Characters The characters are The characters are The characters have The characters were named and clearly not described in a one of the following: not clearly thought described in the character development, out and it is hard to character description. The emotion, objectives. keep track of them. description. The characters have characters are also character well developed development, within the scene emotion and with clear emotions objectives but they and objectives. all lack clarity. Presentation Your presentation Your presentation Your presentation Your presentation is contains all of the contains all of the contains most of the unorganized and required elements required elements required elements. unconvincing. and you present a and you tell your convincing argument classmates why they for why your fellow should read/watch classmates should your play. read/watch your play. Creativity The scene contains The scene contains The scene contains a is little evidence many creative creative details few creative details of creativity in the details and and/or descriptions and/or descriptions. scene and the descriptions that that contribute to The playwright playwright did not contribute to the the audience's thought a little bit take time to think audience's enjoyment. The about their script before writing. enjoyment. The playwright took before writing it. playwright has really some time to think taken time to think about his/her script. about his/her script to make it unique. LESSON 2 TITLE Playwriting Inspiration EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE Students will demonstrate their understanding of how inspirations for plays are found by thinking of personal experiences in their lives that could inspire their plays. MATERIALS NEEDED Scripts or cuttings of scripts for each group (not included), laptops or access to a computer lab HOOK Invite the students to sit in a circle on the floor for time.” Read or tell them a story from “story your childhood. Invite others to share stories from their childhood but don’t let story time go longer than 10 or 15 minutes.
Characters The characters are named and clearly described in the character description. The characters are also well developed within the scene with clear emotions and objectives. The characters are not described in a character description. The characters have character development, emotion and objectives but they all lack clarity. The characters have one of the following: development, emotion, objectives. The characters were not clearly thought out and it is hard to keep track of them. Presentation Your presentation contains all of the required elements and you present a convincing argument for why your fellow classmates should read/watch your play. Your presentation contains all of the required elements and you tell your classmates why they should read/watch your play. Your presentation contains most of the required elements. Your presentation is unorganized and unconvincing. Creativity The scene contains many creative details and descriptions that contribute to the audience's enjoyment. The playwright has really taken time to think about his/her script to make it unique. The scene contains creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the audience's enjoyment. The playwright took some time to think about his/her script. The scene contains a few creative details and/or descriptions. The playwright thought a little bit about their script before writing it. is little evidence of creativity in the scene and the playwright did not take time to think before writing. LESSON 2 TITLE Playwriting Inspiration EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE Students will demonstrate their understanding of how inspirations for plays are found by thinking of personal experiences in their lives that could inspire their plays. MATERIALS NEEDED Scripts or cuttings of scripts for each group (not included), laptops or access to a computer lab HOOK Invite the students to sit in a circle on the floor for “story time.” Read or tell them a story from your childhood. Invite others to share stories from their childhood but don’t let story time go longer than 10 or 15 minutes.
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