Script Analysis

Vocabulary

100

The situation that characters are in that effect their actions 

What are Given Circumstances 

200

The three components of Given Circumstances?

What are Time, Place, and Social Status

300

the tactics characters use to get what they want

What are Actions

Practice

100

Find the objective and super-objective in the following example: Bonnie is asking her mom if she can go to the school dance. She really wants to go so that she can get a new dress! 

Objective: Going to the dance 

Super-Objective: Getting a new dress 

200

What part of the following example talks about backstory: Emma got a really bad grade on her most recent math test. She got an A on the last one so she thought she didn't have to study for this one...oops!

She got an A on her last test 

300

What is the main conflict in the following example: Charlie and Jo have plans to hang out Wednesday afternoon, they hang out every week and are usually really good at compromising, but this week Charlie really wants to go Bowling and Jo wants to go to the arcade. Neither one seems to be budging on their decision.

They can't decide whether to go bowling or to the arcade.

Fairytale Application

100

What is red riding hood's superobjective throughout most of the story?

To get bread to her grandmother

200

What is Cinderella's backstory?

After her father died, her evil stepmother forced her to work as a maid. 

300

What is the main conflict in the three little pigs? 

The big bad wolf keeps destroying the pig's homes.