Screenwriting Course Kit transports afterschool programs to Hollywood

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 13, 2008 -- Screenwriting Course Kit transports afterschool
programs to Hollywood

Being a Screenwriter is newest release from Community Learning, LLC

SCOTIA, NY—The Silver Screen fantasies that nearly every ‘tween’ and young teen harbors will undoubtedly come to life with the newest product from a highly regarded producer of classroom-ready educational materials for afterschool programs and schools.

Being a Screenwriter: Generating Ideas for a Screenplay, the latest Course Kit from Community Learning LLC, delivers a full dose of movie magic for students in grades 6 through 8, according to Michael DeBritz, founder and president of the Scotia, New York-based firm.

“Students discover through Being a Screenwriter just how much fun writing can be,” DeBritz said.

The 10-lesson program provides students with both the “hands-on and minds-on” experiences that go into creating a screenplay. Such concepts as genre, theme, narrative technique and characterization are introduced in activities that foster collaboration, brainstorming and analytical thinking while getting the students excited about writing, DeBritz noted.

“These activities generate the critical elements for students’ initial outlines, and they create springboards for further development,” he said. “Throughout the course, students keep writers’ journals that help them stay on task and collect interesting story ideas that they observe or experience in everyday life.”

The Being a Screenwriter Course Kit provides all of the materials for 20 students to participate in the 10-lesson program, as well as a comprehensive instructor’s guide featuring step-by-step lesson plans, learning objectives and classroom preparation tips. Popular in afterschool programs for their high quality educational activities, Community Learning’s Course Kits are designed to support both professional and paraprofessional instructors in every aspect of the course.

Being a Screenwriter is the fifth Course Kit developed by Community Learning, a four-year-old firm founded by DeBritz, a veteran of more than 20 years experience in the education and technology fields. He previously worked at Syracuse University, and the media firm, Whittle Communications, the creator and distributor of Channel One, the news program seen in classrooms nationwide.

In addition to Being a Screenwriter, the firm offers four other Course Kits: Being an Artist designed to immerse students in grades 5 through 8 in the visual arts; Playing with Percussion a hands-on music program for K-5 students; and two other Course Kits that allow students to delve into forensic science. The Missing Money Mystery is geared for students in grades 3-5 and the Cookie Jar Mystery for grades 5-8. All Course Kit topics and activities help reinforce learning standards in an exciting and creative way.

For more information about Being a Screenwriter or other Community Learning products, visit www.commlearning.com or e-mail the company at info@commlearning.com.

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