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ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Luca" - Animated Film

After recording basic film details for Luca, students choose a character they connected with and write three diary entries from that character's point of view, each covering a different scene.
Grades
Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
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3
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Updated Jun 13, 2025

Subject
ELA, Language Development, ESL, Vocabulary, Writing, Formal Writing, Creative Writing
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ESL, English Second Language
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ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Luca" - Animated Film

This English Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL) teaching resource is a 3-page printable PDF movie guide for "Luca" (2021 Animated Film by Pixar set in Italy) designed to support English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. This teaching resource can be ideal for post-movie activities and is suitable for Middle School and High School students, from 7th to 12th grade. This Movie Guide Activity versatile tool suitable for newcomers and any English language learners, making it a great choice to use in ESL EFL classrooms, language centers, or by tutors around the World.

In this ESL EFL Movie Guide on "Luca" (2021 Animated Film by Pixar set in Italy), ESL EFL TESOL teachers can find the following English Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL) film activities:

  • General Information – Students fill in key details about the film, including the director, genre, release year etc.

  • Vocabulary Builder – An activity dedicated to new words and phrases, to improve ESL EFL students’ English lexicon.

  • Character Analysis – Students describe the main characters, helping them practice descriptive language and comprehension.

  • Movie Timeline Activity – Students arrange scenes in chronological order to enhance their understanding of the storyline.

  • Favorite Scene Reflection – A writing activity where students describe and explain their favorite moments from the film.

  • Movie Review Writing – Learners express their opinions in a structured review, improving their evaluative writing skills.

  • Creative Writing Activity – Students imagine themselves as one of the characters and write three diary entries from that character’s perspective, deepening their connection with the storyline.

This "Luca" (2021 Animated Film by Pixar set in Italy) movie guide is designed to create an enjoyable and stimulating learning experience for intermediate advanced ESL learners.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Note down who directed Luca, its genre, its actors and the year it was released, using the four labelled lines at the top of the guide.

  • Write an extended first-person diary entry from a chosen character's point of view, retelling a scene and capturing that character's thoughts and emotions

  • Select and justify a personal connection to one movie character before writing from their perspective

Teaching tips

  • Review the film-information fields as a class using the movie's credits, since ESL learners may not catch this information from a single viewing

  • Model one sample diary entry from a character's point of view before students write their own three pages, since the prompt asks them to retell three different scenes

  • Discuss which character students connected with as a warm-up before independent writing, since the prompt requires choosing and justifying that connection

Skills covered

  • Post-viewing recall — students record basic film information (director, genre, actors, release year) after watching Luca.

  • Perspective-taking narrative writing — students write three diary entries from a chosen character's point of view, retelling scenes and expressing that character's thoughts and emotions.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Does the diary-writing task cover the whole movie, or a smaller part of it?

A smaller part: students choose one character they connected with and write three diary entries, each representing a different day or scene rather than the full film.

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