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Year 7 · English · Drama · Lesson 2

Reading and writing a playscript

Reading and writing a playscript - character names and colons, stage directions, scene settings, asides and dramatic irony - using an original short play, The Lost Key.

Whiteboard video lesson: Reading and writing a playscript

16-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Recognise playscript features
  • Explain what stage directions show
  • Identify dramatic irony
  • Write a short scene

The method

  1. Setting.
  2. NAME:
  3. (Directions).
  4. Present tense.

Key words: playscript, stage directions, dialogue, aside, dramatic irony, scene.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What goes after a character's name in a script?

  1. Step 1: :

Answer: a colon

Question 2

Do playscripts use speech marks?

  1. Step 1: No

Answer: no

Question 3

What are stage directions?

  1. Step 1: Instructions

Answer: instructions for how to move and speak