Lesson 2 - Script research and writing

Lesson 2 - Script research and writing

Activity 1

How many habitats can you identify?

Identify habitats

A habitat makes an interesting topic for a nature documentary.

Habitats provide homes for animals and plants. They come in all sorts of sizes, can be found just about everywhere and best of all are easy to film. 

Activity

• View the habitat images. What different habitats can you identify?
• Go for a walk around your school or outside your home looking for animal habitats. What habitats did you find? What animals do you think use them? Did you find any habitats in unexpected locations?

Activity 2

Habitat mind map | Transcript

Research habitat facts

A great nature documentary is based on facts.

Documentary makers need to conduct research to locate these facts.

Activity

• Select a habitat observed in your school or near your home.
• Locate the habitat fact sheet for your selected habitat.
• Read the fact sheet. Write notes or create a mind map of the habitat and animal facts you could use in a nature documentary. 

Activity 3

A sample nature documentary script | Script transcript

Compose a script

The facts in a nature documentary can be communicated by a presenter or a voiceover. A voiceover is heard when viewing the videos. 

A spoken voiceover is created by developing a written script.

The script should include an introduction to the topic and location, interesting facts about the topic and a conclusion.

Activity

• Refer to your habitat notes and mind map for factual information.
• Use the nature documentary script scaffold to develop a script for your documentary. 
• Use short sentences to communicate your facts.
• Practise reading your script aloud. Your script should be a maximum of 1 minute in duration. 
• If your script is too long, edit and refine your script.
• Exchange your script with your peers. Provide feedback on your peers' script in the form of two stars and a wish.

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