Mouse Bird Snake Wolf Week 2 Writing a

Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf – Week 2 Writing a dialogue

Starter: capital letters We use capital letter at the beginning our sentences and to show proper nouns. This means we use a capital letter for: the beginning of speech or a sentence, days of the week, months of the year, countries, languages, other names and titles of books/films/TV shows/games. Can you add a capital letter where necessary? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. mark was ready to join the choir again. ryan’s favourite movie is avengers. My birthday is in march. Harry went to china on holiday. On tuesday, it rained. mei can speak english, spanish and mandarin.

Starter: capital letters We use capital letter at the beginning our sentences and to show proper nouns. This means we use a capital letter for: the beginning of speech or a sentence, days of the week, months of the year, countries, languages, other names and titles of books/films/TV shows/games. Can you add a capital letter where necessary? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mark was ready to join the choir again. Ryan’s favourite movie is Avengers. My birthday is in March. Harry went to China on holiday. On Tuesday, it rained. Mei can speak English, Spanish and Mandarin.

Task 1: the rules of writing speech. Before you write your paragraph, it is time to revise the rules of speech. There are several rules we have to follow when writing dialogue between two or more characters. 1. You must have inverted commas (speech marks) around only the words be said aloud by a character. 2. You must use a new line for every new speaker. 3. You need to use a reporting clause to let the reader know who is speaking. 4. The beginning of the spoken words need a capital letter. 5. You must put a comma after the reporting clause. 6. All punctuation used (e. g. question/exclamation marks) need to be inside the inverted commas.

Task 2: looking at the WAGOLL Now it is time to plan your paragraph. Take a look at the WAGOLL (0. WAGOLL document) and see if there any features you want to take. Remember, you are writing a dialogue between the gods discussing the wonders they have created. The wonders are: • Mountains, flowers, forests, river and seas. • Astonishing animals. • Men, women, children and babies. • The beasts that have no names.

Task 3: time to plan Finally, after revising the rules of writing speech and reading the WAGOLL it is time to plan your paragraph. Remember to include: • Two or more gods that speak • Different wonders of the world • Some interesting arguments • Any adverbial phrases for extra detail