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 Tuesday 15th November
Dialogue

Learning Objective:
To use dialogue effectively using the correct punctuation.

Link to AOs: Can you link this to the relevant assessment objectives?

DO NOW: Punctuate the following sentence:

(clue: you need “ “ and , and you may use these more than once)

You can’t tell me what to do said the Mona Lisa smiling.

 AO6- Rules when writing dialogue
Rules.
1. Speech must be “opened and closed”.
2. Speech begins with a capital letter.
3. Report who is speaking- e.g. Said Tim.
4. If you start with who is speaking, use a
comma before opening speech marks.
5. Use ! ? , OR . BEFORE the final ”
6. New speaker = new line.
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Why
dial og ue ?
 The artist...
Roy Lichtenstein used advertising imagery
and comic-strip techniques using popular
themes of romance and heroism.
He used speech and thought bubbles to
develop a sense of character within his
work.
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To give ins...
cha ra c t e r
Fill in the speech
bubble.
Consider:
- Facial expression-
feelings and
thoughts.
- Who might be on
the other end of
the phone.
 t he pl ot a l ong .. .
To mov e
This couple
have just had
an argument
about
attending their
friend’s party.
He didn’t want
to attend and
she thought it
would be nice
to see
everyone.

What happens
next?
 w r e l a t io n s h ip s
T o s h o
e n c h a r a c te r s . ..
be t w e
 What do we need?
“I can’t believe my eyes,” said John _____

Write four different

adverbs to show these
emotions.
-To show fear CHALLENGE:
-To show joy Change the verb
-To show anger said to show
-To show pain
these emotions.
 You have been given a story inspired by the famous Lichtenstein painting
‘The Car.’

• You have also been

given a genre.
• Add the speech to
relevant parts of the
story to move the plot
along/ show character
relationships/ give
insight into their
minds.
 Swap your sheets on your table and peer assess

• Can you tell which genre

is being used?
• Have they punctuated
the speech properly?
• Have they used dialogue
to move the plot along/
show character
relationships/ give
insight into the minds of
the character?
 Now continue in your book…
• Use your EBI to guide you.
Write it above your work
• Stick to your genre
• Remember to punctuate
your dialogue properly
• Try to use the dialogue to
– move the plot along
– show character
relationships
– give insight into the minds
of the character.
 Let’s hear some...
What emotion or genre did they convey?
How did they do this?
How did they use the speech?
(to move the plot along/ show character relationships/
give insight into their minds?)
Which part of their dialogue achieved
this?
Pop Art

Keywords
Mood
Characteristics
Adverbs