ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Monsters, Inc."

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ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Monsters, Inc."

This ESL teaching resource is a 3-page printable PDF movie guide for "Monsters, Inc." (2001 animated film by Pixar Animation Studios) designed to support English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. This resource can be great for post-movie activities and is ideal for Middle School and High School students, ranging from 7th to 12th grade. It's a versatile tool suitable for newcomers and any English language learners, making it an excellent choice to use in ESL classrooms, language centers, or by tutors worldwide.

Within this ESL Movie Guide on "Monsters, Inc." (2001 animated film by Pixar Animation Studios), there are included the following film related activities:

General Movie Information – Students fill in key details about the film, including the director, genre, and plot summary.
Vocabulary Builder – A dedicated section for noting new words and phrases, expanding 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 improve their understanding of the storyline.
Favorite Scene Reflection – A fun writing exercise where students describe and explain their favorite moments from the film.
Movie Review Writing – Learners express their opinions in a structured review, enhancing their persuasive and evaluative writing skills.
Creative Writing Exercise – 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 "Monsters, Inc." (2001 animated film by Pixar Animation Studios) movie guide is designed to create an enjoyable and stimulating learning experience for intermediate advanced ESL learners.

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What's included

Four film-detail fields on page 1, each with a ruled line: Film Director, Genre, Voice Cast and Release Year
Two numbered lists of ten ruled lines each, lower on page 1 for ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Monsters, Inc.".
A full character page laid out in two columns, with a named heading and four ruled lines for each of ten characters (page 2)
The ten characters named: James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Boo, Randall Boggs and Henry J. Waternoose III down the left column; Celia Mae, Roz, Yeti, Jerry and Fungus down the right
Three blocks of writing space on page 3, of four, four and eight ruled lines for ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Monsters, Inc.".
A printed creative-writing task on page 3 asking the student to imagine themselves as a character from the movie they really connected with and write three pages of diary, each page a different day or scene retold from that character's point of view
Eleven further ruled lines beneath that task

Resource types: Worksheets & Printables, Writing Prompts, Worksheets

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Describe ten characters from a single film individually, in four lines each, rather than summarising the cast as a whole
Record a film's production details: director, genre, voice cast and release year
Retell three scenes in the first person, writing as one chosen character
Convey another character's thoughts, feelings and experiences in continuous written English

Teaching tips

The character page names ten roles, which divides neatly among a class or across small groups so the whole cast gets covered rather than only Sulley, Mike and Boo
Four minor characters appear alongside the leads - Roz, the Yeti, Jerry and Fungus - and they reward a second viewing, since each has limited screen time to draw on
Filling the character page before the diary task gives students the raw material for the voice they then have to write in
The first page asks for the voice cast rather than the actors, which suits an animated title and makes a natural point to discuss what voice acting involves
The blocks of writing space on page 3 run four, four and eight lines, signalling the expected length of each response before students begin
The film itself is not part of the download, so source Monsters, Inc. separately and check the version before students fill in the release year and voice cast

Skills covered

Character profiling - each of ten named roles gets its own heading and four lines, so a student writes about Roz or Fungus as carefully as about Sulley.
Recording film credits - the director, genre, voice cast and release year are collected in labelled fields at the head of the guide.
First-person narrative writing - the closing task sets three diary entries written as a chosen character, one scene each.
Perspective taking - the diary must carry the character's thoughts, emotions and experiences rather than the student's own view of the film.
Writing to a fixed shape - four lines per character, ten lines per list and three diary entries all set the length of the response in advance.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Which characters does the guide make room for?

Ten, each with its own heading and four ruled lines in a two-column layout: James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Boo, Randall Boggs and Henry J. Waternoose III on the left; Celia Mae, Roz, Yeti, Jerry and Fungus on the right.

Are minor characters included alongside the leads?

Yes - four of the ten are supporting roles. Roz, the Yeti, Jerry and Fungus each get the same four lines as Sulley, Mike and Boo, which lets a class split the page ten ways and cover the whole cast instead of the three central roles only.

Which film credits does the first page collect?

Four: the film's director, its genre, its voice cast and its release year. Naming the voice cast rather than the actors fits an animated title and is the one field that differs from the vendor's live-action guides.