Aim: How can we interview an actual member of the FLHS sports community and write a human interest/preview story about them?

Thursday, SWBAT interview a COACH or player to write a HUMAN INTEREST/GAME PREVIEW STORY

Aim: How can we interview an actual member of the FLHS sports community and write a human interest/preview story about them?

Do Now: Please be prepared to share your Spring training preview story, I will be calling on three people at random (1-2 min.)

Materials:
• Paper, pens
• Homework from last night

Procedures:

1.) Elicit Do Now responses
Q: Was that an effective preview story? Why or why not?

Thumbs up if you thought it captured the spirit of Spring training… (5 min.)

Okay, the person this class will be interviewing is:( ) Give a brief bio of person.


2.) Quick Write: Now that you know who we will be interviewing today, spend five minutes writing questions that you would like to know about the upcoming season and that person.

Make these the questions of yours that have to be answered in order to write a successful game preview story, keep in mind, we want our theme to be Spring Training.

Make sure that our subject doesn’t leave without these important questions being asked! (5 min.)

3.) Whole Class: Okay, so let’s get our interview subject in here. This is how this will work: Each person will get to ask at least one question, so make your questions count! Ask follow up questions! I will ask questions of our subject to help lead you guys if I think you are missing something important. We will have about 15 minutes with this person.

I want each and every one of you to take out a new sheet of paper and be prepared to write down abbreviated notes from every single response that the interviewee says. I will be collecting these notes! Be accountable!
(2 min. for administration)

Aim: How can we write a Spring Training themed preview story?

Do Now: What is your favorite warm weather sport? Why is it your favorite, please write a well detailed paragraph and be as specific as possible… This will be collected! (5 min.)

3.) Quick Write: In your notebooks jot down 5 reasons why you think Francis Lewis teams need our help to generate interest about them.

“advance/preview stories occur before the actual event. And they are written to create publicity for the event as well as inform readers on game specific information.”

BACKGROUNDING IS THE LEGWORK THAT STUDENTS WILL DO PRIOR TO THEIR STORY

Readers want to know the basics:

1. Where and when the game will take place
2. Records of team
3. Statistics of key players
4. Quotes from players/coaches regarding upcoming game
5. Review of players – star players or injured players
6. Game importance regarding district/state championships, if that applies
7. Discussion of mood surrounding game

Review:

5.) Model: Go to the link, http://bleacherreport.com/articles/355132-2010-new-york-yankees-preview. Read it for one minute (1 min.)
TURN & TALK to your partner, what is this preview story missing?


6.) Pairs: Okay, now I want you to go to the links, http://www.springtrainingonline.com/,

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy,

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nym

and take notes about the upcoming baseball season. You can write these notes or write them on a Word Doc. (7 min.)


7.) Independent Practice: Now I want you to create a Preview story, either about the Yankees or the Mets Spring Training, so far, you can focus on anything you want, a specific player, pitching, hitting, etc.


8.) Home Work: Finish these for homework, be prepared to share them tomorrow, we will also be interviewing a coach tomorrow. Be prepared to think of questions for this coach or player.

Test Directions

Mr. Oliver
Sports Mgmt.
Final Screenplay Test

Directions: Your test today is to create an additional one and a half pages of your screenplay, based on your treatments. It should be properly formatted and have in it all the things we’ve been studying, great dialogue, conflict, a theme, and a well described setting. You can choose to write any scenes that you choose: the beginning, the middle, or the end. You can go back and forth if you choose. The minimum requirement is to be as creative as possible and to write one and a half pages.

To get the BEST GRADES, simply follow this checklist

• Is the screenplay PROPERLY FORMATTED, slug lines that tell the viewer where and if the scene is day or night?

• Does it contain great dialogue that moves the story along and is realistic?

• Is the dialogue in the right place on the page?

• Does it contain conflict and tension?

• Does it have a theme?

• Are the descriptions of the setting vivid?

Aim: How is setting important in our screenplays?

Do Now: We are having a quiz, please do the best that you can. It is on what we have been studying this week. You have 15 minutes…

1.) Administer quiz. Okay pens down and pass these up to the front.(15 min.)
2.) Mini Lesson: Today we will be talking about the setting to your screenplays. I remember some of you expressed that you were having difficulties with this.

The setting for your screenplay is just as important as anything else, but you have to be descriptive. Remember, this is your world that you are creating…

3.) MODEL:
CLICK on the LINK to see three insanely great descriptions of settings. Read them for two minutes then turn and talk to your partner to guess what each one is describing…
http://screenwritingfromiowa.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/descriptive-writing-pt-5-setting-tip-26/

(2 min.)

Please CLICK on the next link for a refresher in describing the setting…
4.)
http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Formatting/Scene/scene.html (1 min.)

