Wednesday, October 31 Homework: books & blue/black pen-tomorrow is the paragraph writing day! Bell- Ringers Wednesday: dialogue (1 paragraph) What do you know about dialogue? Why do writers use dialogue? What do you think makes dialogue interesting? What makes you interested if you hear people having a dialogue?

Order Bell Ringers- collecting bell ringers Take out a piece of paper: Label it Dialogue Notes Copy the underlined parts-you will get the examples

Dialogue is a conversation between characters “ dialogue What is dialogue? Dialogue is a conversation between characters ”

Dialogue is used to move the plot forward “ dialogue Why do writers use dialogue? Dialogue is used to move the plot forward ”

“ ” dialogue Dialogue is used in indirect characterization. Why do writers use dialogue? Dialogue is used in indirect characterization. What and how does the character say? ”

A direct quote begins with a capital letter. “ dialogue Rule #1 A direct quote begins with a capital letter. ”

“ Dialogue Rule #2 When a quotation is interrupted into two parts with words like “he asked” or “the teacher demanded,” the second part begins with a lower case letter. ”

“ Dialogue Rule #3 When writing dialogue, all punctuation marks at the end of the quotation go inside the quotation marks. ”

“ Dialogue Rule #4 Do not put a period at the end of a quotation followed by things like she said, mom asked, he explained, etc. Use commas, question marks but not periods. Periods end sentences. ”

“ Dialogue Rule #5 Make a new paragraph(INDENT) when a different person begins to speak. ”

“ ” Dialogue reminders Always make it clear who is speaking Try to avoid using the word “said” ”

Listen to the story It will be your turn to rewrite 1-2 of the paragraphs with no dialogue. You will need to add dialogue to make the story and characters more interesting. Story is a class set; please do not write on it Put your name & class student #