WRITING: Conversational Language and Academic Language Arts Dialogue “Mr. Allen has assigned us a report on hyenas," Mike said in a flat, bored voice. “it will be fun,” Juan assured his friend as they looked through a research book. Just then, Mike's eyes opened wide. “Wow!” he exclaimed, pointing to the diagram of a hyena’s body. "Look at those big, sharp teeth!" Juan grinned. “See, you are getting interested already.” “Look at the picture on this website. Hyenas look like dogs,” said Juan. “But the captions says they are more like cats,” noticed Mike. “And the Interesting Facts box says they live in groups as large as 80. The females are the leaders,” added Juan The boys did a great job of presenting the facts, ‘they learned. Their classmates listened attentively. Mike finished the presentation by saying, “The last fact we'd like to share about hyenas is that they are the size of a dog and weigh only as much as an adult human, but they can kill big animals like antelopes and wildebeests for dinner." “People use the expression laugh like a hyena, but there's nothing funny about these powerful beasts," laughed Juan as the boys went back to their seats. (ea Ne sWRITING: Conversational Lang FOLDER D Now its time to write! cage and Academic Language Arts 4? Dialogue Prepare to write a dialogue, Use the model you read on page 103 for help. Think about how to make the dialogue sound realistic 1 Prepare Your Ideas Use these questions to help you gather ideas for your writing. What kind of assignment are the students working on? What is the first thing they do? What might they say to each other as they do it? What is the second thing they do? What might they say to each other as they do it? What is the third thing they do? What might they say as they do it? How might the dialogue end? Turn to the next page to make a plan for writing. ‘@ The Continental Pess nc, DUPLICATING THIS MATERIAL IS ILLEGAL. aWRITING: Conversational Language and Academic Langua Dialogue 2 Plan Your Writing ‘Organize your ideas here. You can write notes, use a graphic organizer, ‘or make an outline. Be sure that your plan includes An introduction about the assignment the students are doing, Dialogue about the first step, Dialogue about the second step, Dialogue about the third step, A conclusion. CRE UNIT 3 i © The Continental Pres ICATINNG THIS MATERIAL IS ILLEGALPAGS BY_wRMING: Conversational Language and Academic Language Arts a ao Dialogue 3 Write Your Dialogue > \Wite a dialoque between the characters in the pictures. Have the characters talk about the steps for doing their assignment. Give examples of the facts they might find. Make the conversation sound natural. Use your answers to the questions on page 104 and the ideas you wrote on page 105 to help you. When you ate finished, remember to review the checklist on page 108, The questions are important. They will help you to do your best work, rs : ‘© The Continental Press nc. DUPLICATING THIS MATERIAL IS ILLEGAL.ry WRITING: Conversational Language and Academic Language Arts o Dialogue (BE ‘© The Continental Press nc. DUPLICATING THIS MATERIAL IS ILLEGAL.WRITING: Conversational Language and Academic Language Arts ao Dialogue Check your writing. Ask yourself: Did | write an introduction? C1Did | write realistic dialogue? ODid I write a conclusion? DDid | write in complete sentences? (Did | use correct punctuation and spelling? (Did | reread my work to make sure it made sense? Cee > ©The Continental Pess Inc. DUPLICATING THIS MATERIAL IS ILLEGAL.