Character Clash: Revising Dialogue in Narrative Writing

In this teaching idea provided by ReadWriteThink.org, the teacher reviews with students how to write a paragraph containing dialogue. Students then use a piece of their own narrative writing to highlight the speech of each character in a different color. Students then go through their writing again, looking for and correcting character clashes that happen when two speakers are highlighted in the same paragraph. An additional online tool is provided to help students revise their word choice for "said" and replace the word with a stronger, more specific dialogue tag.

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Subject(s): English Language Arts

Grade Level(s): 6

Intended Audience: Educators

Instructional Time: 50 Minute(s)

Keywords: self-editing, dialogue, dialogue tags, narrative writing

Instructional Component Type(s): Teaching Idea

Instructional Design Framework(s): Direct Instruction

Resource Collection: General Collection

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