1. EXT. NEAR ELINOR’S HOUSE – DAY It’s a BEAUTIFUL, SLIGHTLY OVERCAST FALL DAY. OPEN ON: An ORANGE leaf, wiggling on a branch as a breeze blows by. Then, the leaf detaches and we follow it as it FLUTTERS downward, drifting this way and that. Below, we see Elinor, hopping down her front step as Ari and Olive arrive. The kids are <SFX: GIGGLING>. ELINOR Hi Olive. Hi Ari. Are you scared? OlIVE Why should we be scared , Elinor ? Elinor wiggles her fingers and tries to look “spooky”. ELINOR ‘Cause it’s almost Halloween. ( using scary voice) That’s when spooky things appear out of nowhere. Ari That doesn’t scare me. Nothing scares me. Just then the leaf lands right on Ari’s head! <SFX: STARTLED SHOUT> Ari leaps into the air and ends up hanging from a tree. The leaf falls off Ari, and Elinor and Olive <SFX: GIGGLES> as it drifts down into Elinor’s hand. She shows it to Ari, who is still clutching the branch. ELINOR It was just a leaf, Ari. Ari lets go and drops to the ground, trying to regain composure. ARI I knew that. I was just jumping. For fun . So... what were we talking about? They continue walking. OlivE Halloween. I love it. ArI Me too. Elinor stops and turns to the other two. ELINOR And you know what the best part of Halloween is, right? Ari and Olive <SFX: AGREEMENT WALLA>. ELINOR (CONT’D) ( confidently ) The cool decorations. Ari and Olive look at each other, confused. <SFX: WALLA: HUH?> OLIVE Decorations aren’t the best part. Ari nods his head in agreement with Olive. <SFX: AGREEMENT WALLA>. OLIVE (CONT’D) It’s the costumes. Ari nods his head. Then stops and looks at Olive, surprised. Ari Right... Wait. What? Ari looks at Olive, then Elinor like they’ve got two heads. Ari (CONT’D) The best part of Halloween isn’t the costumes or the decorations. It’ s alllll the yummy candy! ELINOR Okay, the candy is good, but it wouldn’t be Halloween without all those fun decorations - like jack-o-lanterns and ghosts. Olive But what about wear ing a costume and going around the neighborhood dressed like something fun? Ari I’m sorry. Costumes are fun and scary decorations are nice, but Halloween is all about the candy. Am I right? Elinor I wonder ... How can we all have such different ways of thinking about Halloween? ARi I don’t know. Olive Well I do know we’ll be late for school if we don’t hurry. Come on. I can’t wait to see what Mz. Mole’s doing for Halloween. <SFX: EXCITED WALLA> as they race off. 2. EXT. SCHOOLYARD – MOMENTS LATER The kids race into the schoolyard. ElinoR I hope there are lots of scary decorations. Ari It doesn’t matter to me. I’m not scared of anything. Suddenly Olive has a surprised look on her face as she looks toward the school. Olive What’s that? They look at the window and see a silhouette of a witch! ARI It’s a witch!! He leaps behind Olive and peeks out from behind as they all stare at the window. Then, Mz. Mole opens the curtain and they see that she’s wearing a witch’s hat . She smiles and waves at the kids. ELINOR ( giggle ) It’s just Mz. Mole. She loves Halloween too. Ari comes out from behind Olive, trying to look cool. Ari I knew it was her. I was just trying to make sure Olive wasn’t scared. You okay Olive? Elinor and Olive <SFX: WALLA “Yeah Right” “Uh huh”>. 3. INT. CLASSROOM – MOMENTS LATER Elinor, Olive and Ari run into the classroom. Other kids are already there, working on their own projects, and there are already a few DECORATIONS up. Ari sees KOA with his back to him. He taps Koa on the shoulder and he turns, wearing a FUNNY-SCARY MASK. Ari jumps back, startled, <SFX: STARTLED WALLA> and Koa peeks out from behind the mask, with a big smile. Mz. Mole, who is still wearing her witch’s hat greets them. <SFX: GREETINGS> Mz. Mole Good Morning Ghouls and Goblins. Welcome to Halloween Headquarters. We’re making decorations for the classroom. Want to help? <SFX: AGREEMENT WALLA>. ElINOR Halloween decorations are my favorite thing. Mz. MOLE Well, it’s one of the things that make Halloween fun - that and costumes and candy, of course. They all make Halloween special. Elinor, Olive and Ari look at each other in surprise. Elinor Ha. We can all think differently about Halloween. Mz. Mole peers into the cubbies. Then she spots something. Mz. MOLE Let’s see what we’ve got. Ah! Would you like to make spiderweb decorations out of yarn for the classroom ? Elinor, Olive and Ari respond with enthusiastic <SFX: WALLA> as Mz. Mole pulls out some supplies - balls of yarn and glue . MZ. MOLE (CONT’D) Here are some supplies. Do you all know what a spiderweb looks like? The kids dive into the supplies, pulling out yarn. <SFX: EXCITED WALLA: SURE. YUP . I DO.