Playwriting.Dialogue<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lesson Directions<\/h4>\n
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Anticipatory Set\/Hook<\/h5>\n
Tell the students that you need four brave people \u2013 two boys and two girls. Have the four students get in front of the class and distribute scripts. Have the students read from the scripts prepared earlier (dialogue from the four plays all mixed up into one scene).<\/p>\n
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Instruction<\/h5>\n
Step 1 \u2013 Discussion: Ask the students to describe their thoughts and feelings during the scene. Get the students\u2019 feedback and whether the scene was effective or not.
Questions to ask: Was this an effective scene? Why or why not? Could you follow it? What was ineffective about it? How could it be better?
Possible Answers: Confusing, dialogue didn\u2019t make sense, characters not listening to each other or responding to each other.<\/p>\n
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Step 2 \u2013 Instruction: Ask the students what makes good dialogue in a play. Have a student go to the board and list the answers the students give.
Possible Answers: Fits the characters, believable, advances the story, helps us learn about the characters, helps connect the audience to the story, adds to the conflict \/ intimacy \/ immediacy, etc.
From all the answers given, the teacher goes to the board and combines them to \u201csimplify\u201d to four answers:<\/p>\n
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LECTURE NOTES:<\/h5>\n
Advances the plot and adds to the action
Fits the characters \/ reveals more about them
Conveys info and emotions to spark audience empathy
Creates immediacy and intimacy<\/p>\n
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Step 3 \u2013 Guided Practice \/ Discussion: Have four students perform a scene from \u201cThe Importance of Being Earnest.\u201d Have the students describe how this dialogue was more effective and what made it so.<\/p>\n
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Step 4 \u2013 Discussion: Show examples from films with effective dialogue. After each clip, have the class share what was effective in the scenes and why.
When Harry Met Sally \u2013 \u201cHigh maintenance \/ Low maintenance\u201d scene
Pride & Prejudice \u2013 Mr. Darcy\u2019s proposal to Elizabeth in the rain
Penelope \u2013 Max & Penelope playing chess through the mirror
The Incredibles – Bob & Helen\u2019s fight while driving on the freeway
Sleepless in Seattle \u2013 Tom Hank\u2019s character describing his late wife over the phone
While You Were Sleeping \u2013 First hospital scene with the entire family
Finding Nemo \u2013 Dory asking Marlin not to leave
Psych \u2013 \u201cSpellingg Bee\u201d episode when Shawn poses as the Spellmaster (\u201cBanana\u201d)
Mid-Lesson Assessment Point: Have the students identify elements in the clips that make the dialogue effective.<\/p>\n
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Step 5 – Directions: Show the students the silent clips the teacher filmed earlier. While still working in pairs, have them come up with a 20 line scene between the two characters in the clips.<\/p>\n
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Step 6 \u2013 Discussion: Have each pair perform their scenes (as the characters). Ask the students to share what was effective in each one.
Assessment Point: Determine the student\u2019s understanding and utilization of effective dialogue.<\/p>\n
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Step 7 \u2013 Objective Activity: Allow the students 15 minutes to individually create their own original scene that must have two characters and be 2 \u00bd pages long. (Wander throughout the class and determine whether the students will need more time to finish.)<\/p>\n
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Step 8 \u2013 Final Assessment: Students work with others to present their final scripts to the class.<\/p>\n
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Step 9 \u2013 Closure: What was the most significant thing you gained today regarding effective dialogue? How has your opinion of dialogue changed as you\u2019ve learned about it? Buddha said, \u201cWhatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or evil.\u201d Whether using them to create dialogue in a play, or in our daily conversations, we need to remember that words are powerful and must be used with care.<\/p>\n
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Grading Criteria:<\/h4>\n
-Participation (30 pts)
-Clip Scene (30 pts)
-Final Script (40 pts)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Objective Students will demonstrate their understanding of effective dialogue by writing a 2 \u00bd minute scene between two people. Materials Needed Excerpts from \u201cThe Tempest,\u201d \u201cThe Importance of Being Earnest,\u201d \u201cEveryman,\u201d and \u201cTartuffe\u201d (SEE LESSON SUPPLEMENTS), DVD player, TV, DVDs (When Harry Met Sally, Pride & Prejudice, Penelope, The Incredibles, Sleepless in Seattle, While …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3325,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2084\/revisions\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}