Example texts demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the book The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
The 3 differentiated example texts contain conversations between the narrator and friends and their teacher, Mrs Khan based on Chapter 7 of the book.
Differentiated feature find worksheets with answers are included for easy marking and instant feedback.
Resources are differentiated three ways.
Resources provided:
• Example dialogue texts x3
• Feature find worksheets x3
• Answers x3
• Synonyms for ‘said’ word bank
The model texts are useful as WAGOLLs to examine before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book.
All documents are provided in PDF and easily editable Word format.
The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues (depending on level of difficulty):
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause, separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Reporting clause after the words spoken
• Reporting clause before the words spoken
• Variety of speech verbs used
• Adverbs/adverbials to show how the words were spoken
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes
• Actions of the characters
• Feelings of characters shown not told
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the end/beginning
• Two or more sentences spoken at once and split into two by the reporting clause
• One sentence spoken but split into two by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
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