> Mz. MOLE (CONT’D) You know, when you make something that looks like the real thing, that’s called ‘making a model . ’ Elinor and Olive start working on their models . We see Elinor laying down outward-pointing pieces of YARN and then gluing longer pieces of yarn around in kind of a circle. Elinor I’m going to make the scariest looking spiderweb model . We see Olive laying down four pieces of YELLOW YARN joined at one end and then laying pieces of yarn across them to make a triangular shape. Olive I’m using this yellow yarn , so it looks like my spiderweb is in the sun. Ari has his back turned to them. We see his arms flying as he works on his web, but we can’t see what he’s doing. Olive (CONT’D) What color is your spiderweb going to be, Ari? Ari still has his back to them, but he’s not working on his web anymore. Ari Not “going to be.” I’m done. Elinor and Olive look surprised. Ari turns around to show a big messy tangle of yarn, which looks like a TANGLE WEB. ArI (CONT’D) Ta da ! A spiderweb. Elinor and Olive look at each other, puzzled. ELINOR Mmm , I don’t think a spiderweb looks like that. ArI It doesn’t? What’s it look like then? Elinor turns to her project and holds up her version, which is not quite finished but we can see the shape - it’s a TRADITIONAL ORB WEB. ELINOR Like this. Kind of. I think. Ari looks puzzled and Olive looks surprised. Olive Mmmm . I think a spiderweb looks like this. She holds up her version, which has strands of yarn attached in a triangle shape, like a TRIANGLE WEB. The three of them look confused. Mz. Mole comes over. mz. MOLE How are my spiderweb builders doing? ElinoR Not so well, Mz. Mole. We each made spiderwebs, but they’re all different. Can you tell us which one looks like a real spiderweb? As the kids show her their webs, Mz. Mole pauses to think. MZ. MOLE You’ve all made interesting model s. But... I’m trying to remember what a REAL spiderweb looks like. The kids react with realization. Olive I haven’t seen a real spiderweb for a while. Ari It’s been like forever for me. Elinor agrees, then gets an idea . ELINOR Me too. (gasp) I know, l et’s go outside and look for a real spiderweb . Then we’ll know how to make our decorations look like the real thing. Olive Good idea Elinor. ELINOR We need more observations. They look to Mz. Mole who nods in approval. <SFX: EXCITED WALLA> as they head out. Mz. Mole watches and <SFX: CHUCKLES>. 4. EXT. SCHOOLYARD – MOMENTS LATER Outside the kids are hunting around looking for a web. Elinor looks around a tree. Olive peers into some shrubs. Ari is investigating the other side of the shrubs. elinOR Have you found one yet? Ari Nothing here. Suddenly, Olive pops up just on the other side of the shrub, startling Ari. OLIVE Nothing here either. Ari does a back flip. ARI Aaah ! He immediately leaps to his feet. Ari (CONT’D) I wasn’t scared. Olive <SFX: GIGGLE> as Elinor joins the two of them. Ari tries to act as if nothing happened. elinor There have to be spiderwebs around here somewhere. SERIES OF SHOTS: Elinor, Olive and Ari look for spiders in various spots around the schoolyard. End with shot of Elinor standing underneath a branch. Ari and Olive come and join her. Elinor (CONT’D) I haven’t seen any spiderwebs. Or spiders. Maybe we’re looking in the wrong place. ON: Olive, whose face lights up. Olive You’re right Elinor. You should look up. Elinor’s eyes go up and there’s a spider walking upside down on the branch above her. She breaks out in a big smile. ELINOR ( gasp ) A spider. Ari comes over to get a closer look. Ari Okay, we’ve found a spider, but where’s its web? Olive Let’s watch where it goes. They watch for a second, and then <SFX: WHOOSH!