Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” “Of course I’m right, I’m always right,” said Dyamonde. Read Slide

Dialogue is wrapped in quotation marks Dialogue is wrapped in quotation marks. These are the words characters say out loud to each other.

Ways dialogue can be written: Way 1: Tells who is talking before the dialogue. Dyamonde said, “Why are you being so mean?”

Ways dialogue can be written: Way 2: Tells who is talking after the dialogue. “So, you can’t tell anyone,” said her mom. Dialogue can be written in 3 different ways. It can be written in a way where the author tells you who is talking before they talk. Or it can be written in a way where the author tells you who is talking after they talk. Sometimes, the author writes it in a way where they just write the dialogue and they never tell you who is talking. It is our job as a reader, to remember that all 3 of these ways are dialogue and we need to change our voice to sound like it is talking in each way that an author may choose to write.

Ways dialogue can be written: Way 3: Does not tell who is talking. “How come he’s mad all the time?” Dialogue can be written in 3 different ways. It can be written in a way where the author tells you who is talking before they talk. Or it can be written in a way where the author tells you who is talking after they talk. Sometimes, the author writes it in a way where they just write the dialogue and they never tell you who is talking. It is our job as a reader, to remember that all 3 of these ways are dialogue and we need to change our voice to sound like it is talking in each way that an author may choose to write.

Read Slide Sometimes we forget to make the dialogue stand out and we read the dialogue in the same way as the rest of the story in a regular reading voice. Dialogue is different than other text in a story. When the author adds dialogue, the author is telling us to read it in a different way to help us understand the story.

“Who are you so mad at?” asked Dyamonde. Page 43 “Who are you so mad at?” asked Dyamonde. The question caught Free off guard. “What?” “Who are you so mad at?” Each of these indented lines shows me the characters are taking turns talking.

Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” “Okay,” said Dyamonde. “You’ve got a right to be mad-but not at people you don’t even know.” Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” Let’s try the steps in a different section of the book Dyamonde Daniel page 45 I need to stop when I see quotation marks. I am going to start reading. Hmmm, let me pause and figure out which characters are part of this conversation. Well, Dyamonde spoke first and then Free did, so Dyamonde and Free will be taking turns talking.

Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” “Okay,” said Dyamonde. “You’ve got a right to be mad-but not at people you don’t even know.” Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” The second step is to ask myself: Who is speaking? I am going to track the conversation and notice when it is indented to show the characters are taking turns talking. I know Dyamonde will start, so let me read this to match Dyamonde’s voice- Okay, said Dyamonde, You’ve got a right to be mad- but not at people you don’t even know. Now, I see the next part is indented, so it’s Free’s turn to speak- Free sighed, I guess you’re right.

Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” “Okay,” said Dyamonde. “You’ve got a right to be mad-but not at people you don’t even know.” Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” The last step is to read the conversation in a voice that matches the character who is speaking, so let me match my voice to Free- I guess you’re right.

So let’s think back to what I just did to notice the types of dialogue. First I pause to see which characters are part of a conversation. Next I Asked myself: Who is speaking? Last I read the text using my talking voice for the dialogue. I read the dialogue in a voice that matched the character who was talking. I can follow these steps to read fluently.

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From Dyamonde Daniel page 45 “Okay,” said Dyamonde. “You’ve got a right to be mad-but not at people you don’t even know.” Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” “Of course I’m right. I’m always right,” said Dyamonde. The way she said it made Free smile. “What’s your name again?” he asked. Now you try. Follow the steps to remember that dialogue can be written in different ways. I already tried the steps on the first line. You try it on the next section of dialogue. Press pause as you try it. Press play when you are ready to hear me try it. Here is what you should have done. I know Dyamonde and Free are taking turns talking, so each time the text is indented I will read it in a character voice that matches. Listen to how my voice changes to match the character who is speaking. Okay,” said Dyamonde. “You’ve got a right to be mad-but not at people you don’t even know.” Free sighed. “I guess you’re right.” “Of course I’m right. I’m always right,” said Dyamonde. The way she said it made Free smile. “What’s your name again?” he asked.

Follow these steps in your own books. Once you’ve practiced with several dialogues, find a family member, teacher, or classmate and show them how you do it.