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High school creative writing scripts for Microsoft Word
Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene Rewrite
This creative writing activity will allow your students to have some fun creating a parody of the famous Act II, Scene ii of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Students choose their own setting and translate the language to fit their time period. An example is attached. An option is to have students act out their scenes for extra credit.
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8th - 12th
R.U.R: A Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Human Condition
Students will recognize R.U.R.’s contribution of the word “robot” to English and “to all the languages in which science fiction is written”
Students will connect the themes (i.e. Artificial Intelligences (AIs) intent on destroying their creators) of Karl Čapek’s R.U.R. with early science/speculative fiction (i.e. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus) as well as modern sci-fi works (i.e. “The Machines” from The Matrix (1999))
Following rubric requirements, students will employ previously lea
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10th - 12th
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Digital Movie Maker Script Template
I created this for my daughter's Girl Scout Troop for help with the badge of the same name. However, I realized it could help anyone who needed their students to create a script before filming a movie.When I went looking, I couldn't find much that was kid-friendly...so I made my own.You could use this for any class and any subject. What better way to learn a topic than to film a movie about it!
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6th - 11th
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The Crucible Project - ACT V Extension
Tired of reading the same essay over and over? Looking to push for more creativity in your students' writing? This is the project for you. The ACT V Extension project displays your students' ability to analyze the author's purpose and syntax. It also drives the students' ability to write creatively and in a different format than they are accustomed to. For the teacher, you get to read something a little bit more enjoyable than your normal essay. As a bonus, it is easy to grade. Included a
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Crucible Projects Bundle
Middle School Script Writing
For this activity students work in groups to first read and analyze a short play. Students will then create their own play complete with notes for set decoration, character costumes, music and sound effects. After they have completed writing the script, another group will take what has been written and record an iMovie or some other form of movie to share with the class. Includes a rubric to grade the assignment.
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6th - 9th
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Much Ado about Nothing in 45 minutes! (script and guided questions)
No time to read and analyze the entire play of Much Ado About Nothing? Wish you had a cut version with the important scenes and original language with a synopsis of the missing parts? This is for you!This would also work GREAT in a drama classroom if you want students to work on specific scenes. Break them into groups, give each group a scene, and have a narrator read the in-between synopses.This script keeps the original language (with some parts edited down) of:1. Opening Scene where everyone
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Fast Much Ado About Nothing in under 3 weeks!
Debate : Social Media Is a Social Nuisance
School level debate on social media : For and Against
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10th
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Playwriting (drama) resources, drama scripts and play writing stimulus
This Playwriting (drama) resource, drama scripts and choice board gives students ideas and examples of how to write a play or script. The pack comes with the following resources: · Playwriting choice board· Playwriting planning sheet· Character description sheet· Monologue example with questions relating to the play.· Short play example with questions relating to the play. · Writing paper· Notes / Ideas pageThe resources could be used individually by the teacher or be a printed as a booklet for
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3rd - 12th
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Quick Halloween 3-Line Scene Starters
Use these 18, quick and easy “scene-starting prompts” as a Halloween treat for your students or choose from a multitude of different assignments depending on your focus in class in late October! You’ll want to allow students to “finish the scene” with lines of their choosing, but you could also add some additional criteria for the scene! They're editable and work for blocking practice, scriptwriting, characterization, and improvisation! It's a "quick fix" lesson plan that you'll use for years
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Halloween Seasonal Scene Bundle
Melodrama Script Writing Planning Sheet
Middle School Theatre Arts/Language ArtsThis is one of my students' favorite units! Playwriting! They love MELODRAMA so I created a planning sheet for them to write their own melodramatic scenes. The final written product was a test grade, and the rehearsal/production was a separate unit directly following. GREAT for 7th and 8th grade!**Includes sample timeline at the end of the handout. Edit for your own deadlines.**
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6th - 9th
Creative Visualizations for Writing and Telling Stories: Pre-writing Activities
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Before you can write or plan your writing you have to be able to think. Creative visualization is an effective and fun tool that allows students to focus and access their knowledge and ideas that are the basis for authentic, inspired and thoughtful narrative writin
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Walking in Your Character's Shoes: Writing and Performing a Character Monologue
Help your creative writing students to explore character by briefly walking in their character's shoes. In this dramatic monologue assignment, students write and perform a 45 to 90 second monologue of one of their fictional characters. This resource includes an assignment description, the start of a sample script, a rubric, and a follow-up writing activity. The assignment is written to be performed in a face-to-face classroom, but it could easily be adapted to be recorded for classmates in an on
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Playwriting Template - Google Docs Version - Professional Manuscript Standard
This document contains a link to a Google Docs version of the professional playwriting manuscript format. This can be used by professionals, higher educational students, and secondary grade levels.
