All hell broke loose when Dr. Edwin assigned us to write a script for one-act play for the literature classrooms. This will be our first assignment for EDU 3217, Teaching the Language of Drama. This one-act play should be around 15-minutes and it’s meant for the upper-secondary school students. Besides that, we also have to prepare a teacher’s guide on how to teach and use this play as part of the teaching and learning process in the literature classrooms. Luckily, this is a group work. Thus, Ling Leong King, Mohd. Fadzwan and I have decided to come up with a nice storyline.
I was so excited because this was the first time I’m writing a script. At first, we were cracking our heads to come up with a suitable theme for our play. After a long discussion and arguments, we came up with an issue of love since love would be a familiar issue among the youngsters in today’s world. The students would be able to comprehend this kind of issue since it dealt with their life experience. There were several contradictions among us at the very beginning stage because each of us came up with our own storyline that themed loved. We should also bear in mind that this is just a one-act play and it should not exceed more than 15 minutes.
Eventually, we came to a conclusion with a nice storyline entitled ‘Love Rivalry’. Basically, this story based on love triangle between the twin brothers and a girl. The twin brothers were Simon and Richard and both of them were fighting for this girl called Jennifer. Actually, Jennifer is in love with Simon as Simon does. But, Richard, who is much more educated compared to his younger brother, Simon decided to get married to Jennifer since he got the approval from the Jennifer’s mother. At the end, who is she going to get married with? That’s the suspense of our play. Which is more power, true love or social status?
Once we have decided to wrap up our play in just four scenes, we started to work out for the appropriate and suitable sentences. Basically, we only use simple sentences so that it will be easier for the students to understand. Eventually, after a long battle, we produced the script of the play with a nice storyline and hand-in the draft to Dr.Edwin for checking.
I would like to express that the feeling was so great for me since this is the first play that I am writing along with my friends. Indirectly, it entices my interest to write more plays in different genre such as short stories and poems in future. It enhances and consolidates my confidence in me and hopefully I will be able to contribute and give my best in this field.
I was so excited because this was the first time I’m writing a script. At first, we were cracking our heads to come up with a suitable theme for our play. After a long discussion and arguments, we came up with an issue of love since love would be a familiar issue among the youngsters in today’s world. The students would be able to comprehend this kind of issue since it dealt with their life experience. There were several contradictions among us at the very beginning stage because each of us came up with our own storyline that themed loved. We should also bear in mind that this is just a one-act play and it should not exceed more than 15 minutes.
Eventually, we came to a conclusion with a nice storyline entitled ‘Love Rivalry’. Basically, this story based on love triangle between the twin brothers and a girl. The twin brothers were Simon and Richard and both of them were fighting for this girl called Jennifer. Actually, Jennifer is in love with Simon as Simon does. But, Richard, who is much more educated compared to his younger brother, Simon decided to get married to Jennifer since he got the approval from the Jennifer’s mother. At the end, who is she going to get married with? That’s the suspense of our play. Which is more power, true love or social status?
Once we have decided to wrap up our play in just four scenes, we started to work out for the appropriate and suitable sentences. Basically, we only use simple sentences so that it will be easier for the students to understand. Eventually, after a long battle, we produced the script of the play with a nice storyline and hand-in the draft to Dr.Edwin for checking.
I would like to express that the feeling was so great for me since this is the first play that I am writing along with my friends. Indirectly, it entices my interest to write more plays in different genre such as short stories and poems in future. It enhances and consolidates my confidence in me and hopefully I will be able to contribute and give my best in this field.
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