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Activity Outline:
====For this activity the children will take part in a class brain storming session of what sorts of things are said in the playground/classroom that can cause conflict. They will discuss ideas of how they can verbally respond if these situations occur with the focus of conflict resolution. An important focus of this conversation should be the power of our words, ie: words have the power to hurt; and how can we assert ourselves and protect ourselves with our words. The children write their ideas on an interactive whiteboard. The class will then discuss the tools of script writing as the children's next task will be to write their own scripts on a conflict resolution scenario. The students will then break into groups and write their own scripts. The plays will be rehearsed and recorded using imovie. These movies can be presented at assembly and/or published on the school website for other students teachers and parents to view.====

====The teacher should explain what is required in a script, and the correct structure for writing a play before forming groups. Using an example play, such as Stop Bullying from the Kidsinco Online Scholar Source, which has a range of free plays for children, the teacher can point out the key structural points as the children take characters and read through the play aloud. This will show the students how they will need to write their scripts.====

__** Group formation and script writing. **__
====The students need to write their scripts collaboratively, they could do this using a wiki page to create their scripts. Resources explaining wiki's are located on the Teacher Tools page====

__** Recording and Editing .**__
====The students could use //Windows Movie Maker// or //i-movies// on their mac books to record and edit their plays.====