‘Analyse the main character’ Graphic Organiser
This graphic organiser can be used to analyse the main character in any feature-length film or short film.
ESL Teaching Resources
‘Character Profile’ Graphic Organiser
This graphic organiser is used to help students talk and write about a character from a film.
‘Film Report Guide’ Graphic Organiser
This graphic organiser is used to help students talk and write about a film they have watched and enjoyed.
‘My Favourite Character’ Graphic Organiser
This graphic organiser is used to get students talking and writing about their favourite character in a film.
‘Retelling a Short Film’ Graphic Organiser
This graphic organiser is used to help students retell a short film they have watched.
‘Summarising the film’ Graphic Organiser
This graphic organiser is used to help students summarise a short film or feature-length film they have watched.
‘What I Remember’ Graphic Organiser
“Tell me” questions
The "Tell me" approach is a ‘filmtalk’ strategy which involves individuals thinking about films, sharing their ideas with a group, and listening and responding to what others think. It can be used to help students think and talk about any films that students have viewed.
Analysis of Character Graphic Organiser
Character activity sheet
This activity sheet encourages students to talk about why they like and dislike characters in a film.
Character appearance activity sheet
This activity sheet helps students to describe and analyse in-depth the physical appearance of characters in a film.
Character Questions
These 95 generic character analysis questions help English language students understand and talk about the characters they encounter in films and other texts.
Film Language Glossary
This glossary contains definitions of 75 of the most common film words and expressions which will help students to analyse and talk about film more effectively.
Film predictions activity sheet
This worksheet can be used with any short film or feature-length film, to encourage students to speculate and make predictions about what is going to happen.
Language study activity sheet
This activity sheet helps students to notice and analyse the verb forms, questions, and expressions they come across in a film.
Listen to a short film activity sheet
This activity sheet helps English language students analyse and talk about the role sound plays in a short film.