-06-02 14:33:23 UTC

1. Select ONE literary element to explore in one of the shorts: Puddles, Exchange Student, Lucky Toupee, and Just a Thought

CENTRAL IDEA, THEME, SETTING, CONFLICT, CHARACTERIZATION

2. As you watch the short, looks for evidence that helps you describe how the filmmaker uses that literary element.

3. Record your evidence/notes in a notebook.

4. When the short is over, post a note on padlet. LABEL your note with your name and literary element in the SUBJECT line.

5. Select a different literary element for each short.

Central Idea: Ms. Ward and Miss Rangel

mswardlovesela — 2026-06-02 14:39:29 UTC

The central idea in Puddles is. . .

I know this because. . .

Central Idea Mahmut

2026-06-02 15:15:50 UTC

The central idea is that Skyler is not paying attention to the boy, and there's a secret world in the puddles. I know this because I watched it.

Theme Isaiah

2026-06-02 15:15:59 UTC

the Theme is a puddle that leads to a portal into a secret world

Conflict, isabella

2026-06-02 15:16:47 UTC

The sister didnt pay attention when the little brother wanted to show her the magical puddles

Conflict Kassandra and Melanie

2026-06-02 15:16:53 UTC

The conflict is that Skylar did not want to get off her phone and she did not want to pay attention to the little boy.

Quinten & Jeremiah Setting

2026-06-02 15:17:05 UTC

The setting in this short film is a rainy day with puddles everywhere. There is also a magical world on the other side of the puddles.

2026-06-02 15:17:15 UTC

Theme: Robert, Max

The theme is that the girl is to focused on her phone then watching her brother and seeing what he does and what like the other side is

Theme Jagg

2026-06-02 15:17:25 UTC

The theme is that skyler was stuck on her phone the entire time and her brother was trying to show her something but she didnt want to look up

Conflict Nathan R.

nross0018 — 2026-06-02 15:17:30 UTC

The conflict in the story is that the girl is just on her phone and the boy wants her to pay attention to him

rozhina and emma

2026-06-02 15:17:31 UTC

the central idea is that there is a little boy trying to get his sisters attention but she doesn't really care until she finally gets off of her phone (the distraction) and she sees him jump into a puddle and disappear and gets scared, he takes her in the puddle with him and they find a whole new beautiful world.

Theme Nick and Prince

2026-06-02 15:18:57 UTC

The theme the girl was on her phone and her brother was trying to something and show what he was seeing and what secret world is in the puddle

2026-06-02 15:19:19 UTC

Its about a girl who is on her phone the whole time and didn't see the thing her brother wanted to show

Theme: Melissa & Ava

2026-06-02 15:20:36 UTC

The theme of the short animation film "Puddles" is imagination because the little boy in the film was hoping through puddles. Due to the fact that the boy was pulled into the world of weird sea creatures while the sister was on her phone not paying attention. But when the boy took away her phone she started using her imagination and that skill also pulled her into the world as well.

central idea Mahmut

2026-06-02 15:23:04 UTC

The story is about a human girl in a alien planet and she can't fit in.

rozhina and Emma

2026-06-02 15:23:23 UTC

the conflict is that there is a one singular human on an alien planet and she feels left and can't fit in.

Setting Jagg

2026-06-02 15:24:07 UTC

the setting is in a school in pe. then she is like in a rehearsal. then they are outside then she goes over the fence to get the ball.

Setting Isaiah

2026-06-02 15:24:37 UTC

theres aliens in a class room that is in a diffrent planet where they dont speak english.

2026-06-02 15:25:50 UTC

Nikki-

The conflict is that the monsters think her voice is too loud and they put a bubble over her head so her voice is not as loud but when she fights the monsters off with her voice they realize that her having a louder voice then them is a good thing.

Setting Melanie and Kassandra

2026-06-02 15:25:56 UTC

The setting is that the girl is on a strange planet and she is in school. Also there is a forest behind the school.

Quinten & Jeremiah Characterization

2026-06-02 15:25:59 UTC

The Alien grow because t the start of the story they did not like the girl and at the end of the story they liked the girl because she got the ball back for them when it went over the wall.

Central Idea: Melissa & Ava

2026-06-02 15:26:07 UTC

The central Idea of the short film is "Finding Belonging". Due to the fact that the girl is a new student at a new school. She tries to find her place but it seems like she cant, until a ball goes over the fence. But no one goes over the because their is these weird plants in the area. But she uses her high pitched screaming (The aliens have a low pitched) she scared the plants away. Finding her place in the space school.

Setting Nathan R

nross0018 — 2026-06-02 15:26:10 UTC

The main setting of the film is the school classroom.Then the other setting is the field at their school.

