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Writing a Narrative Movie Script with the Use of a Viewfinder

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And...action! Turn your middle schoolers into filmmakers with this writing and visual arts lesson. After reading Monster by Walter Dean Myers, they create a viewfinder using an empty toilet paper roll to make a storyboard for their narrative movie script. They work through a writing process to write their narrative. A rubric includes ways for them to focus on precise language and story organization.

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character development, characters, elements of drama, Drama, literary elements, sensory details, imagery, figurative language, introducing a topic, Narrative Writing, the writing process, essay writing, introductions, narratives, exposition, plot elements, precise language, word choice, diction, formatting, literature, monsters, suspense, organizational skills, sequences, patterns
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movie script, monster, movie project, walter dean myers, character action, character development, concrete language, descriptive language, dialogue, exposition, formatting, introduce a topic, literature, parts of a drama, precise language, sensory details, sequence, suspense, tension, narrative techniques, parts of drama, elements of drama, organization, l.7.3 a
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