ESL TV Series Activity Worksheets on "The Crown" - Season 1

Sixteen named figures from The Crown's first season - Elizabeth II, Philip, Churchill, Princess Margaret, Lord Mountbatten, Tommy Lascelles and the rest - each get a four-line description box, alongside a ten-box episode summary grid, series-fact fields and a three-entry diary task.

Year groups: Secondary and Sixth Form, Lower Secondary, Years 8–13
Pages: 3
File type: PDF
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Updated Apr 30, 2025

Subject: Formal Writing, Reading Comprehension, Creative Writing, ESL, Vocabulary, Writing, Reading, Language Development, English
Topic: ESL, English Second Language
Resource types: Writing Prompts, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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ESL TV Series Activity Worksheets on "The Crown" - Season 1

This ESL teaching resource is a 3-page printable PDF TV Series activity for "The Crown" (Netflix TV series based on Queen Elizabeth II's life; season 1) designed to support English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL) learners. This resource can be great for post TV Series 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 centres, or by tutors worldwide.

This "The Crown" (Netflix TV series based on Queen Elizabeth II's life; season 1) TV Series Activity is ideal for intermediate advanced ESL students. It provides a structured way for learners to engage with the film while developing their English language skills. The guide includes several activities that encourage students to interact with the series' content in meaningful ways:

A section for general information about "The Crown" (Netflix TV series based on Queen Elizabeth II's life; season 1) such as the actors, genre, and other key details.
A space for new vocabulary learned while watching this TV Series, helping students expand their English lexicon.
A part dedicated to characters
A part dedicated to each episodes' summaries
A section for students to describe and review their favourite episode from the series and explain why they liked it, fostering personal connection and critical thinking.
A creative writing task where students imagine themselves as one of the characters and write three diary entries from that character’s perspective, encouraging deeper engagement with the characters and plot.

This "The Crown" (Netflix TV series based on Queen Elizabeth II's life; season 1) TV Series Activity is designed to create an enjoyable and stimulating learning experience for intermediate advanced ESL learners.

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What's included

Four labelled series-fact fields: Genre, Actors/Actresses, Showrunners and Original Release date
Two numbered lists of ten full-width lines each for recording items while watching
Sixteen named character boxes with four lines apiece: Queen Elizabeth II, Edward VIII / Duke of Windsor, Prince Philip, Clementine Churchill, Winston Churchill, Venetia Scott, Princess Margaret, Clement Attlee, King George VI, Lord Mountbatten, Queen Mother, Martin Charteris, Tommy Lascelles, Michael Adeane, Peter Townsend and Prince Charles
An episode grid with a three-line box for each of Episodes 1 to 10
A five-line open response section
A creative writing task: "Imagine yourself as a character from this TV series that you really connected with. Write three pages of diary... retell these three scenes from your chosen character's point of view, capturing their thoughts, emotions, and experiences", with six lines of writing space

Resource types: Writing Prompts, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Record production facts about a television series in English - genre, cast, showrunners and release date
Describe sixteen named figures in writing, distinguishing them by role and relationship rather than by appearance alone
Summarise each of ten episodes in three lines, deciding what matters enough to include
Retell three scenes from a chosen character's point of view, moving from third person into first
Convey a character's thoughts, emotions and experiences rather than only the events around them

Teaching tips

Sixteen character boxes is a lot for one learner - split them across a class and pool the descriptions, or assign the eight royals to one group and the politicians and courtiers to another
The episode grid gives three lines per episode, which is a summary rather than a recap; agree what belongs in three lines before students start, or the early episodes will swallow the whole page
Several of the named figures are courtiers rather than famous names - Venetia Scott, Martin Charteris, Tommy Lascelles, Michael Adeane - so check students can place them before handing out page two
The series-fact fields at the top can be filled from the title card or looked up in advance, which makes a good five-minute settling task before the first episode
Nothing on the sheet names the series, so write the title on the page before handing it out if the class is working with several guides

Skills covered

Descriptive writing about people - sixteen named boxes ask learners to characterise each figure in four lines of their own English.
Summarising - a three-line box per episode across all ten forces selection rather than retelling.
Media vocabulary in English - the opening fields require genre, actors and actresses, showrunners and original release date to be understood and completed.
Point-of-view writing - the closing task moves a learner from observing the series to writing in the first person as one of its characters.
Sustained written output - three diary entries covering three scenes, each carrying the character's thoughts and emotions as well as the events.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Who are the sixteen figures the worksheet asks about?

The royal household - Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, King George VI, the Queen Mother, Edward VIII as Duke of Windsor and Prince Charles - alongside the political and court figures the season turns on: Winston and Clementine Churchill, Clement Attlee, Lord Mountbatten, Peter Townsend, Tommy Lascelles, Michael Adeane, Martin Charteris and Venetia Scott.

How much space is given to each episode?

Three ruled lines, in a box of its own, for all ten episodes of the season. That is deliberately short - enough for a summary of what happened and why it mattered, not a scene-by-scene recap.

What does the closing writing task ask for?

Three diary entries in a chosen character's voice. Students pick the figure they connected with, then write one entry per day or scene, retelling three different moments from that character's point of view and including their thoughts, emotions and experiences.