ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Minions & Monsters"

Students will record new vocabulary encountered while watching a film, along with each word's meaning.

Students will identify and describe the film's main characters using short written notes.

Students will write a personal review evaluating the film and explaining what they liked and why.

Students will complete an extended creative-writing task, authoring a three-entry diary from a chosen character's point of view.

Pause the film at key vocabulary moments so students can log new words directly onto the worksheet as they hear them.

Provide the character list before viewing so students can take notes per character during the movie rather than trying to recall all eight afterward.

Assign the three-day character diary as a follow-up writing task once students have completed the film-details and vocabulary sections.

Vocabulary logging while viewing — students record 10 new words and their meanings encountered in the film.

Character description — students take notes on 8 named characters as they appear on screen.

Personal response writing — students write a review explaining what they liked about the film and why.

Perspective-taking creative writing — students write a 3-entry diary from a chosen character's point of view, retelling scenes in that character's voice.