Period 8 Task 3
Skills building 3: writing a dialogue
Teaching objectives:
To develop writing skills by reading the tips.
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:
not too colloquialnot too redundant
descriptive
Step 2 Reading
1 Read the instructions and know some tips of writing a dialogue.
2Read 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.’
3Read 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.
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