CREATING &

ADAPTING STORIES
TEACHING
STRATEGIES
MOHAMAD KHAIRUN NIDZAM BIN RAIS
MOHAMAD SHAHIRRAZ BIN RUSLI
TECHNIQUES OF CREATING &
ADAPTING STORIES INTO DRAMA
THE GUIDELINES:
Do research and collect all the elements
of the story; plot, setting, themes & etc.
The story must have at least one main
character that goes on an emotional
journey that causes him or her to learn
an important lesson, and to change as a
result, not always for the better.
There must be a clear villain or obstacle
preventing the hero or heroine attaining
success. It doesnt always have to be a
person.
 The story must come to a series
of crises that force the character
to make harder and harder
choices, until the only choice is
survival.
The arena of the story should be
something we havent seen
before, or a familiar situation
presented in a new way.
Identify a clear audience for the
story.
EXAMPLE OF CREATED & ADOPTED
STORY INTO DRAMA SCRIPT.
C:\Users\Khairun Nidzam Rais
\Documents\The Story of King Midas.docx

C:\Users\Khairun Nidzam Rais

\Documents\KING MIDAS AND THE GOLDEN TOU
CH script.docx
TEACHING STRATEGIES
 Teacher will lead a class discussion about
adaption and the different genres of theatre
and film.
Name any books or well-known stories that
have been adapted into drama script?
Ask the differences between the written
story and the drama script?
Ask why did the playwright or screenwriter
make those changes?
Did the playwright or screenwriter keep all
the essential plot points of the original story?
 Now the teacher will read (The Story of King

Midas) to the class. In groups, the students can use

the Adaptation Worksheet to filter out the

essential elements of the story:

Setting (King Midass home in Ancient Greece)

Characters (Bacchus, King Midas)

Actions

Themes (Rewards; Greed; a Foolish Wish turned

Bad; Pity and Forgiveness)

Moral (Careful what you wish for; Wealth is not

the most important thing in life)

 Actions (Bacchus rewards King Midas; Midas
uses his gift, which has good consequences
and then bad consequences; Midas regrets his
decision; Bacchus helps Midas)
Themes (Rewards; Greed; a Foolish Wish
turned Bad; Pity and Forgiveness)
Moral (Careful what you wish for; Wealth is
not the most important thing in life)
 Now the teacher will assign each group

to transform the childrens stories into a

drama scripts and perform a skits for the

entire class.

Each group discusses how to use all the

elements of the story The Story of King

Midas. On the back of the Now the

teacher will assign each group to

transform the childrens stories into a

drama scripts and perform a skits for the

entire class.
 If the students have
problems with any
part of the story
elements, the teacher
can explain it to the
students and provide
guidance.
The groups take ten
to fifteen minutes to
prepare their skits
and then perform the
skits for the entire
class.