Name: ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Moana" - 2026 Live Action
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ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Moana" - 2026 Live Action

This English Second or Foreign Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL) teaching resource is a 3 page printable PDF movie guide for "Moana" (2026 Walt Disney live action film set in Ancient Polynesia) is designed to help English as a Second Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL) learners. This teaching resource can be ideal for post movie activities and is ideal for Middle School and High School students, from 7th to 12th grade. This ESL - EFL - TESOL (English Second or Foreign Language) Movie Guide Activity can be great for newcomers and any English language learners, making it an amazing teaching toolbox to use in ESL - EFL classrooms, language centers, or by tutors around the World.

Within this ESL EFL Movie Guide on "Moana" (2026 Walt Disney live action film set in Ancient Polynesia) ESL EFL TESOL teachers can find the following English Second or Foreign Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL) 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 vocabulary
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 "Moana" (2026 Walt Disney live action film set in Ancient Polynesia) movie guide is designed to create an enjoyable and stimulating learning experience for intermediate advanced ESL students.

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In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Record and define ten new vocabulary words encountered while watching the film
Take structured character notes for the film's eight main characters
Write a personal review explaining a favorite scene and why it was liked
Compose a three-part diary entry as one of Moana's eight named characters, retelling three scenes in that character's voice.

Teaching tips

Pause the film periodically so students can log new vocabulary words as they hear them, rather than trying to recall all ten afterward
Model one character-notes entry (e.g., Moana) as a class before students complete the remaining seven independently
The three-page diary task is the most demanding section; consider assigning it as a follow-up writing lesson rather than in the same sitting as the rest of the worksheet

Skills covered

Vocabulary acquisition — students log and define ten new words encountered while watching the film.
Character note-taking — students record details for eight named characters (Moana, Maui, Chief Tui, Sina, Gramma Tala, Heihei, Tamatoa, Pua) while viewing.
Personal response writing — students explain a favorite scene and write a short personal review of the film.
Narrative point-of-view writing — students compose a three-page diary retelling three film scenes from a chosen character's perspective.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

How long is the character-diary writing task?

Three pages — students retell three different scenes or days from the movie, each on its own diary page, written from their chosen character's point of view.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

CCSS.W.5.3 — Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the