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Understanding the Parts of a Play
A Play is made up of several different parts. You will need to decide
the setting (setting
example 1 - setting
example 2) of your play-where it will take place, the characters
and what the characters will be like, when in time it takes place, the
type of play it will be such as a dramatic play or a comedy, or a combination
of the two.
When you are writing dialog for your play, you should give separate directions
to the actors so they will know what they should be doing as they are
speaking. You can also give directions on other things about the character
or setting. For example, you may want the character to be smiling, laughing,
or be shouting, etc. For examples of these directions you can go to a
sample page of a play by Paul Maar called "Make a Friend, Find a
Friend." See
Example. This play was from a book of plays that you might be interested
in called Great Scenes and Monologues for Children.
You will also need to decide what the play will be about, what things
happen in the play, what problems might come up in the play.
- First we will do a whole class brainstorm session.
- Create a brainstorm file for your play using Inspiration.
* Open Inspiration, the go to File, Template, then click on Language
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