Question

how do i turn a letter into a play

Answer 1

@brandon1290 @HelpBlahBlahBlah @WinryRockbell @CrazyCountryGirl

Answer 2

idk sorry

Answer 3

well you can bring it down like depending on how it is wrightin

Answer 4

@beccaboo333

Answer 5

this is what it says if you have to look the story up please

Answer 6

Last week you read the selection: “Letter from a Concentration Camp,” by Yoshiko Uchida, page

This fictional letter, written by a young Japanese-American boy, is based on genuine historical events which occurred during World War II in this country.

Law abiding Japanese-American citizens (and people of Japanese heritage) were rounded up from their private homes and businesses by the U.S. government and taken to Relocation Internment Camps situated in the desert. Families lost everything they possessed and lived in these camps until the end of the war. This tragedy happened as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese (not Japanese-Americans), which made people panic and fear that the Japanese-Americans who had lived side-by-side with them for years would turn against them, and aid the Emperor of Japan and his horrendous armies in their conquest for new territories and power.


As you read this young boy’s letter, written by an author who actually lived in these camps, notice the details—the (original) photographs, the talk about the past and the present.

Create meaningful dialogue that reveals how the characters live now, how they used to live, what they gave up, and what they hope for. Show their daily lives to the best of your ability—their struggles, their frustrations, their heartache.

You may take some liberties with your story in order to adapt it, as was done in the adapted versions you’ve read previously, but—and this is a big but—keep your play in context. Don’t update it. Remember, when this story took place, people then did not have computers, Ipods, or similar technology. As you write, stay within the timeframe in which this tragedy took place.

As always, use the rubrics attached to the Milestone Lessons to guide you in evaluating, assessing, and organizing your work.

Because you are writing a play, be sure to include very clear stage directions and setting descriptions.

List your characters at the beginning of the play as well as the name of the author from whom you adapted the fictional letter.



Your play must be at least three pages in length. If it runs longer, that’s fine.

Make sure you have a clear beginning, middle, and end to your play.

Outline the play first (and include the Outline with your Final Draft of the play) because it mustn’t be just a monologue like the letter you’ve adapted it from. Study the first 7 steps of this process for writing a play.

If you need to research the topic further to feel comfortable writing about it, go ahead. Much has been written about it. Check out various Internet sites, and perhaps read the books:

"Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
or


“So Far from the Sea” by Eve Bunting and Chris K. Soentpiet.
However—do not plagiarize anything you may read there in either book. Work with the letter you’ve been given, elaborating only within the framework of that.




Lesson 30 Includes:

Part 1:
An outline of your adapted play



Part 2:
A list of characters and the name of the work and author you’ve adapted your play from



Part 3:
The adapted play itself

Answer 7

sorry i am not really sure sorry

Answer 8

its ok @WinryRockbell @HelpBlahBlahBlah