Grade 4_Dialogue Writing_Revision_Part One

Hello Grade 4! Welcome to our class!

Dialogue Writing

In our today's class we will revise essentials of dialogue writing.

But, what is a dialogue?

(Raise your hand to answer)

Multiple Choice

What is dialogue?

• A conversation between two people

• Descriptions in a story.

• What the characters in a story are doing.

Dialogue in Writing

• We use dialogue in writing to add details, re-live a scene that played out, show our characters through interactions and more!

These are two examples of dialouge. Observe it carefully.

Multiple Select

What TWO PARTS are in every sentence of dialogue?

• Speaker Tag

• Quotation Marks

• Setting

• Exclamation point

Dialogue Rules

• Quote any spoken words.

• Capitalize the first word of the quoted sentence.

• Separate spoken and unspoken words with punctuation.

• Use tags to show who is speaking and their mood.

• Indent/ write on a new line for each new speaker and use dialogue with correct punctuation.

Multiple Select

Select ALL of the following that are necessary when writing dialogue in stories.

• punctuation

• indentation

• capitalization

• tags

Time to Practice!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?

• Can you come to my house after school? "asked Lacey"

• "Can you come to my house after school" asked Lacey.

• "Can you come to my house after school?" asked Lacey.

Multiple Choice

Which sentences uses quotation marks correctly?

• Mike screamed, "Help me!"

• Mike screamed, "help me."

• Mike screamed. "Help me!"

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct one.

• "i thought it was mine," I replied, "Because I have a red sweater, too."

• "I thought it was mine," I replied, because I have a red sweater, too.

• "I thought it was mine," I replied, "because I have a red sweater, too."

Fill in the Blanks

Fix the sentence:

I forgot to study for my test said Randy.

Fill in the Blanks

Fix the sentence:

what time do we need to arrive asked Mom.

Multiple Choice

Tags can go at the beginning, middle, or end of the dialogue.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A tag...

• tells who is talking

• is what the person says

Let's Revise!

Poll

How confident you are about writing a dialogue?

• Very Confident

• Confident

• Somewhat Confident

• I need help!