Writer's Theatre

Writer's Theatre

– uses a developing understanding of the connections between oral, written, and visual language when creating texts;

– creates a range of texts by integrating sources of information and processing strategies with developing confidence;
– seeks feedback and makes changes to texts to improve clarity, meaning, and effect; – is reflective about the production of own

texts: monitors and self-evaluates progress, articulating learning with growing confidence.

1.WALT: describe (Unistructural) 2. WALT: describe 3. WALT: Use show don’t tell to describe an emotion

(Multistructural)) (Relational).
You are standing on the outside of one of these doorways.
The door: describe this door. You The other door: Describe this
will describe the physical attributes door - what it looks like. Alas, you must go in.
of the door - what it looks like.
Who lives behind this door? What is your greatest fear about going in? Choose from one
Describe where it is - the scenery. Create a character. below:
Insignificance
Loss of quality life
Loss of identity
Isolation
Doomed to fail
Describe this fear - use show don’t tell.

Inside you will find a moral, a lesson - what is it?
You may use one of the following ideas…
Sharing
Empathy
Inclusion
Materialism
Explain what this moral entails for the average person.

Explain why it might be in the middle Describe the character’s
of the forest. physical and emotional state.

Give your character a
believable name.

4. WALT: Describe fear. 5. WALT: Use a plot 6. WALT: Put all our information together to create

(Multistructural) diagram. (Relational) (Extended Abstract).
Once inside! Create a chain of events that From all the information you have collected, create an

It can be a little paralyzing when that happen for the next 60 interactive story using either pick-a-path on google slides,
door closes. Where do you look minutes, while the clock is storybird.com

first? Is that actually a lamp, or does ticking. Or invent your own. In Keynote you can add voice, sound
it unscrew to reveal a scroll of Use the Plot diagram to help and transitions between slides. Perhaps, create a movie

paper? Why is there a letter missing you. trailer. Don’t forget to add all the elements of your story.
from that sign? Is this REALLY just a Screenshot and save to your

chair? google drive in literacy.
In front of you a light is shining. You

get closer and see..

Did I mention that there’s a large

clock on the wall, counting down the
60 minutes, second by precious

second? The worst thing you can do
is rush through the clues, miss

something, and get stuck because of
that. Stay calm, and take your time.
Just do so efficiently.

What does all this mean? When you
turn around, that door you entered is
gone. How is your fear? - describe it.
Tick, tick, tick.