Bringing Your Writing to Life: Adding Dialogue

This video tutorial teaches how to enhance stories by adding dialogue. It begins with a review of the five steps in the writing process: understanding the prompt, brainstorming, planning, writing, and revising. The lesson focuses on revising, particularly the use of quotation marks in dialogue. It provides steps to identify dialogue, write it down, and punctuate it correctly. An example story about a surprise in the cafeteria is used to illustrate these steps. The tutorial encourages students to create dialogue for characters and emphasizes the importance of proper punctuation.

What is the primary focus of this lesson?

• Brainstorming ideas

• Writing the first draft

• Understanding the writing prompt

• Revising the story

Which of the following is a common mistake when adding dialogue to a story?

• Using too many characters

• Forgetting to use quotation marks

• Using complex vocabulary

• Writing in the first person

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

• Create new characters

• Add quotation marks

• Look for places where characters are talking

• Write down what the character said

In the example story, who is the special guest mentioned?

• Rosie

• The teacher

• The president of the United States

• The principal

What should you do after writing down the dialogue?

• Put it in quotation marks

• Change the setting

• Add more characters

• Rewrite the entire story