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CW Writing a Horror Story: Introduce a problem Wednesday 17 th October 2012 17/10/12

Writing Assessment Foci . CW Writing a Horror Story: Introduce a problem Wednesday 17 th October 2012 17/10/12 Learning Objectives : To be able to use the conventions of dialogue in our own writing. . STARTER : List as many different ways of saying “said” as you can yelled whispered.

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CW Writing a Horror Story: Introduce a problem Wednesday 17 th October 2012 17/10/12

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  1. Writing Assessment Foci CWWriting a Horror Story: Introduce a problem Wednesday 17th October 2012 17/10/12 Learning Objectives: To be able to use the conventions of dialogue in our own writing. • STARTER: List as many different ways of saying “said” as you can • yelled • whispered

  2. Learning outcomes Write down the underlined words in bold!

  3. All-write-round-robin List as many different ways of saying “said” Consider different emotions. STAND UP TO SHARE

  4. On your whiteboards: What is happening and how is the character feeling? • “Who’s there?” she whispered. • “But it’s only early yet,” she pleaded • “You need to leave now!” he yelled. • “It’s beautiful!” she cried. • “There’s somebody following us,” John muttered.

  5. Fill in the missing word • “Why are you late?” Miss O’Connor _______. • “I need to get to London,” Sophie _________. • “Chocolate is my favourite treat,” Jack _____. • “Look at the end of the garden!” Sam _____. • “Wait, it’s almost finished,” Beth ________. Begged Demanded Announced Murmured Sighed Asked Wailed Laughed

  6. Learning outcomes

  7. Golden Rules of Dialogue • All dialogue must be contained in quotation marks. • Before the end of the quotation marks, you must punctuate ( , ! ? . ) • Include dialogue tags – who said what and how • New speaker, new line ‘Who’s there?’ Mark whispered desperately. ‘Your worst nightmare!’ replied the figure in a low, menacing voice. ‘Please, I just want to go home,” he begged.

  8. APPLYING THE SKILLS Write three – four lines of dialogue to show either: • Two people alone in an abandoned house. • Two people caught in a thunderstorm. • Two people lost in a forest. Peer Assess: • All dialogue contained in quotation marks. • Punctuated before the end of the quotation marks( , ! ? . ) • Include dialogue tags – who said what and how • New speaker, new line WWW: EBI:

  9. Learning outcomes

  10. Example of a problem paragraphHow can we improve it? (VCOP) Walking towards the old door, I felt scared, but I knew we had to go in. “Hurry up!” Sarah said. “It’s our only choice.” Squeezing the handle, I pulled down and walked in. A light from a candle was burning in the corner of the room. I felt for a light switch, but could feel nothing but wet walls. I held Sarah’s hand. Walking forward, we stopped. “Can you hear that?” I said. “Don’t be silly, there’s nothing there,” Sarah replied. The light flickered more intensively and then out it went. We were placed into darkness...

  11. Success Criteria V C O P P E A R M S

  12. WRITING YOUR PROBLEM PARAGRAPH

  13. Self Assessment: Red Pen Plenary WWW: I am happy because I have used .... EBI: Next time I need to ....

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