The Twits: Playscripts
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This complete The Twits Playscripts KS2 planning pack gives you everything you need to help your Year 4 class to change a narrative scene into a playscript. They will take inspiration from the beloved story of 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl, focusing on the gruesome tricks that the characters play on one another.
Your class will have the opportunity to revisit their understanding of direct speech and how to punctuate it accurately before moving on to investigate playscripts, their features and how to write an effective script.
Lesson 1
Direct Speech
This direct speech KS2 lesson plan allows your class the chance to revisit their understanding of direct speech and how to punctuate it accurately as they create their own chapter describing the next horrible trick that Mr and Mrs Twit played on each other.
The children are challenged to develop and share their ideas as a class. Complete with everything you need, this lesson pack has lesson input slides, activity ideas and printable resources to help your class punctuate direct speech correctly.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Extract cards
- Worksheet
- Speech card
Lesson 2
Features of a Playscript
Use this complete Features of a Playscript KS2 lesson pack to investigate and analyse the different features of playscripts with your Year 4 class. Using the lesson input slides provided, challenge the children to compare the features of a playscript to features of other genres of writing. The model text included with this lesson pack can be used to aid discussion around this genre of writing and help your class identify successful features.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Line cards
- Model text
- Playscript card
- Extract card
Lesson 3
Converting a Narrative to a Playscript
Discuss and practise the process of changing a narrative text into a playscript using these in-depth slides and resources to support your class in writing a playscript based on a chapter from ‘The Twits’.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Worksheet
- Challenge card
- Extract card
Lesson 4
Performing and Editing
In this final lesson, your class will look for ways to improve a script using their own performances to influence their decisions. They are challenged to perform the scripts in order to spot areas that can be improved and provide peer feedback to their classmates.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Peer feedback card
- Editing cards
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