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Scripting a Crime Drama Lesson PlanScripting a Crime Drama Lesson Plan
Publisher
Media Smarts
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Grade
9th - 11th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Video
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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Concepts

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

Additional Tags

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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  • The hands-on, creative project helps to make the concept more meaningful to learners

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  • None

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