Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy   

Screenwriting     Spring 2025

All students must complete a project for these classes.

  • Instructor: Mark Ring
  • Contact: mring@homeoftheshamrocks.org  / 269-932-5531
  • Location: Online / Google Classroom 
  • Format: Online and Google Classroom **Note: This will be a different Google Classroom than is required by your mentor, but works in a similar fashion.  The class CODE will be sent to your email address the week before class starts.  
  • Day/Time: Once a Week / Asynchronous for 8 weeks **Information and Assignments will be posted on Monday mornings and you will have a week to complete each task/assignment when it works best for you as long as you keep up with deadlines.
  • Start date: January 10th, ends March 10th
  • Additional registration on-site is not required.


Grades 6-12
This class will serve as an introduction to the art of screenwriting for film and television. It will go over the basics of screenplay writing by using some fun exercises and will also allow you to write your own original screenplay.

Screenwriting Syllabus


*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.

Teacher of Record: Mark Ring mring@shamrocks.us