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Creating the Script

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Creating the Script

Students collaborating on scriptwriting

🎭 Part 1: Script Planning

1. What are the three main parts of a story structure?

Beginning, middle, end

Characters, setting, plot

Dialogue, stage directions, scenes

Introduction, problem, solution

2. Which elements should be included in your group script? (Select all that apply)

Family whakapapa stories

Clear dialogue between characters

Māori oral tradition elements

Stage directions

Character development

3. List three characters your group might include in your script based on your collective family histories:

Character 1: _________________________________

Character 2: _________________________________

Character 3: _________________________________

4. What Māori oral tradition element will your group incorporate into your script?

✍️ Part 2: Script Development

5. Write a brief summary of your group's story plot (beginning, middle, end):

Beginning: ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Middle: __________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

End: ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

6. Write a short dialogue between two of your characters. Include stage directions in brackets:
7. How does your script respectfully represent whakapapa and cultural elements?

🤝 Part 3: Collaboration and Reflection

8. What role did you take in your group during script creation?

Scribe (main writer)

Timekeeper

Editor

Idea generator

Cultural advisor

9. What feedback did another group give you about your script?
10. One thing I learned about scriptwriting today is:

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

11. One part of our script I'm most proud of is:

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

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