Dialogue Lesson

Open Ended

Warm-up: Look at the image and create dialogue between these two characters. What do you think they are talking about?

Draw

Circle or underline the speech-related verbs that you could use as speaker tags.

Open Ended

How could you spice up this example of said?:

"I don't understand the project for class," I said.

Open Ended

What is missing from this text message conversation?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• "At least ten times," he says, handing me the scrap of paper with his number on it. "They're my favorite books. Have you read them?"

• "At least ten times, he says, handing me the scrap of paper with his number on it. They're my favorite books. Have you read them?"

• At least ten times, he says, handing me the scrap of paper with his number on it. They're my favorite books. Have you read them?

Draw

Fix the punctuation errors in the two examples