Romeo and Juliet Y5/6 Script writing

This compiles a 2-3 week unit working towards writing a script on an alternative ending from Romeo & Juliet.

We read and acted out the play during whole class reading lessons and used this unit to build our understanding of the characters, the plot, features of scripts and then planned and wrote our own.

Children loved acting and experimenting with language and expression throughout this unit.

Includes writing a diary entry from either Romeo / Juliet with a model and a script on an alternate ending of the play with a model.

The lessons are as followed:

Lesson 1 - Use dialogue and action to act out a script (using The Lion King script)
Lesson 2 - Using a thesaurus to describe Montagues and Capulets
Lesson 3 - SPAG - Using comparative and contrasting conjunctions and determiners.
Lesson 4 - Romeo & Juliet’s thoughts and feelings
Lesson 5 - Writing a diary entry
Lesson 6 - Using adverbs
Lesson 7 - Writing script introductions
Lesson 8 - Planning a playscript (use model script and storyboard planner
Lesson 9 / 10 writing script on an alternate ending of Romeo and Juliet

Included is a writing handout children could use as support. Vocabulary and certain spellings.