Toy Story 3 Study Guide

In Toy Story 3, third in the Toy Story series, 17-year-old Andy has outgrown his childhood toys and is leaving for college. Andy plans to bring his favorite toy Woody along, but the rest will be packed away in a garbage bag and stored in the attic. When the garbage bag is accidentally set out on the curb for trash pick-up, the toys conclude that Andy doesn’t want them anymore and sneak into the box of toys to be donated to Sunnyside Daycare. The daycare center, however, turns out to be a prison for toys. Throughout the film, Woody goes to extraordinary measures to return his fellow toys to safety from various misadventures, including finding themselves accidentally trashed, caged at Sunnyside Daycare, and headed for fiery destruction at the dump. In addition to looking out for his friends, Woody goes so far as to endanger his own safety on the conveyer belt at the garbage dump incinerator in order to save Lotso, a selfish and controlling pink teddy bear. Ultimately Woody orchestrates a satisfying resolution, allowing Andy to thoughtfully pass down his treasured childhood toys—including Woody—to Bonnie, a shy but imaginative kid from the daycare center. Download the study guide and source sheet from the blue box to the right.

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