ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Choosing Clear and Varied Dialogue Tags: A Minilesson
Contains plans for one 50-minute instructional activity that teaches about using dialogue tags like "he said" or "she answered." In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue
In this lesson, the writer first writes a personal decalogue (a list of ten personal beliefs) about something important to him/her. The writer then creates a decalogue for a fictional character they will invent and envision. The final...
TES Global
Blendspace: Dazzle Me With Dialogue
An eleven-part learning module with links to websites and texts to use while learning how to write and punctuate dialogue.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Inventing a New Word
Inspired by the main character's actions in Frindle by Andrew Clements, students will be asked to reinvent an everyday object with a brand new word. They will need to imagine a character has reinvented their word, and then they will...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Nature's Fury: Performance Task Continued
In this lesson, 5th graders develop narratives by describing characters and creating a logical event sequence. This is part of a larger unit but can be taught separately.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Give That Character a Voice With Voki!
This instructional activity fuses fictional literature with technology through a project-based experience. Students will use the free online resource Voki to bring a fictional character to "life" and deepen their understanding of...
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Dialogue and Description
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this page provides several tips involved in writing dialogue and description for short story fiction.