Podcast-Script Draft

Learning Target(s):

  • Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to guide inquiry, extend thinking, and comprehend texts
  • Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences 
  • Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways
  • Assess and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact
  • Experiment with genres, forms, or styles of texts
  • Use the conventions of First Peoples and other Canadian spelling, syntax, and diction proficiently and as appropriate to the context
  • Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles

Use the planner to develop your draft script for your carefully crafted and well-supported 3-5-minute podcast using the proper MLA format (in a separate document). Research the culture the performer is representing and the applicable traditional performances they may be representing or drawing from. This will be part biographical and part analysis. 

You could present it as an interview with the performers or it could just be you speaking. Be creative, use sound effects and different voices or people to interview.

Some of the key elements in your script may be:

  • Your introduction
  • A summary of the episode
  • Guest introductions
  • Segues
  • Main content - the segments themselves
  • Ad reads
  • A conclusion/sign off (outlining what the next episode will be about)

When writing a script, do it right. Some tips for nailing a script:

  • Let your writing style and personality shine through
  • Make sure spelling, grammar and format are perfect
  • Write the way you normally speak (this will help the script sound more natural)
  • If you are having difficulty pronouncing something, spell it out phonetically
  • Keep an eye on your word count and make sure it’s under your desired run time
  • Edit, refine, repeat. Keep working on your script until your 100% happy with it

Be sure to cite all sources of information using the MLA format.

Questions to consider

Who are the performers?

How do the messages connect with First Peoples' languages cultures and traditions?

How closely does the performance represent the culture it was inspired by?

How could this performance help people understand the culture it was inspired by?

What is the performer's main goal with the performance?

What are the different messages being shared by the artists?

What connections can you make between them?

How are these artists using their voices to share stories of who they are?

Remember:

Keep in mind your language is very important. 

Terms to refer to all the Indigenous people in Canada are First Peoples or Indigenous 

Be specific to your chosen performer, and identify if they are First Nations, Métis or Inuit. Remember there are three distinct groups of First Peoples in Canada.

Hand in a script and your properly formatted reference list. Please do not move on to the next assignment until you have received feedback on this submission. 

This is where you will upload your assignment to your teacher for marking. 

You will upload the file containing your assignment.  

Name the file with your name and the title.  eg. Sally Brown Infographic Response

    • Click Add submission.

    • The Online Text box is used for brief comments or to paste your link to a shareable document. If you are using google docs, please select 'get shareable link' and then 'anyone with link can edit' and then 'copy link'. Use the chain icon in the online text box to create a hyperlink. Do not use the online text box to paste your whole assignment. 

    • Or, upload the file containing your assignment under File submission. 

    • Click Save changes

Sources: 

https://www.rode.com/blog/all/a-guide-to-planning-out-a-podcast-episode March 2020