> The spider drops through the frame. We see their surprised faces. Elinor Oh no. It fell. Ari I hope it didn’t hurt itself. But then Elinor crouches down and looks amazed as she sees the spider suspended by a thin silky strand. ElinoR Huh. I t didn’t fall on the ground. Look. Ari and Olive drop down to see. ELINOR (CONT’D) It’s hanging from a really thin kind of string . Ari Where’d that come from? The spider starts weaving its web. OLIVE I think it’s called a spider thread. And o oh , look. I t’s making it with its body. Th at’s what it uses to make spider web s . Elinor points to the spider which is quickly creating a web. They follow its movements, with great curiosity. ElinoR You’re right Olive. Look how it climbs up the thread and then starts a new one . That’s so cool. ArI Yeah. .. But it’s going to take a long time to make a whole web. Olive looks at the spider climbing up a strand and nods. OliVE You’re right Ari. Maybe we should look for one that’s already made. Ari nods, and they start to head off, but Elinor stays put. Elinor You go ahead. I’m going to stay and watch this spider make its web. It’s SO interesting! OLIVE OK. We’ll let you know if we find one. Olive and Ari split up, looking in different place for a spiderweb. ANGLE ON: Olive is searching through some bushes oliVE (CONT’D) Okay spiders. Come out, come out wherever you are. Suddenly she sees a SPIDER skittering along a leaf. It’s a DIFFERENT LOOKING SPIDER from the one they saw earlier. olive (CONT’D) There’s one. Hello little spider. Oh. You look different from the spider we saw before. Now if you could just lead me to your web. She keeps following it, as... ANGLE ON: Ari is searching through a thicket. He provides his own commentary. Ari And as Ari, the World’s Greatest Spider Finder searches the forest , he sees ... Suddenly he spots a spider, which is A DIFFERENT KIND OF SPIDER. Ari (CONT’D) Cool. A spider! And where there’s a spider, there must be a spiderweb. He follows the spider, as ... ANGLE ON: Elinor is watching her spider spin its web. It’s much more formed than it was earlier. Its lines stretch out, starting to look like a TRIANGLE WEB. ELINOR Wow. Look at how fast you can make a web. I bet it’s going to look just like mine. She looks at the web. <SFX: WALLA: HMMM> . ANGLE ON: Olive, who looks a bit disappointed. Olive Hmmm ... That’s not what I expected. We see that she’s looking at the spider, who is sitting in the middle of a TANGLE WEB in the bushes. OlIVE (CONT’D) So that’s your spiderweb? I t looks just like the one Ari made . A THOUGHT BUBBLE appears above her head, showing Ari holding his tangle web model. Olive (CONT’D) I guess he was right. ANGLE ON: Ari is backing up in the thicket, looking around ... when he suddenly feels something behind him - a spider web! Ari Ari the World’s Greatest Spider Finder ... lost his spider. But he’ll find it again. Aaah ! He spins around, where he finds his spider, sitting in the middle of a big beautiful ORB WEB. Ari (CONT’D) Aha! I found you. Right in the middle of ... Hmmm . That doesn’t look like the spiderweb I made . It looks like the one Elinor made. A THOUGHT BUBBLE appears above his head, showing Elinor holding up her Orb Web model. ARI (CONT’D) I guess she was right. ANGLE ON: Elinor is looking perplexed as the spider finishes its web, which turns out to be a TRIANGLE WEB. ELINOR Well, you are a very good web builder , spider . But it doesn’t look like the web I made at all. It looks like the web Olive made . A THOUGHT BUBBLE appears above her head showing Olive and her TRIANGLE WEB MODEL. ELINOR (CONT’D) I better go tell her. She gets up and goes to the middle of the schoolyard, where she meets up with Ari and Olive. Elinor points at Olive, Ari points at Elinor, Olive points at Ari. They speak simultaneously. ELINOR /ArI/OLIVE You were right , Olive (Elinor, Ari) . ARI Wait. What? ELINOR How can we all be right? I watched my spider make a web that looked just like the one you made , Olive. Olive But the web I found looked like Ari’s model. ArI And the web I found looked just like the one Elinor made . Elinor gets a thought. She turns to Ari. Elinor Wait. What did your spider look like? ARI It was way different from the first one we saw. OliVE Mine was different too. ElinOR That’s SO interesting. Olive smiles knowingly. Olive I think I know what you’re thinking , Elinor . ArI What? What are you two thinking that I’m not thinking? elinor Maybe different kind s of spider s make... She waits for Ari to figure it out. And he does ! ARI Aha! Make different kind s of web s ! OLIVE So there are different kinds of spiderwebs. ELINOR Just like there are different ways to think about Halloween. OliVE Awesome! Let’s go tell Mz. Mole. They race back to the classroom. 