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Dialogue Reveals Character Traits

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Dialogue Reveals Character Traits

Dialogue Reveals Character Traits

Students reading and discussing dialogue

📖 Part 1: Understanding Dialogue

1. What is dialogue?

The narrator describing what happens

The words characters speak to each other

The setting of the story

The title of the book

2. How can dialogue help us understand characters? Check all that apply:

Shows their personality

Reveals their feelings

Tells us their age

Shows how they think

Reveals their relationships with others

🔍 Part 2: Analysing Dialogue from Chapter 5

3. Find a piece of dialogue from Chapter 5 of Exploring Rowan's Journey. Write it below:
4. What does this dialogue tell us about the character? Explain your thinking:
5. How does this dialogue make you feel about the character?

I like them more

I like them less

I feel sorry for them

I'm curious about them

Other: ___________________

🎭 Part 3: Character Traits and Dialogue

6. Match each piece of dialogue with the character trait it reveals:
1. "Don't worry, I'll help you!"
2. "That's mine! Give it back!"
3. "I'm scared to try that."
4. "Let me think about this carefully."
A. Thoughtful
B. Helpful
C. Nervous
D. Selfish
7. Fill in the blanks: Dialogue helps readers understand characters because it shows us how they ____________ and what they ____________ about.

✍️ Part 4: Creating Your Own Dialogue

8. Write a short dialogue between Rowan and another character that shows Rowan is feeling excited about something. Remember to use quotation marks!
9. Now write dialogue that shows a character being kind and helpful:
10. What character trait did you try to show in question 9?

🤔 Part 5: Reflection

11. Why is dialogue important in stories? Write 2-3 sentences explaining your thoughts:
12. Circle the punctuation marks that are important when writing dialogue:

Quotation marks (" ")

Full stops (.)

Question marks (?)

Commas (,)

Exclamation marks (!)

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