ESL Documentary Activity Worksheets - The Rescue

Students who have watched The Rescue, the documentary about the Thailand cave rescue, respond on this two-page ESL and EFL sheet with film facts, a vocabulary table and a rated review.
Year groups
Adult Education
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2
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PDF
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Formal Writing, Creative Writing, ESL, Writing, Vocabulary, Language Development, English
Topic
ESL, English Second Language
Resource types
Writing Prompts, Worksheets
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This English Second or Foreign Language ( ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL ) teaching resource is a 2 page printable PDF Documentary Activity guide for  "The Rescue" (2021 American documentary film that follows the Tham Luang cave rescue, a 2018 mission that saved a junior association football team from an underwater cave in Thailand - National Geographic) is designed to help English as a Second Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL) learners. This teaching resource can be ideal for post documentary activities and is ideal for lower secondary and secondary school students, from Year 8 to Year 13. This ESL EFL TESOL ( English Second or Foreign Language) Documentary Activity Guide can be great for newcomers and any English language learners, making it an amazing teaching toolbox to use in ESL EFL classrooms, language centres, or by tutors around the World.

Within this ESL EFL Documentary Activity Guide on  "The Rescue" (2021 American documentary film that follows the Tham Luang cave rescue, a 2018 mission that saved a junior association football team from an underwater cave in Thailand - National Geographic), ESL EFL TESOL teachers can find the following English Second or Foreign Language ( ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL ) documentary guide activity:

  • General Information – Students fill in key details about the documentary, including the director, themes and release year etc.

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

  • 2 Writing Activities (best part + what I have learned)

  • 1 part dedicated to the documentary's rating

  • 1 part dedicated to the documentary's review

This "The Rescue" (2021 American documentary film that follows the Tham Luang cave rescue, a 2018 mission that saved a junior association football team from an underwater cave in Thailand - National Geographic) documentary activity guide is designed to create an enjoyable and stimulating learning experience for intermediate advanced ESL - EFL students.

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Learning objectives

  • Define 10 new words heard in The Rescue

  • Rate The Rescue and explain that rating in writing

Skills covered

  • Summarising — writing what The Rescue taught them

  • Evaluating — naming the moment in the film that stood out and saying why

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