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WRITING WORKSHOP
Script Writing
Learning Targets
• With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 6.)
• Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain- specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Script Writing
A script is a text that guides the performance of a play or film. Script writing is a type of creative writing that allows writers to share ideas and observations about life through characters, conflicts, and themes. This type of writing can use real, personal experiences as well as imagined situations. Because the ultimate purpose of a script is a dramatic performance, audience engagement and stage directions are especially important in the craft of script writing.
To complete this workshop on script writing, you will work with your teacher and your classmates to construct two model scripts. You will then use these models to write your own script.
ACTIVITY 1
Discovering the Elements of a Script
Before Reading
1. Discussion: Think about your own experiences with scripts and performance. In what different ways have you seen or heard scripts performed (on stage, in film, on the radio or television)?
2. Use the QHT chart on the following page to rate your level of familiarity with the following terms: script, performance, plot, exposition, conflict, complications, characterization, narration, dialogue, stage directions, actor movement, tone, audience, mood, and imagery.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Access Prior Knowledge, Brainstorming, QHT, Think-Pair-Share, Marking the Text,
Free Writing, Drafting, Discussion Groups, Sharing and Responding, Marking the Text, Graphic Organizer, Adding, Deleting, Rearranging, Revising Prior Work, Self- Editing/Peer-Editing
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
A script refers to the manuscript or written copy of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast. Stage directions refer to the instructions writers include in the text of the play to indicate directions such as actor movement or tone.
Writing Workshop 9 • Script Writing 1
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