Dialogue Rules

Grasp Choice 2

Re-write a scene in the memoir from a different person’s perspective. Be sure to use narrative techniques such as dialogue, perspective, and sensory details to develop your scene. 

Grasp Choice 1

Your GRASP

Write a short narrative in which the characters deal with family separation or immigration. Be sure to include dialogue, perspective, and sensory details to develop your story.

Dialogue Rules

1. Use quotation marks around words that are said out loud.  

Example: “It’s sure cold out here,” Mark said. 

Example: “It’s so breezy outside!” Mrs. Joseph exclaimed.  

Multiple Choice

Rule 1: Use quotation marks around words that are said out loud.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Reyna: I'm so hungry I could die

• Mago replied, You're always hungry.

• "You two are always arguing," Carlos added.

• That's not true, Reyna complained.

Draw

Add quotation marks to the following sentence:

Dialogue Rules

2. Start a new paragraph EVERY time the person speaking changes.

“I really don’t know,” he said.

“Me neither...” she added.

The teacher chimed in, “One of you should know. Re-read paragraph 6, and think about it again.” The students looked at each other and responded with nods and frowns.

Draw

Draw lines where each new paragraph should start.

Dialogue Rules

 3. Separate dialogue from the rest of the sentence with a comma. If the dialogue comes first, the comma goes with the dialogue. If dialogue comes second, the comma goes with the sentence.  

Example with dialogue first:
“I hate rainy days,” sighed Mario. 

“Really? I love rainy days,” Allie replied.  

 

Example with sentence before dialogue:
Chris complained, “I hate rainy days.” 

Allie replied, “I love rainy days!” 

Draw

Draw the missing comma.

Draw

Add the missing comma to the sentence.

Draw

Draw the missing comma.

Dialogue Rules

4. If a question is a part of the dialogue, it goes inside
the quotation marks. 

Example: She looked at me and asked, “Are you alright?”  
Example: “Are you sure she wants two paragraphs?” I asked. 

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses the question mark correctly?

• "Me?" she wanted to know.

• "You? he questioned.

• He pointed and asked "Him"?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses the question mark correctly?

• "Huh"? she asked.

• "What?", he replied.

• "Who?" she questioned.

Categorize

Options (8)

"Mom," he called.

"I'm sleepy," he said.

"You're a wizard," whispered Hagrid.

"Are you sure?" asked Mrs. Joseph.

Mom," he called.

"I'm so frustrated" he yelled!

"Bruh. We have so much homework" he complained.

Do you like k-pop? she asked.

Which of these are punctuated correctly? Sort them into the right column.

Correct Dialogue

Incorrect Dialogue

Poll

For your grasp you can re-write a scene from the book or draft your own narrative about immigration/family separation. What GRASP choice will you be doing?

• Re-write a scene from the book.

• Write my own narrative.

Exit Ticket

• Go to Canvas -> then click Advanced English II -> then Discussion

• Post at least five sentences to incorrectly punctuate dialogue. ​​

• Then, reply to someone else's post to correct the punctuation in their dialogue.

• If you finish early, start your grasp in Canvas!

• Forgot the rules? Look at this cheat sheet: Dialogue Rules