The ant bully was released as a major motion picture by warner bros. It shows that bullies can be changed back in many cases. But lucas is too little, and so he bullies the ants instead. The ant bully is a 2006 american computeranimated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. These activities also engage students in close reading and researching ants. Little lucas nickle zach tyler is brand new in town, but hes already had a runin with local bully steve myles jeffrey. There are the inevitable grossout gags you dont want to know where the honeydew drops lucas slurps up originate from. All games are free to play and new content is added every week. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is in constant danger after being shrunk down to ant size.
The ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. Music clips from john debneys score to the ant bully. Bullies always find someone smaller than they are to pick on, so when sid the bully picks on lucas, lucas bullies ants, drenching them with his squirt gun. Lastly, the ants dont appreciate sids games and they attack back. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is. Boy genius, and the ant bully could have used that films satirical edge or at least more and better jokes. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Lucas, in turn, bullies something smaller than himself, a colony of ants. Guided reading, lexile measure, grade level equivalent, dra level. But the dichotomy loses some of its punch when the good guy is a bad guy tooor at least when hes so obnoxious as to take the fun out of being bad. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle. Released by varese sarabande in 2006 302 066 748 2 containing music from the ant bully 2006. Theres nothing wrong with that, of course, and it does what it seeks to do well enough. Make a 3d flower garden like this one by using construction paper to make flowers and apply to a reinforced or cardboard paper.
The ant bully by john nickle the ant bully is about lucas who is picked on by the neighborhood bully. Film languagevisual literacy look at clipsstills of bullies, victims and points of view from the ant bully. When the ants shrink lucas down to their size, he must make amends by learning the ways of the colony and protecting the ants from danger. Discussion guide the ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. After lucas nickle zach tyler floods an ant colony with his watergun, hes magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.
John nickle has illustrated several acclaimed childrens books including alphabet explosion, who pushed. The ant bully is a subtle lesson to teach kids what it is like to be a bully and to be bullied and how its evil passes from one kid to another. This is the story of a tenyearold boy named lucas nickle, who has just moved to a. With paul giamatti, nicolas cage, julia roberts, meryl streep. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Dec 22, 2008 the ant bully on dvd november 28, 2006 starring nicolas cage, julia roberts meryl streep, paul giamatti, lily tomlin. Based on the slight book by john nickle, the ant bully benefits from its alist voice cast which adults should appreciate more than children and dazzling animation that vividly depicts a bugs life and views the human world from a minuscule perspective blades of grass seem like sequoias.
The ant bully on dvd november 28, 2006 starring nicolas cage, julia roberts meryl streep, paul giamatti, lily tomlin. The ant bully is a computeranimated film based on the 1999 childrens book. He takes out his frustration on the ants in front of his house. Everything you need to know about the ant bully movie 2006. Financial analysis of the ant bully 2006 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Davis is the writer and director of this adaptation of the illustrated childrens book by the same name. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Sid is such a big bully that lucas wishes he could squash him like a bug. In the page in the flower garden, we see the flowers from below from an ants point of view. The ant bully is the story of a child whopicked on by the neighborhood bully, in turn picks on ants. Publication date 1999 topics ants, bullies, ants, bullies publisher new york.
Tired of weathering constant attacks on their colony, ants shrink a destructive boy, named lucas zach tyler eisen, to their size and sentence him to live among them until he learns the errors of his ways. Lucas wishes he could squash sid like a bug, but since sid is bigger than lucas, lucas bullies the ants. The ants, however, have had enough of lucass nasty games. The ant bully storia teaching guide pdf scholastic. The ants decide to take revenge and teach lucas a lesson. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The ant bully teaches a wonderful lesson about looking at things from someone elses perspective.
The ant bully is a wonderful childrens story about a little boy who is picked on, and in return picks on something smaller than him, ants. John nickle says he has faced many bullies in his lifetime, and writing and illustrating the ant bully gave him a way. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Unfortunately, this insect adventure, concerning a boy who mistreats ants.
The ants decide they have had enough and shrink lucas down to their size. Compare stillsclips from the film with images from the book and discuss the differences between reading a book and watching films. The ant bully story, the ant bully hollywood movie story. Being bullied read along book with word highlighting by smart kidz club duration. Based on exciting moments from the upcoming digitally animated family adventure the ant bully, and featuring allnew challenges created especially for the game, help lucas evolve from recluse to hero in his quest to save the colony from extermination.
It is about a young boy named lucas nickle who is the title. Momentarily fed up, lucas takes out his frustration on a hill of ants in his backyard. The ant bully is based on a picture book by john nickle. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasnt made a single friend. Resources for this book save to list other books you might like related book resources. Jul 01, 2006 the ant bully scholastic bookshelf john nickle on. An ant wizard shrinks lucas, who then goes to work with the rest of the ants, hauling leaves, finding food, and fighting off an attack of wasps. Make both a small and big lucas as well as a small and big sid. Rent the ant bully 2006 starring julia roberts and nicolas cage on dvd and bluray. Thats the main problem with the ant bully, the new cgi feature from jimmy neutron. Based on the childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully has a promising concept. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle also known as peanut the destroyer, who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants.
Miniature worlds can be big attractions, as the films antz and a bugs life show. Lucas constantly gets picked on by the neighborhood bully. Holidays at primarygames primarygames has a large collection of holiday games, crafts, coloring pages, postcards and stationery for the following holidays. The ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. Parents need to know that the ant bully has some scenes that might be scary for very young kids particularly some menacing spiders, frogs, wasps, and fly swatters. The ant bully original motion picture soundtrack john. With a story and style thats definitely aimed more at children than adults, the ant bully will probably be entertaining enough for the young ones, but might not have enough meat to hold the attention of an older viewer. Poor 10yearold lucas nickle zach tyler eisen cant get a break. Make sid, lucas, and ant puppets to reenact the story. Starring the voices of julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep, and paul giamatti, it was produced by tom hanks and gary goetzmans playtone, davis and keith alcorns dna productions and legendary. The ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney.
The ant bully is based on a book by john nickle, which tells the tale of a young boy who floods an ant colony with his watergun. Sep 09, 2007 the ant bully is a wonderful childrens story about a little boy who is picked on, and in return picks on something smaller than him, ants. It gets to the root that people bullied can become bullies. He learns throughout the story, the feeling of compassion and greater understanding towards others and how picking on the little guy, isnt so much fun. The ant bully dna has completed production on the 3d animated feature film, the ant bully, for warner bros. This picture book is about a boy named lucas who gets bullied by his neighbor sid. Patricks day, thanksgiving, presidents day, hanukkah, new years eve and more. The ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. Rent the ant bully 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Lucas wishes he could squash that big bully sid like a bug. Lucas, with funny glasses and a strange hat, is bullied by neighborhood meanie, sid. And they teach him a lesson that will make him and readers think twice about being mean. This animated film, distributed by warner brothers, opens at the end of july and is based on john nickles popular childrens book.
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