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Plays and Playwriting:

Liberation Playwrights Collective

Aim: (classwork) How can we create a short scene that utilizes theconcept of conflict to drive the action of a story forward?

Do Now: (Journal Section) Describe a time that you encountered sometype of conflict/problem in your life. What did it force you to do?

Explain. ACTION

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Conflict http://www.richorloff.com/short/excerpts/exc

erpt%20-%20Playwriting%20101.pdf

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Jumper

Good Samaritan (Helper)

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Aim: How do I format my two page

scene? Agenda:

1. New Vocabulary Words

2. Formatting Concerns

3. Beginning our Task

4. Syllabus

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New Vocabulary Words Brevity = briefness; conciseness

Cacophony = harshness of sound; opposite of

harmony Capacious = large; roomy

Capitulate = surrender; yield

Circumspect = cautious

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Formatting Concerns See playsandplaywriting.blogspot.com

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Assignment #1 due Friday Write a two page scene that contains some

type of conflict that creates tension between

two characters. You may use the fourexamples handed out on Friday, the

jumper/good samritan scene or any new scene

that pops into your mind.