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Scripting the Day

On the 20th of November, 12 year 7s went to the Live Theatre for a writing workshop with a focus on script writing working both independently and collaboratively. The first activity was freewriting when we had to write for three minutes without stopping (surprisingly hard work!) Next, there was a quick write where we were given a time limit, a rule for writing and a theme. These first two activities were designed to get our brains thinking about writing.

On the 20th of November, 12 year 7s went to the Live Theatre for a writing workshop with a focus on script writing working both independently and collaboratively. The first activity was freewriting when we had to write for three minutes without stopping (surprisingly hard work!) Next, there was a quick write where we were given a time limit, a rule for writing and a theme. These first two activities were designed to get our brains thinking about writing.

 Our first go at script writing was thinking of a blank room, with only one object in it. We then had to think of two characters, X and Y. Character X  was in the room and we started a small script of Y entering and having a very short conversation ending with one of the characters leaving with or without the object. Our next script writing activity was in pairs. In our pairs, we came up with two characters, one child and one adult. It was set in a shed at night and the child was building a rocket. We had to write the script without talking to our partner were only allowed to write our own lines. If the other person thought they should interrupt their partner’s line, they had to snatch the book out of their hands.

Then we began our main script-writing task. We were given a photo of two kids, one boy and one girl, sitting on a train track. We created backstories and named our characters Julia and Max. We started the script, working as a class and  finished it by ourselves. Finally we shared our scripts with our partners and, if we wanted to, with the class.

We all enjoyed the day very much and we learnt one very important thing about script writing… in every good scene there is change and conflict.

By Katie and Katie 7KW.