{"id":6466,"date":"2017-02-28T03:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/2017\/02\/teaching-dialogue-and-why-its-so.html"},"modified":"2020-12-04T23:58:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T23:58:15","slug":"teaching-dialogue-and-why-its-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/teaching-dialogue-and-why-its-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Dialogue and Why It&#8217;s So Important!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"teaching dialogue\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XMw3kkWxbdU\/WLTMbsYcxII\/AAAAAAAAZEg\/gZMm4MNuyNw39cA43KTrq1Yme6veeTZBACLcB\/s640\/dialogue%2Bblog%2Bpost%2Bimage%2Bfebruary%2B27%2B2017.jpg\" alt=\"teaching narrative writing\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We are digging into a fun narrative writing unit to complement our historical fiction unit. \u00a0I know many of you write personal narratives&#8230;many write realistic fiction&#8230;mysteries&#8211;you name it. \u00a0One of our fun writing projects is to take a scene from one of their historical fiction book club books and rewriting it through the eyes of a different character. \u00a0It&#8217;s so much fun to talk about point of view and how we can take a very &#8220;known&#8221; event and make it our own. Teaching dialogue is a part of this!<a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Why are we teaching dialogue anyway?<\/h2>\n<p>In order to really tie back to our writing standards, I use parts of the same planning guide I used earlier in the year&#8211;but without having to create the character. \u00a0(Not sure what I&#8217;m talking about? \u00a0Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theteacherstudio.com\/2016\/10\/loving-our-narrative-writing-unit.html\">this post<\/a>). \u00a0We brainstormed those ever important setting clues (which they were quite familiar with since they just finished reading the book!) and then dug into planning their stories. \u00a0Watch for a post on the drafting process soon!<\/p>\n<p>Before we dig into writing, I wanted to do a quick review on dialogue&#8211;both the reasons WHY writers use dialogue and HOW they punctuate\/write it correctly. \u00a0It&#8217;s a tough writing skill for intermediate students&#8211;especially with all the different ways one can punctuate and format it!<\/p>\n<p>To start, I wanted my students to really study the WHY&#8211;something we started with our book clubs and our read aloud. \u00a0We talked about how dialogue should have a purpose; we&#8217;ve all heard stories that unfold a little something like this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey. \u00a0What are you doing?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Going to the park.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Why?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;For baseball.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;OK.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;What are you doing?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Nothing&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Kind of reminds me of teenagers texting, to be honest!)<\/p>\n<h2>Is it dialogue?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. \u00a0Is it adding meaningfully to a story? \u00a0Not so much. \u00a0We talked about all the things dialogue can help an author do&#8230;this list is just a smattering of ideas&#8211;certainly it is not meant to be all-inclusive, but I think it&#8217;s interesting for students to see that dialogue has a purpose&#8211;and they can experiment with these as they begin drafting!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"teaching dialogue\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-kzZW9dHytUE\/WLS8kTaKKVI\/AAAAAAAAZEI\/mL9s6qugipIBopAFEcGrDBTOvzHVTdqAgCEw\/s640\/Photo%2BFeb%2B27%252C%2B5%2B48%2B52%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"dialogue anchor chart\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In fact, as I read my read aloud now, I will highlight certain examples of dialogue for us to consider how it is helping the author convey the big ideas of the story. \u00a0There are TONS of great examples in Number the Stars, our current read aloud! \u00a0I think it&#8217;s really valuable for students to realize that writers are intentional with things like this&#8211;and that understanding this can help them not only improve their WRITING&#8211;but understand their reading more deeply as well.<\/p>\n<p>The next thing I wanted to review is the actual &#8220;rules&#8221; for punctuating dialogue. \u00a0We had done lessons on this earlier this year, but it is definitely something that needs lots of repetition. Next, we reviewed by using the following anchor chart and I put up several examples of dialogue. \u00a0We highlighted each of these features with different colors. \u00a0I forgot to take a picture of that! \u00a0Sorry!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"dialogue anchor chart\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-P56bLadOOtI\/WLTiDlFEG3I\/AAAAAAAAZFc\/4ZWic7Ej4zcyP2j5a2pYB3R7NackIiD9ACLcB\/s640\/Photo%2BFeb%2B27%252C%2B8%2B34%2B57%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"teaching dialogue\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Time to model teaching dialogue in reading and writing!<\/h2>\n<p>After we had reviewed, I wanted to model some dialogue writing with my own &#8220;think alouds&#8221; to show how to punctuate it.\u00a0 First, I pulled out my dialogue writing cards that we had used earlier this year and told my students that we were going to get creative.\u00a0 Next, I reminded them of how SERIOUS our historical fiction stories are&#8211;so this was our chance to let loose a little!<\/p>\n<p>I started with this card and had them talk in trios about what Melanie could possibly say to a lifeguard.\u00a0 Trust me, we had some hilarious ideas!\u00a0 I picked one and wrote it down under the document camera.<\/p>\n<p>We then went back to our groups to discuss what the lifeguard could say back&#8211;and we had so much fun! \u00a0I then had the students try their own versions of this same dialogue&#8211;with the reminder to be appropriate!