LESSON PLANS: CREATIVE WRITING

Students adapt a children's story into a script and perform with minimal costumes and sets to emphasize the words used in the piece.

375 1309871713 Adapting a Short Story into a Script
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Small groups of students use persuasive writing to create original commercial advertisements for products or services related to a shared story or stories.  Student groups perform commercials...

429 1309863401 Fairy Tale Commercials
High School, College, Adults

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385 1278694726 Creating Your Own Monologue
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318 1278694620 Creating Your Own Monologue
Creative Writing
Our Town

Three easy steps
1.    I begin the class by having one student perform Emily’s monologue or by showing the video clip. 
2.    I then pass out this...

319 1247224063 "Our Town," Emily's Monologue
High School, College, Adults

Students improvise using the alphabet to forward a story. They will learn to understand sequence in script writing, develop characters, portray two characters in dialogue and memorize lines.

155 1246306085 The Alphabet Scene
High School, College, Adults

Effective ways to keep a journal in order to understand yourself entirely through character/body/acting development.

203 1246297179 Drama Journals