Dialogue in Writing (An ESCAPE ROOM)

Today's Goal:
We're writing today, and focusing some of our time on dialogue.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.B
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
The Plan:

1. Read!
2. Write!
3. Dialogue Escape Room.
4. Go back to writing IF your break out ;)

Dialogue Escape Room

Part of what you will be assessed on for your short story is your dialogue. You MUST include dialogue, where characters speak to each other in a meaningful way.

Working together with a partner, access the Dialogue Escape Room. There are FIVE rooms. If you successfully break out of all of them, there is a sticker in it for you.

A few things to remember:

• This is going to be hard. It's supposed to be. You are clever enough to do this. Don't give up.
  
• You will probably have to use some external resources to figure out some of these rules.
  
• Nothing is off limits. Ask Siri. Look it up on Google. Look in your Silent Reading Books.
  
• Working together is absolutely necessary for this. You must work with your partner to escape.

Once you break out, your task is to go into your story and see if you can add some meaningful dialogue and format it correctly.

Reminders/Homework:

• ROUGH DRAFT DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER FIVE (Period 4/6)
  ROUGH DRAFT DUE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER TWO (Period 1/3/5)
• Make sure you add dialogue to your story!

What's a rough draft Ms. Black? It means write your story on the google doc provided in Google Classroom. Literally, just get it out of your head. If you wait to write your story the day before it is due, then it will turn out poorly. I'm asking you to write your story now so that we can make it better between now and the due date. That's what I'm here for.