1. Drama Llamas, Pencil

2. Playwright: - someone who writes plays/scripts Play: - written by a playwright -a genre of literature -intended for performance Script: -written text of a play -contains dialogue between characters -contains stage directions ANATOMY

3. Dialogue: -conversation between 2 or more characters Characters: -a person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a piece of literature -written in bold with : following name, uses all CAPITALS -also listed underneath the title Characterization: -the development and portrayal of the character through thought, action, dialogue, costuming, and make-up ANATOMY

4. Act: -a smaller division of a play -can use Roman numerals or numbers (ex.: Hamlet, Act I, scene II) (ex.: Hamlet, Act 1, scene 2) Scene: -a smaller division of an act -uses Roman numerals or numbers (ex.: Hamlet, Act I, scene II) (ex.: Hamlet, Act 1, scene 2)  Jump ahead in time. EX. to 5 minutes or 2 hours later, or the next day, or years in the future.  Change location. EX. if Scene 1 is in the park, Scene 2 might be at school, Scene 3 at home.  Note – always write at the beginning of the scene where and when the scene is set. ANATOMY

5. What the actors do – STAGE DIRECTIONS What the actors say – DIALOGUE TWO PARTS OF A SCRIPT

6. Stage Directions: -an instruction in the text of a play -indicates movement, position, or tone of actor -indicates the sound effects, lighting, set design, costumes -written in italics ANATOMY

7. A stage direction is an INSTRUCTION. It can...  Set the scene (tell us where & when we are). A forest, in the middle of the night.  Tell the actors to do something: MRS SMITH is jumping up and down.  Tell the actor how to say something: JOHN (whispers): Don’t tell anyone. STAGE DIRECTIONS

8. If person is nervous, they might hesitate or stutter: JOHN: I’m, um, not really, er, you know, s-s-s-sure... what to... um... say...  Or if they are really excited or happy, they might shout or call out: JACKIE: YEAHHHHHH!!!! SHOW HOW THEY SPEAK

9. EXAMPLES You can access these via the student class calendar 1.The Flu Epidemic 2.The Mysterious Glob 3.The Sinister Students

10. TOO MUCH DRAMA IN THAT LLAMA a script by Jenny Rogers TABATHA……….…….….. Leila Chapman TODD……..………....…………..Jake Scott KIMBERLY………….......Annabelle Russo MRS. GREER………......…...Elisha Odom (TABATHA and TODD are sitting outside on a cold winter night in Texas. There is a stir in the air and TABATHA screams) TABATHA:(yelling) Did you hear that!? TODD: Hear what? TABATHA: How did you not hear that noise? It was a loud boom! TODD:It’s probably just the cat getting into the shed again. Stupid cat. TABATHA: (frowning) Stop being so mean about Buster! He’s harmless! 1.Create a fake title to a play you would want to write. 2.Make yourself the playwright. 3.List 4 make-believe characters and cast 4 students in this class to play them. 4.Write out stage directions. 5.Write 5-8 lines of dialogue that would follow. 6.Follow the example exactly. Be looking for capitals, bold, size, format, etc. LEFT SIDE: DRAMA LLAMAS