Learning intention
Success criteria
- I can choose an event with a clear problem and response.
- I can name each speaker and add stage directions.
- I can keep the event order accurate.
- I can use voice and movement to show a character.
Learning objectives
- 3Wc.04Turn a story into a simple playscript.
- 3SLp.04Use voice, gesture and movement to play a character.
Key vocabulary
- playscript
- a written version of a play
- dialogue
- words spoken by characters
- stage direction
- an instruction for movement or action
- troll
- the bridge keeper in the story
- toll
- money paid to use a road or bridge
30-minute lesson
- 3 min
Connect to the story problem
Read-along: Show the cover and title before starting the audio.
Teacher: Introduce the central question: How can dialogue and stage directions make the bridge scene clear without a narrator explaining everything?
Learners: Share an initial idea and listen for evidence that might confirm or change it.
- 7 min
Listen for the whole story
Read-along: Listen with the text highlighted through the complete read-along.
Teacher: Pause only at natural section boundaries and keep the full event sequence visible.
Learners: Track the characters, setting and main events.
- 6 min
Map the evidence
Read-along: Replay the sections that establish the problem and its outcome.
Teacher: Build an evidence chain from the verified events: Three goats reach a wooden bridge where a Troll demands a dollar. They cannot pay and set up a paddling pool while other familiar tale characters join them. The Troll loses his temper and tells them to let him have it. The pool is emptied over the Troll and everyone crosses.
Learners: Select accurate events and place them in a useful order.
- 5 min
Explore the learning objective
Read-along: Pause and replay the strongest evidence for the shared question.
Teacher: Prompt learners to answer: How can dialogue and stage directions make the bridge scene clear without a narrator explaining everything?
Learners: Respond using this requirement: Write and perform an accurate bridge scene with named speakers, dialogue and at least two stage directions.
- 6 min
Make the learner activity
Read-along: Learners reread independently or follow the audio while checking their evidence.
Teacher: Support completion of The bridge scene as a play without supplying the response.
Learners: Complete the activity, then rehearse the response with a partner.
- 3 min
Reflect and check
Read-along: Return to the final relevant section of the read-along.
Teacher: Use the assessment check and invite one revision based on the text.
Learners: Share evidence, listen to another response and refine one idea.
Reading routes
Evidence requiredWrite and perform an accurate bridge scene with named speakers, dialogue and at least two stage directions.
Solo
Read independently, mark the strongest evidence and prepare the shared response.
Supported
Read along with the audio, pause at agreed evidence points and use the response frame.
Listening
Listen with the text highlighted, choose evidence from the teacher's displayed options and give the response orally.
Assessment check
Check that the playscript preserves the problem and outcome, labels speakers and uses performance choices that distinguish the goats from the Troll.
15-minute short version
- 2 min
Connect
Read-along: Show the cover and state the shared question.
Teacher: Activate one relevant idea.
Learners: Share one initial response.
- 5 min
Listen and locate
Read-along: Listen with highlighting and pause at the problem and outcome.
Teacher: Direct attention to two accurate story details.
Learners: Identify the details that matter most.
- 5 min
Answer with evidence
Read-along: Replay the evidence section once.
Teacher: How can dialogue and stage directions make the bridge scene clear without a narrator explaining everything?
Learners: Write and perform an accurate bridge scene with named speakers, dialogue and at least two stage directions.
- 3 min
Check
Read-along: Return to the outcome.
Teacher: Check that the playscript preserves the problem and outcome, labels speakers and uses performance choices that distinguish the goats from the Troll.
Learners: Share the response and improve it after feedback.
Learner activity
The bridge scene as a play
Use the read-along to complete each task with accurate story evidence.
- Choose the bridge problem or pool ending.
- List the characters in the scene.
- Write four or more lines of dialogue.
- Add two stage directions and rehearse the scene.