Grades 1–5
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Drama worksheet · Reading and writing scripts
Turn a Story into a Script
Read a short story about Mia and a tiny dragon. Write it as a script with character names and stage directions.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- 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:
- Mia was picking flowers in her backyard when she found a tiny dragon. “Are you lost?” she asked. The dragon nodded and sneezed a puff of smoke. Mia laughed. “Let’s find your mom,” she said. The dragon flapped its little wings, and they walked off together.
- Write the story as a script. Put the character’s name in the box and their words on the line.
- Write what the characters do as a stage direction in ( ), with no name in the box. Don’t use quotation marks in a script.
Teacher tip
Underline every spoken word in the Mia story first. Those are the dialogue lines; everything else becomes a stage direction.
How to use it
- Point out that stage directions go in ( ) and are not read out loud.
- Let kids act out their own script with a partner when it is done.
- Read the box at the top of the sheet together, then try the first item out loud as a class.
Watch for
Quotation marks in a script. The character’s name shows who is talking.
Talk about it
- What is the problem in your play?
- How did the audience know how your character felt?
Take it further
Turn a class read-aloud into a short script together.
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