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Script Template For Kids

Character, Dialogue and Stage Directions columns structure a blank one-page table where students draft an original play scene.
Grades
Grades 2–5
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Updated Jun 13, 2023

Subject
Art, Creative Arts, Writing, ELA
Topic
Playscripts, Script Writing
Resource types
Templates, Teacher Tools
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About this resource

If you want to give students extra practice with writing plays, I have just the resource for you.

What You Get:

This is a Script Writing Template that was designed for elementary students who are working on or have mastered this skill. It also works well as a review for students. This is a 1-page printable.

How To Implement This Resource:

You can print off enough copies of the worksheets for each student to have. You may also choose to print only a few copies and laminate those. If you choose to laminate them, students can use dry erase markers to complete the worksheet. This makes a great small group or reading centre activity.

The Script Writing Template is a blank template that features 3 columns – character, dialogue, and stage directions. Students will use this template if they are working on writing a script for a play. This will give them space to brainstorm and jot down their thoughts.

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In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Organize an original script draft into its three core components — speaker, spoken dialogue, and stage direction — using a structured template.

Teaching tips

  • Since the template is entirely blank, pair it with a specific play-writing prompt or scenario before assigning it, so students have a starting point for content.

  • Laminate a small stack of copies for a reading-centre or small-group rotation where students use dry-erase markers, as the vendor's own materials suggest, rather than printing a new copy per student every time.

  • Use as a review tool for students who have already been taught the character/dialogue/stage-direction structure, since the template itself does not teach or define these terms.

Skills covered

  • Script structure organization — students place their own original content into the three standard components of a play script: character, dialogue, and stage direction.

  • Dialogue and stage-direction distinction — the template's separate columns require students to distinguish what a character says (dialogue) from what a character does (stage direction), a core script-writing skill.

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Does this template include any sample dialogue or a pre-written scene to get students started?

No. The page contains only the blank three-column table and its guiding sub-questions — no sample text, characters, or dialogue are provided, so teachers need to supply their own prompt or scenario for students to write into the template.

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