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Writing Workshop 9 (continued)
Script Revision Checklist
Ideas
• Does the script have a title?
• Does the script convey an interesting story?
• Are the characters complex and believable?
• Is the setting conveyed clearly through dialogue or narration? • Does the script use effective dialogue?
• Does any narration used seem needed to tell the story?
• Does the script have a beginning, middle, and end?
• Does the script have a clear conflict? What is it?
• Does the script provide sufficient exposition or background
information?
• Does the script include complications that build toward a
climax or turning point?
• Does the script include a resolution?
• Does the script use enough dialogue cues or stage directions that you can visualize the performance?
• What kind of mood does the script create?
• What techniques, such as diction or imagery, create the mood? • Does the script follow script conventions?
• Are personal pronouns used to engage the audience?
Structure
Use of Language
Peer Review
4. You will evaluate and provide feedback for another group’s script based on criteria from the Scoring Guide. Another group will review the work your group has done. Use the Revision Checklist that follows to guide your peer review.
12 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 7
Revising/Editing
After rereading your group’s draft, discuss these strategies for revision:
Adding: How can we communicate our tone and meaning more effectively by using script conventions?
Consider adding language that uses personal pronouns.
Rearranging: What revisions should be made to rearrange the sequence
of events so that our complications build toward a climax and resolution?
Deleting: Are there any lines of dialogue or narration that would distract or fail to engage our audience?
Editing: Are there mistakes in conventions that should be corrected?
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