5.) PAIRS: Okay, now I want you to practice describing, first describe your partners appearance, dress, and physicality to the smallest detail, you have 3 minutes then I’m calling on three random people… ( 3 min.)
6.) Share out: Okay, who haven’t I called on this week…

Independent Practice: Okay, now I want you to describe the outside of your home, your living room, and then your bedroom in as descriptive a manner as you can… You have 10 minutes, and I want you to use proper screenplay format, I.E.: INT.DANIELLE’S HOUSE-DAY, etc.
(10 min.)

YOUR HOMEWORK: Is to finally write TWO PAGES of SCREENPLAY FROM YOUR TREATMENT

Aim: What is your theme in your screenplay and how do you communicate it?

Do Now: List in your notebooks the three things that are important when using conflict in your screenplays? These may be collected… (3 min.)

2.) Mini-lesson: Today, I want to talk about what the themes are of your scripts.
First of all, what is a theme? Turn and talk to your partner for 30 seconds I’ll pick someone at random in 30 seconds

Great, please click on the first link and read the first five paragraphs on the page, be prepared to discuss what the author says about theme in screenplays… You have two minutes.

http://sonofdoublefeature.blogspot.com/2008/03/screenwriting-101-theme-is-thing.html

Now Turn and talk to your partner and tell him or her what the author says about theme, be prepared to discuss it. I will pick on three random people in 1 minute.
(1 min.)

Share Out: So, who can tell the class what this author says is important about theme?

Click on the next link: Spend 1 minute reading the page…
http://www.screenwritingbasics.com/2010/02/screenwriting-tutorial-top-5-tips-when-writing-your-first-screenplay/
(1 min.)

Pairs:
Brainstorm 6 of your favorites, 3 from each partner, they can be from any genre of entertainment…
Work with your partner to see if you can write what the theme is for these popular shows, movies, etc. See if you can take a guess…
(3-5 min.)

Independent Practice: Remember, the theme is your main idea, and another thing you must be conscious of, along with good dialogue, and conflict.
Let’s practice this…

I’m going to give you a theme and I want you to create a dialogue that shows the theme clearly in the scene. I’m picking one that is pretty easy and pretty universal. I’m sure you’ve seen it before, but maybe didn’t realize it…

Create a dialogue between two characters, preferably two characters from your treatments. Create a scene with good dialogue, conflict, and the theme of “Love conquers all…” I want it in proper screenplay format and it should have at least 15 lines of dialogue…
Please write your scene on paper, so they’ll be usable for tomorrow, and you can finish them for homework if need be. You have 15 minutes…

Share out: Okay pens down, if you didn’t finish your scene, you can do so for homework, I’m going to call on three people at random to read theirs…

Summary: If you are finished I’ll collect it, if not finish it for homework. Tomorrow we will be having a quiz on what we’ve done this week…


I’m going to pick someone at random to tell me what this author says about theme…

Aim: How can we use conflict to heighten our screenplays?

Do Now: What is your favorite movie, YouTube video, video game, TV show, book, sports team, comic, etc.? What is the conflict in these different forms of entertainment that makes them interesting? Please be as detailed as possible…
Or: What is conflict, (look it up if you don’t know the definition) and describe what a conflict would be in a screenplay.(5 min.)

Materials:
• Class blog, Macs
• Paper, pens
• http://screenplay.lifetips.com/tip/132544/story-craft/screenplay-tips/story-is-conflict.html

Procedures:
1.) Elicit Do Now responses

AR: Answers will vary

Can you imagine these favorites of yours minus the conflicts? What would be left? TURN and TALK to your partner and discuss what we would be watching without conflict in all the entertainments we like
I will call on someone randomly in 30 seconds…
(30 sec.)

2.) Mini Lesson: Please CLICK on the LINK on the BLOG: http://screenplay.lifetips.com/tip/132544/story-craft/screenplay-tips/story-is-conflict.html
Take 3 minutes to read the page…
(3 min.)
a.) Now turn and talk to your partner, be prepared to tell the class what your characters must do in order for us to care about them…
(1 min.)

Aim: How can we write a scene between our two characters that incorporates good dialogue?

Do Now: Based on your character bio, please write a short dialogue exchange between your character and his or her mother or father who is on their case to do something. How would your character react to this based on what you know about them… 3 people will be picked at random to read theirs to the class. (5 min.)

2.) Continuing from yesterday’s independent Practice:
Please take five more minutes to finish the dialogue between your characters that placed him or her in one of the situations that we brainstormed yesterday. I will be picking three people to read theirs in five minutes… (5 min.)

3.) Share out:
Let’s hear from a few people.

4.) Mini-Lesson
http://overstreet-filmmaking.blogspot.com/2009/08/writing-good-dialogue-for-screenplays.html
Please click on the link, on the blog, and please read the page, be prepared to tell the class what Chiarella boils good dialogue down to. You have three minutes to read it.
(3 min.)
NOW TURN AND TALK to your partner, what does he say?
5.) Share out: What does Chiarella say good dialogue boils down to?