An Introduction to Drama Texts

Year 5 / Year 6 English Teaching Resources - An Introduction to Drama Texts is a ten slide PowerPoint presentation designed to help children understand the basic features of a drama text. The resource could be used before a class play is read to help pupils understand how a drama text works.

The PowerPoint lesson includes:

An example extract from the playscript of Macbeth.

A video clip of the film version of the Macbeth playscript.

Class activity - labelling the features of a playscript.

Writing about stage directions, characters and dialogue.

Comparing the features of a script with a short story.

1 accompanying worksheet

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