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Writing an outline for a school
dialogue
Let's start by thinking about problems that happen at school. Are there
rules that are important to follow?
- Do the students have to be responsible, finish their
work and do what they say they will?
- Do the students have to be honest, not cheat, lie
or steal?
- Do the kids have to be careful about the other kids?
Be respectful of the teachers and other adults?
When might that not happen? Why?
Choose a problem that might happen at school that you’d
like to write about. Write an outline of your choices about characters,
setting and problem.
Here is an example
CHARACTERS:
1. Billy: an even-tempered 1st-grader
2. Jill: his good friend and neighbor, a third-grader
3. Joe: a third grader and a bully. He acts tough in hopes that
the other kids will like him.
SETTING: In front of the school
STORY/PROBLEM: Billy likes dogs
so much that he talks to them on his way to school. Joe likes to
be mean to little kids. He gives Billy a hard time about talking
to dogs. Jill tries to stop Joe.
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Here is a form to help you write your outline. You can:
- type in your answers and print the copy, or
- print the page and then write your
answers
Outline for a school dialogue
by _________________________________________
CHARACTERS: Give your characters names and then write a description about
each one. Please have just two or three characters for your first drama.
1. __________________________________________
2. __________________________________________
3. __________________________________________
STORY/PROBLEM: Describe the problem your characters need to solve.
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SETTING: Describe where your characters are.
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Check to make certain that:
- The characters are interesting
- The setting is where the story would happen
- The problem is believable and interesting
  
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