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Fairy Tale Variations
Here are two great lessons that work together and are inspired by the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Young writers and actors will retell the story of "The Frog Prince" through games, improvisational script writing, and song....
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Screen Play
High schoolers examine the New York Times review of the film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and explore the elements of scriptwriting. They read the article about the film adaptation screenplay and examine a sample...
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Screenwriting
Who knows? You may inspire the next George Lucas or Steven Spielberg with a script writing presentation that provides some basic tips. Young film makers begin by reading scripts for movies they know, scripts for movies they don't know,...
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Technical Instructions
Students format scripts using technical instructions. For this technical instructions lesson, students define three parts of a TV script and use a common professional format to write their scripts. Students discuss the three basic...
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Scriptwriting With A Wiki
Students use a website to add and edit content. They work together to create a one-act play. They view their creation to end the instructional activity.