2026-06-02 15:26:20 UTC

Max, Robert Period 1

Central idea: the central idea is that a human girl goes to a alien school and the aliens don't accept her until she gets the ball

2026-06-02 15:26:28 UTC

Elijah: I think the setting is that she is in alien school and is not welcome because the keep bullying her

Katherine

2026-06-02 15:26:44 UTC

The setting in the short film exchange student is a classroom where they all meet her and she meets them then it goes to the pe gym where they play with the balls but throw all the balls at her then its lunch and they are out side and she is by her self siting and the rest are playing together then one of then hits the ball over the fence and she goes and gets it then she brings the ball and the other toys that go lost in there and they all become friends.

Katherine

2026-06-02 15:26:47 UTC

That central idea of Puddles is that the girl is always on her phone while the little boy is always outside and about. While the little boy was playing in the puddles he jumped in one and found out it was a magic on that lead to a different world and he kept on trying to get the girls attention but it didn't work so her has enough and took her phone a threw it in the magic puddle.

Setting, Isabella

2026-06-02 15:26:59 UTC

The setting is at a school, and a new girl joined but the class is all aliens, one of the aliens kicks the ball over the fence because they are outside and the girl climbs over the fence to help them.

Central Idea Ahmad

2026-06-02 15:27:07 UTC

Central ideas of this animation was she wasn't paying enough attention but when he took his phone then she finally payed attention a little

Elan and Matthew

2026-06-02 15:27:44 UTC

its about a girl who is with a bunch of aliens and they think she is weird since she is human and she is different to them.

Matthew and Elan

2026-06-02 15:27:51 UTC

The theme of the story is a girl that is the only human and there are aliens surrounding her because she's different. And this is at school.

Setting: Nick and Prince

2026-06-02 15:29:39 UTC

The setting is they are in a classroom and there is a bunch of aliens and one girl and they are also in a school.

rozhina and emma

2026-06-02 15:30:59 UTC

The setting is in an Irish town

central idea Mahmut

2026-06-02 15:31:24 UTC

The central idea is there is a bald man and bought some hair and found a girl then the girl was bald too.

Elijah main idea

2026-06-02 15:31:26 UTC

its about how need a wig because they look ugly with out it

Central Idea Jagg

2026-06-02 15:32:03 UTC

The central idea is that you don´t need anything to get the huzz. You just need luck.

Theme, Isabella

2026-06-02 15:32:15 UTC

The theme is that your not alone with anything there's at least one person that is dealing with the same thing.

Elan and Matthew

2026-06-02 15:32:15 UTC

The man is losing his hair in an Irish town and is really insecure about being bald and is having an internal conflict with himself trying everything to get it back.

Matthew And Elan

2026-06-02 15:32:16 UTC

The man is having a hard time with being bald and he is having a conflict with himself. He wants to get a wig so he can cover it up. But at the end he realizes it's okay.

Quinten & Jeremiah Theme

2026-06-02 15:32:21 UTC

The Theme is two people who love the way they are

2026-06-02 15:32:21 UTC

Max Robert

setting: The setting of this film is in Irish and they are in his apartment.

Conflict: Isaiah

2026-06-02 15:32:35 UTC

He was bald and he wanted a wig but it was too expensive but than the next day it showed up at his door and a girl came who he liked and than he got his wig snattched and the girl showed him that she was bald too with a wig

Theme Kassandra and Melanie

2026-06-02 15:32:41 UTC

The theme in the story is about accepting who you are. Also it is about feeling comfortable in your own skin.

Central idea Ahmad

2026-06-02 15:32:42 UTC

The central idea of this animation was that the exchange student screamed once they hated it but when the alien needed the ball and she screamed the little plants went away so she could get the ball and make friends.

2026-06-02 15:32:49 UTC

Nikki and Faith

-The setting is in a Irish town and in an apartment.

Central idea Nathan R

nross0018 — 2026-06-02 15:33:09 UTC

The central idea in the film is that it is okay to be bald. The reason I know this is because both of them were actually bald. It did not bother them.

Katherine

2026-06-02 15:33:28 UTC

The central idea in lucky toupee is that the man is bald and he ordered hair because he had a date to go on the nest day and he wanted hair then he got the wig and he had to pay but he did nit have enough so he threw the little guy away and put it in then his date came and the little guy came back and took the wig off his head then she looks at him and takes her hair off and they both go on the date bald.

Settings: Melissa & Ava

2026-06-02 15:33:42 UTC

The setting of the story "Lucky Toupee" is set in ireland near the 1920s-1930s I would say.

Setting: Nick and Price

2026-06-02 15:34:55 UTC

The setting is that they are in an apartment.

Central Idea Ahmad

2026-06-02 15:35:04 UTC

The central idea of this animation is that the man is having a bad time being bald so he ordered a wig so he dosnt have to be bald again when he met the girl she also had a wig so he was happy.

