Lesson Plan: Writing Dialogue: Teach Students How to Write Dialogue Effectively

Lesson Plan: Writing Dialogue: Teach Students How to Write Dialogue Effectively

read their next assignment and realized they didn’t know how to write dialogue. Plagued with inane conversations and useless filler, my students’ writing made me want to scour my tongue with a Brillo pad. Seconds before scouring my taste buds, I thought of a great way of teaching dialogue. I removed the pad, scrubbed some pots and pans in the teachers’ lounge, called my wife, and told her I’d be home late.

I had work to do. I had to find a better way of teaching dialogue. Here’s what I came up with:

Procedures

Discuss the following points on how to write good dialogue:

Brainstorm people that might have a conversation and write them on the board and what they might talk about. Some examples:

Application