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"teaching dialogue\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ddU4Fq_ruJ4\/WLS8kOWtwfI\/AAAAAAAAZEE\/hFuMmn2iBOkvr2uRkfHw1x-riQHMkeaSACLcB\/s640\/Photo%2BFeb%2B27%252C%2B5%2B50%2B05%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"writing task cards\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"teaching dialogue\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-R_pkdtUNt0k\/WLS8hiPv7DI\/AAAAAAAAZD8\/UqKqYU8C5740BfijOn-BVJkcmhiSj_iLACEw\/s640\/Photo%2BFeb%2B27%252C%2B5%2B46%2B00%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"writing lesson ideas\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Sharing our work<\/h2>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">After that, I added three more cards under the document camera and let students do a &#8220;four corners&#8221; type activity where they chose which card they wanted to work on&#8211;more work with the lifeguard card or one of the other three. \u00a0They broke off into groups and got to work. \u00a0I reminded them to refer to our model on the board for correct punctuation and capitals, and I circulated and coached.<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"writing lesson ideas fourth grade\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rPybVLCWmjw\/WLS8hSQSE5I\/AAAAAAAAZD4\/nfK8_apng3sSZDcILB9Df2NEYEQ7FD9cwCEw\/s640\/Photo%2BFeb%2B27%252C%2B5%2B47%2B51%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"teaching dialogue\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"teaching dialogue\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-P92YKjQWy3Y\/WLS8hSBc-_I\/AAAAAAAAZD0\/B588MV_kBX4DlANcb4aIur0shfFcsHblwCEw\/s640\/Photo%2BFeb%2B27%252C%2B5%2B47%2B25%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"fourth grade writing lessons\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Overall, it was a great review lesson that also served to spark excitement for infusing dialogue into their historical fiction stories. \u00a0Watch for a blog post about how we took our planning and turned it into a draft!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Guess what?\u00a0 Now I&#8217;ve updated this resource so the work can also be done on the computer digitally!\u00a0 Each task card has a built-in textbox for easy recording.\u00a0 It just makes it more flexible for you!<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11971\" src=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Photo-Apr-27-3-03-08-PM-1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"445\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Want to pin this post for later?<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"teaching dialogue\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EyYGchLtoNA\/WLTRaW5WkeI\/AAAAAAAAZE0\/KTuifW5Yi0wum78_O4zaTbG7ZfC1OJATACLcB\/s640\/teaching%2Bdialogue%2Bpost%2Bfebruary%2B27%2B2017%2Bpin.jpg\" alt=\"writing lessons\" width=\"320\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Interested in the task cards shown above? \u00a0Click the image below to see more. This resource is also a part of a discounted Teaching Tandem available by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-Tandems-Teaching-Dialogue-2375552\">HERE<\/a> and a set of four narrative writing resources which can be found by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Narrative-Writing-BUNDLE-Helping-Students-Write-Quality-Narratives-Grades-3-5-2810248\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0 Want even more narrative writing tools?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Writing-Quality-Narratives-with-Dialogue-for-Grades-3-5-BUNDLE-2810248\">CLICK RIGHT HERE<\/a> or check below!<\/div>\n<h3>Want to check out another narrative writing blog post?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/teaching-students-about-planning-narrative-writing\/\"><strong>Try this one<\/strong> <\/a>geared toward helping students plan their writing.\u00a0 If you want to see how we invent our characters, <a href=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/loving-our-narrative-writing-unit\/\"><strong>check out this one!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Teaching-the-Power-of-Dialogue-Creativity-Task-Cards-1697095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12628\" src=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/teaching-dialogue-task-cards-digital.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching writing and punctuating dialogue\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/teaching-dialogue-task-cards-digital.jpg 960w, https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/teaching-dialogue-task-cards-digital-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/teaching-dialogue-task-cards-digital-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Writing-Quality-Narratives-with-Dialogue-for-Grades-3-5-BUNDLE-2810248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12629\" src=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/narrative-writing-bundle-cover-2.jpg\" alt=\"Four great resources for teaching narrative writing\" width=\"379\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/narrative-writing-bundle-cover-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/narrative-writing-bundle-cover-2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/narrative-writing-bundle-cover-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theteacherstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/megsig.png\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are digging into a fun narrative writing unit to complement our historical fiction unit. \u00a0I know many of you write personal narratives&#8230;many write realistic fiction&#8230;mysteries&#8211;you name it. \u00a0One of our fun writing projects is to take a scene from one of their historical fiction book club books and rewriting it through the eyes of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[223,186],"class_list":["post-6466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literacy-lessons","tag-narrative-writing","tag-writing","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teaching Dialogue and Why It&#039;s So Important! - The Teacher Studio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This blog post helps show how teachers can teach students how to write dialogue and to study dialogue in the books the read. 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