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Play Adaptation Project

Created by Lindsay Price

6 modules 44 minutes 2 Credit Hours playwriting

Adaptation is a fabulous classroom project: it requires students to analyze, adapt, modify, plan synthesize, devise. All the higher order thinking skills.

But you can’t just throw a narrator into a script and call it a day. You have to have a preparation process leading up to the writing process.

In this course you will learn practical exercises and a path to prepare your students to take on their own adaptation project. We’ll look at the guidelines to adaptation, things to think about when choosing a text, how to analyze the source material and writing that first draft.

So join me, Lindsay Price, in the Play Adaptation Project.

  1. 0
    Lesson 0
    Introduction
    3:41 FREE PREVIEW
    This module lays out the path for the course.
  2. 1
    Lesson 1
    What is Adaptation?
    6:51 FREE PREVIEW
    This lesson defines adaptation, as well as introduces 'hook' exercises to get students engaged in the project.
  3. 2
    Lesson 2
    Adaptation Guidelines
    12:34
    This lesson looks at the guidelines for adaptation that students can follow when they start their own project, as well as exercises for students to practice applying these guidelines.
  4. 3
    Lesson 3
    Choosing a Text
    5:27
    In this lesson we’re going to look at choosing a text - what goes into choosing a text for adaptation? Students will learn about copyright, the thesis for the adaptation, the why and discussing how changes will affect the original source material - meaning, is the original iconic.
  5. 4
    Lesson 4
    Close Reading and Analysis
    6:20
    This lesson gets into the nitty gritty of adaptation; the analysis and close reading of the source material.
  6. 5
    Lesson 5
    The First Draft
    9:47
    This lessons covers the next step of taking all this pre-work, all this analysis, and writing the first draft.

Standards Addressed

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation - Grade 7

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation - Grade 8

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work - Grade 6

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