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ENG3U1

Name:_______________________

Documentary Scripting
Assignment

Havingviewedsomedocumentariesandvideoclipsinclass,andconsidered
theconventions,formatsandfeaturesusedwithinthem,youwillnowhavethe
opportunitytocreateanoutlineforanewdocumentaryofyourown.

Workingin
groupsof3
OR
individually
,selectatopicforyourdocumentary
andhaveit
approvedbyMrs.Hastie
.Youwillthenberesponsibleforcompletinga
partofadocumentarythatfollowsthestepsbelow.

1. Decideonanappropriatetargetaudienceanddevelopanexpositionorslant
youwishtotakeonthetopic.
Writethisinadetailedparagraph
including
your
overallpointandthesupportingarguments
thatyouwilluse.

2. Choose
one
ofthefollowingformatsofadocumentary(
ideallyone
differentoneforeachmemberinthegroup
)andwriteascriptforascene
ofyourdocumentary:

a) observation
b) interview
c) dramatization

Remembertoincludefeaturessuchasnarration,expertopinion,statistics,witness
testimony,misenscene,persuasivetechniques,andanyothertechniquesdiscussed
inclass.

Youwillneedto
annotateyourscript
toshowthesefeatures.Also,yourscript
shouldincludedirectionsfordelivery.Aimforbetween
2and3pagestyped
.

Youmayneedtocompletesomeresearchtohelptheformingofyour
expositionaswellasthecontentofyourscript.

ENG3U1

Name:_______________________

Timelines&DueDates:

Date
InClass
Friday,January8,2016
DocumentaryScriptingAssignment
Saturday,January9&
Introduced
Sunday,January10,2016
GroupsOrganized
TopicschosenandapprovedbyMrs.Hastie
Mainargumentandsupportingpoints
brainstormed
**Chromebooksprovided,butBYOT,ifyou
haveit**
Monday,January11,2016 DrawforCPTChoices(FilmorAlbum)

Groupmemberswillfinalizetheirmain
argumentandsupportingpoints
beginwritingtheirindividual
detailed
paragraphs
basedonexpositionoftheir
topic

**Chromebooksprovided,butBYOT,ifyou
haveit**
Tuesday,January12,2016 Groupmemberswillbeginwritingtheir
individual23pagescripts

**Chromebooksprovided,butBYOT,ifyou
haveit**
Wednesday,January13,
2016

Thursday,January14,
2016

Homework
Groupmemberswill
conductresearchtoverify
theirmainargumentand
supportingpoints.

Haveatop3foryourCPT
(FilmORAlbum)
Finishroughdraftof
detailedparagraph

Finishroughdraftof23
pagescriptand
PRINTA
COPYOFPARAGRAPH
ANDSCRIPTTOBRINGTO
CLASSTOMORROW
(Wednesday)
Completeandprintthe
goodcopyofparagraphand
annotated23pagescript

CPTIntroduced
Groupmemberswillannotatetheir
individualscripts
Proofreadparagraphandscript

**NOChromebooks,bringinahardcopyof
paragraphsandscripts**
DocumentaryScriptsDUETODAY

Pleasehandinthefollowing:
Detailedparagraph
23page,annotatedscript

ENG3U1

Name:_______________________

rubric

DAYONEOFCPT

DocumentaryScriptingandProductionRubric
Knowledge

Knowledgeableonthetopic/wellresearched

Familiarandconfidentwithformatandfeaturesofdocumentary

Level/Mark:______
Thinking

Expositionisinsightfulandclever

Targetaudienceissuitable/appropriate

Formatandfeaturescleverlyconveytheexpositionandaresuitablefortarget
audience

Level/Mark:______
Communication

Scriptispolishedandhasaconsistentformat

Directionsarethorough,andincludeinstructionsondelivery(expression,tone,
delivery,movementetc.)

Scriptisfullyandthoroughlyannotatedtoshowuseoffeatures

Lengthisappropriate

Level/Mark:______

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