Playwrights and Performers: Scriptwriting · Summer Term 2

Dialogue and Stage Directions

Understanding the difference between what is spoken and what is acted.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do stage directions help an actor understand their character?
  2. 2What information is lost when we move from a novel to a script?
  3. 3How can we show a character's thoughts without using a narrator?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: English - Writing CompositionKS2: English - Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation
Year: Year 3
Subject: English
Unit: Playwrights and Performers: Scriptwriting
Period: Summer Term 2

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