Matt Wrote:
WANTED: Script-writing tips. The question is whether to...-Write out a script with the students, then have them act it out-Act out scenes, then transcribe them for the script-Improvise things, with a rough outline of the script-Or another possibilitySome issues that complicate things are: reading levels of students, ability to memorize, and inconsistent attendance. Thoughts?
-Matt
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Sara Wrote:
I'm a fan of the act out the scenes and transcribe method. I write down whatever we come up with as they're acting. With the younger kids we just try to practice the scenes enough so that they stick. In the 1st-3rd grade class I actually print out scripts for them, and even though some of them can't do much reading, they try. And in either case, the main way of memorizing is practice--with constant reminders that if they forget the words they should improvise. We also tend to have a lot of repitition in the lines so that one child with a good memory and good attendance can say the line that very clearly prompts the four kids standing nearby. Like the whole Life on the Pudding Sea thing we did (this was the K/1 class)...
Lion: The alligators are eating the ship!
Queen & Princesses: The alligators are eating the ship? Why are the alligators eating the ship?
Lion: Cause the ship is made of chocolate chips!
Queen and Princesses: The ship is made of chocolate chips? No wonder they're eating the ship!
Also, when we work out the scenes I usually adjust the script each time we run it so it is a rough idea in terms of wording, but it is more or less what the kids came up with and then end up repeating, so its usually what they remember...I just end up changing it as they do, unless they're messing with the whole story.
Hope that was helpful!
-Sara
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