Module 4: Tell Your Story

Create Your Own Audio Drama 

(60 min)

• In small groups or as a class, select a scene from a familiar short story or narrative poem. 

• Using the AUDIO DRAMA student worksheet as a guide, determine key elements of your audio drama:

  • What is the theme of your story?

  • Who are the major characters? What do they want? What do they need?

  • Is there a narrator? 

  • How will you communicate emotion using sounds, music, and dialogue?

  • Write a few lines of dialogue for two of your characters. *Remember that dialogue is a conversation, but also communicates needs, emotions, and moves the story forward.

  • What sound effects do you need?

  • What ambient sounds do you need to include to communicate the setting?

  • Will you include music? How do your music cues communicate mood or serve as transition within the scene?

• Invite students to record and share their audio drama.

Student Worksheets

Module 4: My Original Audio Drama

Use this chart to document the elements you will use to tell your story and create an original audio drama scene.