Teaching dialogue

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We’ve been busy working on narratives in writing (post about that coming soon!), so it seemed like the perfect time...

Teach your students to add dialogue to their narrative writing with these engaging activities. These lesson ideas will work well with 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Ideas included guided practice, dialogue prompts and notes, independent activities, and more! Check it out these fun dialogue writing activities today! #middleschool #upperelementary #writing #dialogue #narrativewriting

So embarking on this new grade, I didn't imagine quite fully all the new material I would be teaching. Dialogue in writing and how to punctuate it - certainly wasn't something I was expecting. I found these awesome ideas to be very helpful to introduce the concept to my students! First up the Balloon Stickies App: It used to be free, so look for a similar version ( my Ipad is at school so I will try to get the one I used) I got the original idea to use this app from the post over at Finally…

I love that my students love to write! They are so creative and come up with some of the best story plots with all the right elements. But there’s just one thing… They tend to overuse the word said when writing dialogue. I often get multiple stories with “he said”, “she said”, I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this. Or even worse, they use the wrong synonym for said when conveying a feeling or an action. Does this sound familiar? Don’t worry! Stick around, and we’ll talk about how to…

This blog post helps show how teachers can teach students how to write dialogue and to study dialogue in the books the read. Teaching dialogue is essential.

Looking for some fun and interactive ways to help your students better understand the role dialogue has in narrative writing? Check out today's post for details!

This blog post helps show how teachers can teach students how to write dialogue and to study dialogue in the books the read. Teaching dialogue is essential.

Teach your students how to correctly write sentences containing dialogue. Focusing on the placement of character tags is extremely helpful to upper elementary students. This blog post contains a complete free minilesson, including an anchor chart, a free worksheet, and more!

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