Characterization: Melissa & Ava

2026-06-02 15:37:56 UTC

The characterization for the short film "Just a thought" is how the red shirt boy as a crush on a red bow girl. He tires to hide it but his thoughts help him fail. He does whatever he can to hide his feelings but when the whole class finds out, he is ashamed. But then we found out the red bows girls also likes the red shirt boy and them and their thoughts hold hands.

Elijah idea

2026-06-02 15:38:15 UTC

the idea is follow your gut and it might actuly work

Conflict, Isabella

2026-06-02 15:38:38 UTC

The conflict is that the boy got made fun of for his thought showing that he liked a girl in the class.

Central Idea Melanie and Kassandra

2026-06-02 15:38:54 UTC

The central idea is the boy likes the girl and his thoughts were getting in the way.

Quinten & Jeremiah Setting

2026-06-02 15:38:55 UTC

The setting in this sort film is a sunny day in the school.

Central idea

2026-06-02 15:38:56 UTC

the central idea is about a boy meeting a girl.

2026-06-02 15:39:17 UTC

Faith and Nikki

-The setting is in a school.

Theme Jagg

2026-06-02 15:39:18 UTC

the theme is that people cant see your thoughts. and sometime your dreams come true.

Characterization

nross0018 — 2026-06-02 15:39:31 UTC

The main characters are thinking of each other. Then the other students are laughing at them. Then at the end of the film the main characters come together and hold hands.

Theme Isaiah

2026-06-02 15:39:32 UTC

the Theme is someone who has a crush on a girl and shes always on his mind and he got ashamed for it but then the girl started to like him and than they had 8 babies.

Central Idea Ahmad

2026-06-02 15:39:39 UTC

The Central idea of this animation is that the boy was to scared to show his thought so he tried to hide them but it turns out that the though was actually the girls and not the boys so they both got happy.

Matthew and Elan

2026-06-02 15:40:09 UTC

The theme of the story is that this kid likes this girl and he imagines them together and in the end the do.

Katherine

2026-06-02 15:40:28 UTC

The setting in the is story is the school hallway when he sees his crush and has thoughts about her and people could see them so he tries to get rid of it but doesn't go away then its the classroom and they are outside and people finally see them including her then there outside and then he sees a though about him that she has and his though about her come together so then they hold hands together.

Rozhina and Emma

2026-06-02 15:40:38 UTC

The theme is that there is a boy who is going through the struggles of having a crush, while his thoughts expose him. But everything turns out to be just fine.

2026-06-02 15:40:58 UTC

Characterization: Robertoe & Max

It is the girl starting to like the boy

Setting Kassandra and Melanie

2026-06-02 15:45:37 UTC

The setting in the story is the house that the parents bought.

Setting Isaiah

2026-06-02 15:46:04 UTC

its about a house her parents bought

Setting:Nick and Prince

2026-06-02 15:46:08 UTC

The setting is in a school. It was a boy that had a crush on a girl.

rozhina and emma

2026-06-02 15:46:13 UTC

the central idea is that there is a young girl coming to her house, the family then rewinds back in time so far to even when they first bought the house, then it shows the time in the future where the house is abandoned. this shows how fast time flies.

Nathan R Setting

nross0018 — 2026-06-02 15:46:15 UTC

The setting in this film is their house. They had a pool and the home. At the end the house was getting vandalized and then it was getting old and not usable.

Elijah theme

2026-06-02 15:46:25 UTC

its about how someone died and how much of an impact that it made in someones life.

Setting:Nick

2026-06-02 15:46:42 UTC

The setting is in a house with two parents

Quinten & Jeremiah Characterization

2026-06-02 15:46:43 UTC

The Characterization of this short film is the life cycle of family

Matthew and Elan

2026-06-02 15:46:49 UTC

They lived an old age of being in love and they made precious memories of them together. That is the central idea of the story.

Theme: Melissa & Ava

2026-06-02 15:46:51 UTC

The theme of the the short film "Cycles" is how houses can hold more than its stucture by also holding the memories of the people. They hold the good memories, the bad, the sad, and also the precious ones.

Theme, Isabella

2026-06-02 15:47:00 UTC

life repeats, the home can stay the same but it will change if no one is in it.

setting

2026-06-02 15:47:40 UTC

Robert & Max

the setting is that her parents bought her a house

Mahmut setting

2026-06-02 15:47:47 UTC

the story takes place in a house

Katherine

2026-06-02 15:48:04 UTC

The story is about how life goes by a flash really fast and how the mom and dad just buy the house and before you know it they have a baby on the way then before you know it the baby is born then the baby grows up then the girl is a teenager the goes out late then the mom and dad grow old and leave the house and the house becomes abandoned the story is about how life moves on and goes buy really quickly.

theme Jagg

2026-06-02 15:48:56 UTC

A house there parents bought