Moana Comprehension Questions

An original rap song comparing Disney's Moana movie to the Polynesian legend of Maui anchors eleven worksheets on comprehension, compare-and-contrast writing, root words, affixes, context clues, and synonyms and antonyms.

An educational teaching resource from Rap Opera for Kids! entitled Moana Reading Comprehension Activities Bundle downloadable at Teach Simple.

Year groups: Years 3–5
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Nov 15, 2021

Subject: Reading, English
Topic: Disney Movie, Reading Comprehension
Resource types: Activities
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

Moana Reading Comprehension Activities Bundle is a 27-page download full of worksheets to pair with the Disney movie Moana. From reading to comprehension to grammar skills, your students will enjoy these activities based on the popular movie.

Worksheets included:

1. Reading Comprehension Questions x2
2. Lyrics Review
3. Maui Graphic Organizer
4. Compare and Contrast Questions x2
5. Compare and Contrast Paragraph Writing
6. Find the Root Words
7. Find the Prefixes
8. Find the Suffixes
9. Moana and Context Clues x2
10. Synonyms
11. Antonyms

Answer keys are included.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Answer multiple-choice comprehension questions about a text by referring back to specific details in the lyrics.
Compare and contrast Disney's portrayal of Maui with the Polynesian legend using a graphic organizer and multiple-choice questions.
Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting two versions of a story using transitional words and phrases.
Identify the root word, prefix, or suffix in an underlined word taken from the song lyrics.
Use bolded context clues within a sentence to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Identify a synonym or antonym for an underlined word from the lyrics.

Teaching tips

Have students search and listen to "The True Story of Moana Review Song for Kids - Rap Opera for Kids" on YouTube before reading the printed lyrics, as the worksheet instructs.
Complete the compare-and-contrast graphic organizer before assigning the two multiple-choice compare-and-contrast worksheets, since those questions draw on the organizer.
Keep the printed lyrics (pages 3-4) available throughout the packet, since nearly every later worksheet — root words, prefixes, suffixes, context clues, synonyms, and antonyms — pulls its example sentences directly from those lyrics.
Use the supplied comparing and contrasting transition words (both, same, similarly; but, however, unlike) as a word bank when students write their compare-and-contrast paragraph.

Skills covered

Reading comprehension — students answer multiple-choice questions that require recalling specific details from the song lyrics, such as what Maui is said to have done.
Compare-and-contrast analysis — students use a graphic organizer, multiple-choice questions, and a written paragraph to compare Disney's Maui with the Polynesian legend.
Morphology (root words, prefixes, suffixes) — students identify the root word, prefix, or suffix inside underlined words like "inaccurately" and "cooperation."
Context clues — students use bolded surrounding text to determine the meaning of words such as "navigated" and "brawny."
Synonyms and antonyms — students identify a word with the same or opposite meaning as an underlined word from the lyrics.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do the vocabulary worksheets (root words, prefixes, context clues, synonyms) use their own separate sentences, or the same lyrics throughout?

The same lyrics throughout — every vocabulary worksheet in the packet pulls its example sentences directly from "The True Story of Moana Review" song, so students keep working with the same text instead of switching passages.

Is the compare-and-contrast content based on the actual Disney movie, or just the included song?

It's based on the included original song, which itself compares Disney's film version of Maui to the Polynesian legend — students work entirely from the printed lyrics rather than needing to have seen the movie.