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Scripting a Crime Drama Lesson PlanScripting a Crime Drama Lesson Plan
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Media Smarts
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Grade
9th - 11th
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English Language Arts
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Year
2012
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Scripting a Crime Drama

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Develop novice script-writers. Small groups sift through a sample script, noting any script-writing conventions to share with the whole class. Using these conventions and plot structures, these groups compose a script for a 10-minute excerpt of a television crime drama. Learners can either film their scripts or perform them in front of the class with props. They are assessed by peer evaluators. This resource is well-constructed and complete.

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television, script writing, playwriting, stage directions, plot, plot elements, setting, literary elements, crime

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plot, script writing, setting, stage directions, television, crime drama, group work, peer evaluations, Script, performing arts, guided discussion, plot formulas, discovery-based learning, scene changes, performance assessment, english language arts

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