Skills building 3: writing a dialogue

Teaching objectives:

u To develop writing skills by reading the tips.

u To understand the mood of the Mum’s and Jack’s feelings.

Important and difficult points:

Writing a dialogue.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

The language you use in writing a dialogue:

l not too colloquialnot too redundant

l descriptive

Step 2 Reading

1 Read the instructions and know some tips of writing a dialogue.

2 Read Part A and discuss what is wrong with the underlined sentences.

a.‘Umm’ or ‘hmm’ shouldn’t be included in a written dialogue. b. We shouldn’t use ‘My room is too dirty’, ‘My room is a mess’, ‘clean up’ and ‘cleaning’, because in a written dialogue what has just been said shouldn’t be repeated.c. In a written dialogue we should write a sentence that shows the speaker is very angry instead of the sentence ‘I’m really very angry with you.’

3 Read again and do Part B.

A The sentences that show Mum is unhappy or angry:

Come and look.

Don’t you talk to me like that?

You should start cleaning now if you plan to leave!B The sentences that show Jack’s mood:

This is so unfair! I’ll never have enough time.

But I don’t think you’re being fair at all!

Step 3 Reading the Thank-you letter

1 Work in groups of 3 and present a dialogue. Keep the tips in mind. 2 Get the students to know:

The following should be included in your dialogue. a. What happened between Christina and her mother?

b. What did Christina do then ?

c. How as the problem solved ?

Step 4 Consolidation

Role-play the dialogue in three.

Homework:

Finish Workbook Writing on page 93.