Writing

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South Africa Report May 19

Writing the script
 * __Wednesday, June 11, 2008__**


 * //Your assignment//**

During the coming weeks you will be working for a media company called **Macweather.** You are required to create a news broadcast (an mp3 that is published on the net) of our weather in Dunedin on a chosen day or week.

You and a partner will be required to...
 * **__Write an engaging script that captures a particular audience__**
 * **__Record the script using Audacity__**
 * **__Edit the recording__**
 * **__Include sound effects__**
 * **__Save the recording as an mp3 in your profile in a folder named "weather"__**
 * **__Upload the mp3 to this wikispace__**


 * __You must keep good records and save //all// your work in a folder called "weather"__**

Welcome to Macandrew Intermediates Digital English class

22 August 2008
 * WALT: Craft our writing

TASK:** **Listening & Imagining** 1. Make a new page on your wikipage - The Craft of Writing by ...(your name)

2. Lift an interesting line of dialogue from real life. . . e.g., an overheard conversation, someone being interviewed on the news.

Listen to a news article from [|www.tvnzondemand.co.nz] and copy //__one__// piece of the conversation the person interviewed is quoted saying.

3. Got it? Now write a 250 to 500 word story in which the dialogue is the closing line.

Success Criteria 1. Is it under 500 words (paste into word and conduct a word count)? 2. Does the closing line end in the chosen dialogue?
 * Assessment:**

 "Space: The final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise It's a five year mission To explore strange new worlds To seek out new life and new civilizations To boldly go where no man has gone before."
 * Written Poetic Narratives.**

This is the voiceover from Star Trek that gives you a clue about our next writing topic. This term we will look at the [|genre] of [|Science Fiction] for the inspiration of our stories. Ms Harlow will introduce you to some examples of Science Fiction writing, you then need to take anything from that that sparks interest for you and fly with it! Copy and paste all the text between the ruled line below and make a new page on your space called "Space, by .....your name"

Close your eyes and imagine yourself on another planet or travelling through space (e.g. in a spaceship.) Write three things that you: See Hear Smell Write something happening in the first couple of lines in third person– something exciting is going to happening (elves getting up and disappearing, dancing) it does not have to be extreme, but it must get the story off with a hiss and a roar! Start in the middle of the story, ask the question, could I start further on in the story? Write long enough so that people want to read on, your main goal is to entice the reader to find out more. In stories there are three “h’s” HANDS – always doing something with your hands HEAD – What they are thinking HEART – How they react to situations *Copy and paste your story underneath the first attempt (Use the rule off line in tools) and rewrite the same story with your character thinking or feeling something. “Oh no,” he thought. She was curious This is the end A shiver ran up his spine (don’t always need to tell the reader that they are scared). Remember that it’s important to have your character involved in action. ***Now is the time to write w** **hat is going to happen next? Copy and paste your beginning, leave a line and write "And then...". Look at the example below to see how to do it.**

Once upon a time there were three little pigs etc. And then...they were told to find somewhere else to live by their mum. And then...they went to the market, the first little pig bought some straw etc. And then... the first little pig made his house out of straw, the second little pig made his house out of sticks etc. And then a wolf came along a asked to be let in, the first little pig refused entry and the wolf blew his house in. And then the wolf went to the second little pigs house etc.


 * What is going to happen next?

And then…

Is this exciting? Is something more exciting happening? How is the story going to develop – all we have to do is ask “and then…” Focus on the main point of what is going to happen – write the main points so that you have an idea of where your story is going, don’t write in the dialogue etc.**

Hopefully you get the point! The most important thing is to make sure you write the main things that happen (leave all the flowery details out), what I don't want to see is - He fell down. And next...he got up. And next...he picked a flower. Think of a DVD and how it is split into scenes.


 * Next task is to decide what has happened to your character in order to change something, e.g. a characters thoughts and feelings can change. The characters have to change so the reader wants to get interested. Characters have lots of problems and things going on, e.g. brothers and sister relationships, school, mum and dad…The difference does not have to be great, even a subtle change is good.

What did your character think before?

What do they think afterwards?

Write a few points – what is going to be the major change to their thoughts, attitudes and feelings.

What sort of person was your character at the start of the story?

What sort of person is your character at the finish of the story?

What are the advantages of having you in the story? One is pretending writing about somebody- the writer is god. The character is a person who develops as**