5. INT. CLASSROOM – MOMENTS LATER Elinor, Olive and Ari race into the classroom. <SFX: EXCITED WALLA> They <SFX: SCREECH> to a stop when they see what looks like a ghost floating through the room! Ari (Gasp!) It’s a g-ghost !! Ari dives under a desk. From behind the “ghost”, Mz. Mole peeks out, and we see that it’s a sheet that she’s about to hang in the corner. MZ. MOLE Ari? Are you okay? Ari, realizing his mistake, slides out from under the desk. Ari Sure. I was just ... um ... checking out for ghosts under the desk. It’s all clear. Elinor and Olive <SFX: giggle > as Ari joins them , as they make their way over to where their models are . Mz. MOLE Did you find a spiderweb? ELINOR We didn’t find a spiderweb, Mz. Mole. Mz. MOLE Oh? ELINOR We found three spiderwebs. Mz. MOLE Oh! Olive And they were all different. Ari Because the spiders were all different. Mz. MOLE Well aren’t you clever. You figured out that different kinds of spiders make different kinds of webs. Mz. Mole gestures to the three models the kids made. They beam with pride. ElINOR So we were ALL right. Cool. Let’s get decorating. As Elinor, Olive and Ari finish their webs (making them bigger) and hang them in different parts of the classroom: The other kids join in hanging their own decoration as the kids sing. SONG: MORE THAN ONE WAY ELINOR/olive/ari ELINOR: You do it that way And I do it this way. OLIVE: We each have our own way. ARI: And that’s okay! ALL: ‘Cause there’s more than one way To do almost everything. And each of those ways is great, right? Yes, each of those ways is great! BOO! Reacting to a scary Halloween decoration. ELINOR: Just like a spider making a web OLIVE: We each do our own thing, ARI: And that’s okay! ALL: ‘Cause there’s more than one way To do almost everything. And each of those ways is great, right? Yes, each of those ways is great! By the end of their song, they’ve finished hanging their three different webs around the class, and the other decorations are in place. Mz. Mole looks around admiring them. Mz. MOLE Your spider web decorations are wonderful! And you know what I like best about them? Elinor, Olive and Ari don’t know but they’re eager to hear her answer. Mz. MOLE (CONT’D) They’re all different. Just like you! <SFX: HAPPY WALLA>

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW163 More Than One Way by Kate Barris Elinor’s Question: Are all spider webs the same? Logline: Elinor, Olive and Ari want to make spiderwebs to decorate the classroom for Halloween, and they all think they know what a spider web looks like. But which one right? Curriculum Goals: LS8 . Observe and describe similarities and differences across different types of plants and animals. (Elinor And her friends observe the different patterns of spiders’ webs). SEP2 . Developing and using models a. Represent observable, concrete objects, events, and findings in many different ways. (Elinor and her friends make models of different spider's webs). Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mz . Mole Incidental Characters: Other kids in the classroom Backgrounds: Schoolyard, trees, shrubs Props: Witch's hat, yarn glue, three different spiders, spider webs, ghostly sheet, a mask for Koa, other Halloween decorations. FIRST DRAFT: January 27, 2020 SECOND DRAFT: February 18, 2020 POLISH DRAFT: March 13, 2020 Elinor Elinor/olive/ari Ari Olive Elion Mr. Dog Ari/olive Ari’s mom Ari’s little sister Air Ms. Mole Mr. Mole Art Olie Mr. Hamster Mary Lizzie Liszzie Mary & lizzie Mr. Hm Mr. N Kids Elinr Elinor/ari/Olive Senor tapir Oiive Olive/ari Eline Ari & olive Mz. Mole Are (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (thing-ese)_ (thing-ESE) INT EXT I/E 7 1 6 3. EXT 1. EXT 5 TRANSITION CIRCLE TIME SCIENCE STATION ACTIVITY BOARD COMPUTER STATION OPIE MONOLOGUE OPENING TITLES SEQUENCE COLD OPENING OPENING TITLES BLOCK AREA CIRCLE TIME SONG DOORWAY TO KINDERGARTEN COATROOM COATROOM - CUBBIES SENSES TABLE BAHTROOM BATHROOM CIRCLE RUB OPIE FANTASY DRAMA CENTRE CREDITS. PLAYGROUND - CATERPILLAR PLAYGROUND - NEAR THE SLIDES PLAYGROUND - TEEPEE LARGE SHRUB CUBBY AREA CLASSROOM HOLEY WALL CREATIVITY CENTRE CLASS - BETWEEEN MATH AND SCIENCE CIRCLE TIME RUG MATH CENTRE INT. CLASSROOM ICY SNOWY EXPANSE OUTSIDE SALLY'S HOUSE THE THINGAMAJIGGER FRICTIONARIUM FRICTIONARIUM - RAMPS THINGAMAJIGGER THINGAMAJIGGER -HEADING HOME NICK'S BACKYARD NICK'S BACK DOOR SERENDIP PATH SERENDIP FIRST PATH INT. SERENDIP CLOSER TO SCHOOL – A LITTLE LATER THE PARK UPSTREAM NARROWS THE BANK OF A SMALL STREAM BANK OF THE STREAM FISHY POOL INT. CLASSROOM – MOMENTS LATER DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUBBIES SAME SAME TIME AERIAL ESTABLISHING SHOT CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. Order Title Location ARI ARI