Interior Chinatown Lesson Plan

Writing a Screenplay

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to write in the style of a screenplay and discuss how reality and representation on TV are related.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

Structure:

In this activity, students will take an event from their own life and adapt it into a short screenplay.

Part 1:

First, students should choose an event from their life that they will use from this project. This should be something that was memorable and took place over a short period of time—in other words, an event that can be recreated in one unedited scene of five minutes maximum. Some examples include:

- an argument with...