Composition: Creating a Story Using Dialogues (Thursday; 5/11)

K: Know the features of playscript.

U: Understand the plot sequence.

D: Write dialogues for a comic strip.

Words of the Day

1. Dialogue

2. Speech marks

Let's Recap!

5 Features of Playscript

1. Characters - The people/animals/animated objects of the story.

2. Dialogues - Spoken words from characters. Does not use speech marks.

3. Stage Directions - Actions of the characters.
4. Acts (plot) - Scenes (setting) - Act is the plot sequence. Scene is the time and place of story.

5. Narrator - The person who tells the story. Has dialogues of their own.

Plot Sequence (Act)

Act 1 is exposition/introduction - Introduces the characters, scenes, and parts of the story.

Act 2 is rising action - Slowly builds up tension or problems and introduces conflict.

Act 3 is climax - The most intense part/moment of the story.

Act 4 is falling action - Problem is slowly being solved. The story is almost ending.

Act 5 resolution/ending - Problem is often solved. Story ends.

Can be either a 5-act or 3-act.

Click on this script to identify the playscript features and its plot sequences!

Let's make a story out of this comic!

Please refer to your textbook, page 54.

Alexa and Sabina are strolling along the seafront. Imagine what they say in each speech bubble. Remember that their words do not need speech marks because they are already in speech bubbles.

You have 5 minutes to think of some dialogues for your comic. Use your Thinking Skill and Communication Skill for this task. Please write your answers in your textbook. 

Now, let's share with the whole class about your story in the comic! 

Exit Task

Thinking Skill - How did you use your thinking skill today?

Communication Skill - How did you use your communication skill today?