ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "My Neighbor Totoro" - Studio Ghibli

Record basic film information (director, genre, voice cast, release year) for My Neighbor Totoro.

Describe each of seven named characters from the film in the student's own words.

Write a three-part diary entry as one of My Neighbor Totoro's seven characters, retelling three scenes and capturing that character's thoughts and emotions.

Because most of the Totoro worksheet is open-response with only the film-info fields, the seven character names, and the diary prompt pre-labelled, walk through the blank sections with students before they watch so they know what each one is asking for.

The character list (Satsuki, Mei, Granny, Kanta Ōgaki, Father, Mother, Catbus) can double as a pre-viewing character-name preview for students unfamiliar with the film.

Since the three-page diary extension calls for a longer written response than the rest of the guide, save it as a follow-up task once students have finished the film-info and character sections for My Neighbor Totoro.

Film-information recall — students record the director, genre, voice cast, and release year.

Character description — students write a description for each of seven named characters.

Perspective-taking narrative writing — students retell Totoro scenes in first person as one of the film's seven characters.