Script Reading & Writing Assignment

Please get together in groups of 3 and read the script handouts. Notice the format of the play script. Your own script should be in the same kind of format.

After reading the handouts and scenes, please follow the instructions to the post below this one to complete a dramatic/comedic scene of your own.

Script Assignment

Get into groups of 1-3. You are going to write a scene together.

In your group:

• Place your name(s) on the paper. Create a title for your scene.
• Decide on a place or setting. Write this on the screen. Describe the set or location.
• Decide on a time. You may also indicate a season or holiday. Drama often happens during a holiday.
• Each member of the group should create a character, name the character, and write a one-sentence description of the character for other members to see: 
• • for example: 
    • Setting: A playground
    • Time: 2:00 in the afternoon, Memorial Day weekend 
    • Character: Mrs. Chittlesworth: a twenty-seven year old woman who stutters.
• Describe the opening scene. What are each characters currently doing? Give them an action to perform on stage.
  • Mrs Chittlesworth enters the playground with her baby carriage. She stops at a bench and unpacks a lunch.
• Once at least two characters are on stage, go ahead and begin writing the dialogue.
  • Script dialogue is not "quoted"
  • Each speaker should write their character's name and a colon before they speak. 
    • MRS. CHITTLESWORTH:
    • MS. JONES:
    • MRS. CHITTLESWORTH:
• Write dialogue for each character. Try to give each actor at least 10 lines or more before ending the play.
• Indicate stage directions where appropriate. These are usually separated from the dialogue by parenthesis and italics. 

Writing Prompts

Often students just need a push in a direction to get their ideas on the page. The best part about writing is that you (as the artist) are in complete control of everything. There is no wrong answer. Yes, the more you practice writing the better you will get at it, but imagination can take you anywhere. The prompts are just ways in which to point you in a direction.

Feel free to use any of these prompts from this page throughout your life to express yourself through writing.

Creative Writing Prompts
The One-Minute Writer

Today, please take a look at these websites.

Assignment: Write something using one of the prompts you found. If you finish early (before the bell), please finish a piece of work you didn't finish writing last class (for example: the ode or the cinquain poem).

NOTE: Your portfolios will be due Monday! Please make sure you have completed and printed out all the assignments for this class.

Don't forget to check the blog post under this one about poetry.