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5.3.1 Creative Writing - Plays

Indigenous Languages · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Features of a play: characters, setting, language and stage directions
  • The difference between a play and a story
  • Writing a one-scene play and then a two-scene play on cultural heritage
  • Allocating roles and staging a class mini-festival

What you will be able to do

  • explain the features of a play for information
  • write a short play based on the theme for communication
  • recognise the contribution of playwriting in the preservation of culture

Key questions

“How does a play differ from a story?”

“How are plays written?”

Lessons

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  1. The features of a play
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name the features of a play, tell a play from a story, and sketch a one-scene play on cultural heritage.
  2. Write and stage a two-scene play
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Revise a one-scene sketch into a two-scene play on cultural heritage, then allocate roles and stage it.