Lights, Camera, Write! | Writing a Play Unit | Drama and Creative Writing

Help students discover the creativity and structure behind playwriting with “Lights, Camera, Write”, an engaging teaching toolkit designed to guide students through the process of writing their own plays and scripts. This ready-to-use resource includes 25 self-contained activities for Year 3 and Year 4 students, helping them develop storytelling skills, character creation, dialogue writing, stage directions, and script structure. Aligned with the NSW syllabus, the activities are easy to set up and include a variety of individual, small-group, and whole-class learning experiences that encourage collaboration and creativity. Whether used as a complete writing unit or as individual lessons, this toolkit provides engaging activities that build student confidence while reducing teacher preparation and marking. Provided in Microsoft Word, every activity is fully editable, allowing you to customise the content to suit your students, classroom, and teaching style. Inspire your students to become authors, directors, and performers as they learn how to transform their ideas into exciting classroom plays.