5 Minute Play
Mode of Discourse: Argumentation
Literary Form: Drama
Literary Form: Drama
Deliverable
Please compose and perform a dramatic reading of a dramatic dialogue. (Word count: 800-1000 words). You will need to work with a friend to give your dramatic reading. The dialogue can be fictional, or you may draw from personal experience.
The piece will be written in the standard stage play format and will include:
The piece will be written in the standard stage play format and will include:
- A title page
- A dramatis personae (cast of characters) page
- One scene, which will include the setting, dialogue, stage directions, and --if you wish--the voice of a narrator
Printables
Highlighted Objectives
Writing Process
LAFS.910.W.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
LAFS.910.W.2.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
LAFS.910.W.2.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Final Product
LAFS.910.L.1.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
LAFS.910.L.1.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
LAFS.910.L.2.3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.
LAFS.910.W.1.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
- Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
- Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
- Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
- Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
- Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
LAFS.910.W.2.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
LAFS.910.W.2.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Final Product
LAFS.910.L.1.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- Use parallel structure.
LAFS.910.L.1.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- Use a semicolon, with or without a conjunctive adverb, to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
- Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
LAFS.910.L.2.3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.