Scriptwriting Bundle

Our Scriptwriting Bundle is aimed at upskilling senior students (upper KS3, senior phase GET and IB Diploma Program) using a cross-curricular approach which intersects with English Language and Literature, Media Studies and Visual Arts. This entire bundle is expected to be achievable for students over the course of 8 to 12 weeks when using a 2 hours per week lesson model.

Inclusive of a 36-page upskilling workbook which covers the following topics using interactive discussion starters, scaffolded theory knowledge with a range of associated activities and tasks, as well as progress checkpoints for AFL:

• Target Tracker and Scriptwriting Rubric: adapted using GCSE and A-level drama and theatre studies rubrics

• Scriptwriting Journal Task: this is the mastery task with full explanation on how to achieve success across multiple media (options for scripting for live theatre, TV series, film and digital gaming platforms)

• Back to Basics: a revision guide to support differentiated learning strategies and constant engagement with drama lingo

• Music as a Stimulus: exploring the use of music and creative, conceptual requirements around scriptwriting

• Scenography: a basic set of activities around the four main stage spaces (for live theatre scripts)

• Filmed Media Cinematography: a basic set of activities around the mise-en-scene for any media which is filmed (for television, cinema and gaming scripts)

• PostModernism: a theory-based section of the workbook aimed at supporting students to engage with stylistic choices and the act of applying knowledge from one medium into another

• Progress Checkpoint: an AFL knowledge-audit to help educators in assessing the student's ability to self-critique and to support further conversations around the devising components for exam-level work

• Character Sketches: full biographical character considerations with two asscoiated mindmap and moodboard tasks

• Fix It Targets: a progress checkpoint space for students to consider the skills they've learned and how they could potentially improve them

This bundle also inlcudes a 72-slide upskilling Powerpoint Presentation which follows the same structure as the workbook whilst also leaving space for teachers to adapt content for their cohorts as they see fit:

• Direct links to workbook content

• Visually appealing cross-curricular approach

• Back to Basics revision section 

• Homework and discussion tasks embedded throughout

• Freewriting prompts (songs, words and imagery)

• Links to Postmodernism YouTube videos (vetted content)

• Opportunities for extension and differentiation work throughout

• Scaffolded lesson to achieve mastery task

Approximately 100 hours of resource-building time saved.