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ACTIVITY 3
Writing a Script with Peers
WRITING PROMPT: Work with a partner or small group 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 to help you understand where to focus your attention and efforts.
Prewriting/Drafting
1. With your partner or small group, revisit the list of texts that you considered using for the class-constructed script, and create a list of possible subjects for this script.
2. Work with your partner or group to make a plan for your script’s ideas, structure, and use of language by answering the following questions:
Ideas: Which characters will we need to include in our script? How will we establish and convey setting? What key dialogue will we need to include in order to convey setting, develop characters, and tell the story? Will we use narration or rely solely on dialogue?
Structure: What are the key elements of our story’s plot—beginning, middle, and end? How will we provide exposition? What is our conflict? What complication will we need to include? How will we sequence events and resolve the conflict?
Use of Language: What stage directions and dialogue cues for vocal and visual delivery could we include? How will we use diction and imagery to create a mood? How else can we engage our audience? What other script writing conventions will we need to follow?
3. Working with your partner or group, create a draft by transforming another text into a script. Make a copy of the draft on a separate page.
Writing Workshop 9 • Script Writing 11
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