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Writing Workshop 9 (continued)
characterization
8. This script also lacks stage directions that provide actors and directors with specific instruction on vocal and visual delivery. After reading the example provided, add stage directions to one line of dialogue.
Example:
B: (Rolling his eyes and raising his palms in exasperation) Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?
ACTIVITY 2
Writing a Script as a Class
WRITING PROMPT: Work with the class to transform a text you have previously studied in class into a script. Be sure to include:
• Characterization and setting conveyed through dialogue and/or narration
• A plot developed through exposition, conflict, complications, and resolution • Stage directions and dialogue cues providing instructions for vocal and
visual delivery
• Audience engagement strategies, such as diction and imagery that
create a mood
Refer to the Scoring Guide for this writing task at the end of the workshop to help you understand where to focus your attention and efforts.
Prewriting
1. Work with other students and resources to finalize definitions of the literary terms from Activity 1. Then reread “They’re Made Out of Meat” and complete the chart below in order to define and identify techniques for character, setting, and plot development, as well as cues for vocal and visual delivery that you can apply to your class-constructed script.
Term
Definition
Character and Setting
the development of a character through appearance, words, thoughts, the reactions of others, or narration
6 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 7
Examples
dialogue
words that characters say out loud; in a script, it appears without quotation marks after the character’s name and a colon
setting
where and when the story takes place
“Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat?”
“This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?”
“We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels...”
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