Just in time to write for Christmas!
Students can now work collaboratively with a team to write a play. This drama curriculum is designed as a group project using A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens with full playscript examples from Chapters 1 and 5, opportunities to practice, and additional resources to write an entire play. (The teacher edition is needed to lead the class.)
6th grade - adults (12 lessons)
LESSON 1 – Read a Story
LESSON 2 – Important Story Elements
LESSON 3 – Plot Diagram (Dig Deeper)
LESSON 4 – Watch the Movie Version
LESSON 5 – From Chapter to Playscript
LESSON 6 – Rough Draft
LESSON 7 – Edit
LESSON 8 – Put it in Playscript Format
LESSON 9 – Let’s Write a Whole Play
LESSON 10 – Edit the Entire Playscript
LESSON 11 – Put the Entire Playscript in the Proper Format
LESSON 12 – Add a Cover Page and List of Characters
AND ACTION…
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(an excerpt from pg. 1)
This drama curriculum is designed for a group of students (6th grade – adults). There is a teacher edition so the teacher can walk alongside students as they go through the process of writing a playscript and give extra instructions. The first and fifth chapters (or Staves as Charles Dickens calls them) are written as a playscript for you to use as an example and to get the ideas flowing. Students will work on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Staves so you can focus on the scenes with the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, to write the remaining portion of the script. Students can be broken up into smaller groups or work together one Stave at a time.
Students have permission to use the portions of the scripts given as examples in this edition for their own plays. Please keep in mind that this curriculum is protected under copyright and should not be shared with others, so please have each student purchase their own curriculum. Please send students to homeschooldrama.com so they can purchase and download their own copy. Thank you!
Have fun writing your own play with a team!
Danielle at homeschooldrama.com
*the cover on the PDF is white instead of purple to save on ink 😉
Be sure to order this teacher's edition to lead the class. It includes extra ideas and links to help you guide students as they work collaboratively on their own A Christmas Carol playscript.
Not ready to write a play and just want a script to get started today? Based on Charles Dickens' book, A Christmas Carol, this 5-act play includes the original language and characters that we have all come to love including the beloved Tiny Tim. Travel through the past, present and future with Ebenezer Scrooge and the three spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come.