The power of scriptwriting! : teaching essential writing skills through podcasts, graphic novels, movies, and more
- Responsibility
- Peter Gutiérrez.
- Publication
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2014]
- Copyright notice
- ©2014
- Physical description
- viii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Gutierrez, Peter.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction: invisible texts made visible
- Connecting stage to screen
- Spoken word and audio scripts
- Comics and graphic novel scripts
- Movie and television scripts
- Digital storytelling and video scripts
- Further adventures in scriptwriting.
- Summary
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This dynamic resource offers teachers a new way to energize the teaching of writing while also meeting Common Core State Standards. The author draws on his unique background in education and media to provide this all-in-one resource to help teachers use the versatility of scriptwriting to motivate students and support literacy skills across the disciplines. Each chapter covers a different medium, outlining the writing skills required, and providing practical tips, sample projects, standards alignment, and strategies for differentiated instruction. Book Features: The rationale, curricular connections, lessons, and projects to help teachers incorporate scriptwriting into their existing writing curriculum.</li> Suggestions for using assignments in the disciplines to process content and exhibit understanding.</li> Authentic connections to students' in-school and out-of-school literacies.</li> Easy-to-use sections, such as Why Teach This?, Skills Focus, Literacy Across the Disciplines, and The Writing Process.</li> Robust differentiated instruction, including specific strategies for English language learners and below-level students.< /li> QuickStart lesson launchers to help both teachers and students become comfortable--and have fun--with scriptwriting immediately.</li> Appendices with Additional Resources, Revision Checklists, Writing Rubrics, and a glossary of Media and Script Terms.</li>.
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- Publication date
- 2014
- Copyright date
- 2014
- Note
- "Teachers college, columbia University."
- ISBN
- 9780807754665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0807754668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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