ESL Movie Guide Worksheets - Toy Story 5
- Grades
- Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
- Pages
- 3
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Language Development, ESL, Vocabulary, Formal Writing, Writing, Creative Writing
- Topic
- Toy Story 5, ESL Movie Guide
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Writing Prompts
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- W.7.3
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This three-page printable PDF accompanies Toy Story 5 for English learners in grades 7–12. The vocabulary and response frames suit intermediate to advanced learners; provide language support or select fewer prompts when adapting it for other groups.
Within this ESL EFL Movie Guide on "Toy Story 5" (Pixar Animated Film) 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 "Toy Story 5" (Pixar Animated Film) movie guide is designed to create an enjoyable and stimulating learning experience for intermediate advanced ESL students.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Record a film's director, genre, cast and release year from its titles and credits
Collect ten unfamiliar words heard in the film and write a meaning for each
Give a personal opinion in writing — a favourite scene, why it appealed, and an overall review
Teaching tips
The vocabulary section is two matched columns, so it is meant to be filled during viewing and completed afterwards; agree with the class when to pause
Ten character boxes is a lot for one student, so splitting the page across pairs or groups and pooling the descriptions afterwards keeps the task moving
The credits header can be completed straight from the opening or closing titles, so complete it when those details are shown
Skills covered
Vocabulary capture in context — students log ten new words heard during the film and supply a meaning for each in the matching column.
Character description — ten boxes carry a named character apiece, so students write short descriptions that distinguish Buzz Lightyear from Woody, Forky from Atlas, and so on.
Sequencing events — a Movie Timeline section asks students to lay out the film's events in order rather than summarise them in prose.
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Which characters does the guide ask students to write about?
Ten, each with its own box: Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie, LilyPad "Lily", Smarty Pants, Forky, Atlas, Snappy, Bonnie and Blaze Manoukian. The names are printed, so students supply the descriptions rather than choosing who to write about.
How is the vocabulary section set out?
As two matched ten-line lists. One is headed "New words I learned" and the next "Their Meaning", numbered one to ten in both, so students collect their own words from the film and pair each with a definition rather than working from a supplied list.
What does the final diary task ask for?
Three diary pages written as a character the student connected with, each page covering a different day or scene from the film, retold from that character's point of view and capturing their thoughts, emotions and experiences.
Is the film or three blank diary pages included?
No. The download is a three-page response guide. Arrange film access separately and supply extra writing paper for the requested three diary entries.
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- W.7.3
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