ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Night at the Museum"

Blank fields for the film's director, genre, actors, and release year open the worksheet, followed by two ten-line lists for notes taken while watching. A character page provides labelled writing space for ten named characters from the film — Larry Daley, Dexter, Rebecca Hutman, Ahkmenrah, Erica Daley, Sacagawea, Nick Daley, Octavius, Theodore Roosevelt, and Jedediah. Several more open-response blocks lead into the final task: writing three diary entries from the point of view of one chosen character, each covering a different day or scene from the movie. Beyond the diary instructions and the character names, the remaining sections carry no text labels in the file, so their intended purpose (vocabulary notes, a favourite-scene response, a movie review, per the contributor's own description) is not directly confirmed by this evidence.
Year levels
Years 6–9
Pages
3
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Updated Jan 02, 2025

Subject
Creative Writing, ESL, Writing, Language Development, English
Topic
ESL, English Second Language
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This three-page printable movie guide supports intermediate ESL learners in Years 6–9. It includes film details, new words and meanings, character notes, a movie timeline, a favourite-scene response, a personal review, and a prompt for three diary entries from a character’s perspective.

Provide the film separately and additional writing paper for the diary task. Less experienced English learners may need vocabulary and sentence support.

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Learning objectives

  • Record basic film information (director, genre, actors, release year) in a structured format

  • Write descriptive notes about named characters from the film

  • Compose three first-person diary entries from a chosen character's point of view, covering different scenes from the movie

Teaching tips

  • Preview the file's layout before class to confirm what each blank list and character-note block is asking for, since this listing describes their content but not their on-page labels.

  • Use the character page as a mid-viewing pause activity, since all ten named characters appear across the film rather than in one scene.

  • Assign the diary-writing task after viewing, since it asks students to retell three specific days or scenes already covered by the film.

Skills covered

  • Descriptive writing — students write character-focused notes for ten named figures from the film.

  • Narrative perspective-taking — the diary task asks students to retell three film scenes in the first person from one character's viewpoint.

  • Film-detail recall — students record director, genre, actors, and release year in a structured format.

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