PLAN
Decide on the personalities of your characters and which character you and your partner will play when you enact the dialogue for your class. • How will these characters behave? • How will they speak? • How will they react to each other? • What attitudes will they present?
DRAFT
Bear the following in mind while you are writing. • Write your dialogue as a play script. Use the examples in this chapter to make sure that you follow the correct layout. Try to capture the speakers’ personalities and values, and show that you know how to put yourself in someone else’s shoes.
Focus on the following: • The setting − give an introduction to the dialogue • The dialogue − what is said • The register − how it is said • The body language of each character • The plot – the role play should show any conflict between the characters.
BRAINSTORM
• Come up with different approaches for your dialogue.
• List possible endings.
WRITE
Write your dialogue in rough. • Use a variety of sentence types. Think carefully about when you should use these different sentences to develop your characters and the plot.
• Be logical in the way you order the sentences, so that the dialogue reads like a real conversation.
EDIT
• Edit your work using the editing checklist in the Toolbox on page 283.
• Read your dialogue aloud with your partner. This will help you to identify any problems with it. You will need to decide on how best to vary your tone and engage both your fellow speaker and the audience. Refer to the spider diagram on page 189 for pointers.
PRESENT
• You and your partner both need to write out your dialogue neatly so that you are ready to share it with your classmates.
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