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Script Writing

Writing

Script Writing

Workshop 5

SUGGESTED LEARNING STRATEGIES:

QHT, Graphic Organizer, Double-

Entry Journal, Think Aloud, Outlining, Drafting, Marking the Draft, Adding,

Deleting, Rearranging, Substituting, Self-Editing/Peer Editing, Oral

Reading, Role Playing, Sharing and Responding

Focus:

Dramatic scripts are a type of creative text in which writers share insights and

observations about life through characters, conflicts, and themes. This type of

writing draws upon personal experiences and imaginative thinking. It provides rich

opportunities for recollection of past, present, or imagined experiences.

Goal:

To write scripts that include:

• An effective setting.

• A clearly defined and engaging plot.

• Dialogue that develops characters and plot.

• Details that contribute to a definite mood or tone.

• An explicit or implicit theme.

To achieve this goal, you will engage in a series of activities in which you work with

your teacher and with your classmates to create two model scripts. You will then use

these models to write your own script.

Activity 1: Discovering Elements of Script Writing

1. Think about your own experiences with reading or writing dramatic scripts.

• What are some features of scripts?

• Why are scripts written?

• How are scripts similar to and different from a short story?

2. Create the QHT chart below on a separate piece of paper. Then use the

chart to rate your level of familiarity with the following terms: script, plot,

conflict, complications, climax, resolution, theme, setting, sensory details,

characterization, narrator, dialogue, diction, syntax, voice, mood, tone,

flashback, foreshadowing, and monologue.

Q: Question

H: Heard

T: Teach

(Unfamiliar)

(Somewhat Familiar)

(Very Familiar)

Writing Workshop 5 • Script Writing

Script Writing