Grades 3–5
Write a Short Scene
Plan the characters, setting and problem, then write your own short scene as a script.
Drama worksheet · Reading and writing scripts
Plan a Play Storyboard
Plan a short play in six boxes. Draw each scene and write what happens.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Reading a script, Telling dialogue from stage directions, Writing in script format, Planning a beginning, middle and end
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- 1. Meet the characters
- 2. The problem starts
- 3. The problem gets bigger
- 4. The characters try to fix it
- 5. The big moment
Teacher tip
Have kids fill in box 2, the problem, before anything else. Once they know what goes wrong, the other five boxes come easily.
How to use it
- Read the sample script out loud with two readers so kids hear how it works.
- Point out that stage directions go in ( ) and are not read out loud.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
Stories with no problem. A play needs something to go wrong.
Talk about it
- How is a script different from a story?
- What did you change in your voice or body to show that?
Take it further
Swap scripts and have a partner perform yours.
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