Enhancing Personal Narratives with Dialogue

This lesson teaches how to enhance writing by adding dialogue. It reviews the five steps of the writing process, focusing on revising. Common mistakes like missing quotation marks are addressed. The lesson provides steps to add dialogue and includes a writing exercise example. Students learn to create dialogue for characters, making stories more engaging.

What is the first step in the writing process?

• Making a plan

• Understanding the question in a prompt

• Revising your work

• Brainstorming ideas

Which step involves writing the sentences to your story?

• Fourth step

• First step

• Third step

• Second step

What common mistake do writers make when adding dialogue?

• Using incorrect grammar

• Writing in passive voice

• Not using quotation marks

• Using too many words

What should you do if you forget to add quotation marks?

• Ignore it

• Ask someone else to fix it

• Rewrite the entire story

• Go back and add them

What is the first step in adding dialogue to a story?

• Revise the entire story

• Write down exactly what the character said

• Look for places where characters are talking

• Put it in quotation marks

What is the second step in adding dialogue to a story?

• Revise the entire story

• Write down exactly what the character said

• Look for places where characters are talking

• Put it in quotation marks

In the example story, who announces the surprise in the cafeteria?

• The president

• The teacher

• Rosie

• The principal

What does Rosie ask in the example story?

• When the surprise will happen

• Where the cafeteria is

• What the surprise is

• Who the special guest is

What should be added before and after the direct quotation in dialogue?

• Commas

• Exclamation marks

• Periods

• Quotation marks

What did the principal say in the example story?

• Rosie, please be quiet

• Boys and girls, there is a special guest waiting for you in the cafeteria

• The president is visiting

• There is a surprise in the cafeteria