The link will take you to a page that forces you to create a copy of the Google Doc, which will then automatically appear and save in your Google Drive.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Humanities Haunted House Theater Activity
Use this activity in your humanities, art, or English classes to help review the elements and principles of design and the literary elements of theater. Students design a haunted house then write a story with the house as a main character.
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1st - 12th
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Podcast Script, comedy script ready for recording/analysing, fictional podcasts
This ready to use podcast script is developed for students to read and recreate. You can use this script as a template for creating foley sounds, group recordings, learning podcasting technologies, story development or even just deconstructing for analysis purposes. With gender neutral names and pronouns, this script is best for groups of 3-4 students of any age.
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6th - 9th
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Getting Students Started - Writing Screenplays
This handout works well for students in junior high school. They can follow the directions at the top to design their own screenplay. I've included my own exemplar on the page as well.Students love film and this introduction to screenplay writing allows students to begin to design their own screenplays.
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6th - 9th
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Creative Visualization for developing Plot: Pre-writing Activity
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Before you can write or plan your writing you have to be able to think. Creative visualization is an effective and fun tool that allows students to focus and access their knowledge and ideas that are the basis for authentic, inspired and thoughtful writing in any genre. The teacher guides the students through the process and then students ca
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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25-Minute Macbeth
Need a fun activity to finish your Macbeth unit? Form 5 groups and assign an act. Each group writes a 5 minute script. Groups come together and perform with costumes, props, sound effects, etc. The results can be hilarious! Directions and rubric included.
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11th - 12th
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Drama Unit Lesson Plans
The lesson plans in this bundle are intended to help teach about drama. You are more than welcome to make changes and revisions as you see fit.
Each lesson is designed for 50 minutes.
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10th - 11th
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![Preview of "Wipe That Off the Floor, A Readers Theatre Script;" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/-Wipe-That-Off-the-Floor-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-New-Book-Trailer--28487-1628132883/750f-28487-1.jpg)
"Wipe That Off the Floor, A Readers Theatre Script;" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a folksy Readers Theater script about a mess that gets out of control. It can accommodate four players, and invites the audience to participate with two of the verses. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Robin Hood Monologues
Everyone is looking for great monologues! This set of 18 one-page original monologues from the legends of Robinhood is perfect for class assignment, auditions, distance learning, and virtual performance! The monologues depict 18 different characters from the legends including Robin, Little John, Maid Marion, Friar Tuck, Alan-a-Dale, Much the Miller's Son, the Sheriff, Prince John, Will Scarlet, and many more. A monologue research and writing assignment is included for your creative scene writ
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Amazing Monologue Bundle
Intro to Creative Writing Full Week Lesson Plan
This is a full-week lesson plan introducing students to the topic of creative writing.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Stealth Elf Scene Series
Everyone loves a good Christmas elf scene! What if Santa saw the opportunity to capitalize on the popularity of those cute little elf dolls by creating his own "Stealth Elf Squadron" of Santa's helpers? These 7 editable scenes look at "Stealth Elves" from three different perspectives: the toys who live in the home, the children who live in the home, and the elves themselves. Use the scenes as a seasonal fun assignment, a characterization or blocking assignment, or the opportunity to learn sc
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Christmas and Winter Themed Resources
![Preview of "Music Words (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/Music-Words-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-Theater-Scripts-1628132446/750f-62270-1.jpg)
"Music Words (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is readers theater script that illustrates how poetry can have rhythm, and creative writing can be quite fun. It even incorporates elements of dance. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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