Dialogue PowerPoint Lesson: Practice Writing and Punctuating Dialogue

Do your students misuse quotation marks when trying to add dialogue to their stories? Would you like to teach them the punctuation rules for writing with dialogue? If so, this highly interactive 71-slide Writing Dialogue PowerPoint may be exactly what you are looking for!

Three dialogue rules are introduced.

1. Quotation marks enclose the words that the character said.
2. Use a tag at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the dialogue.
3. Use the correct punctuation for writing dialogue.

Next, punctuation rules associated with writing dialogue are introduced. It concludes with 15 practice dialogue examples. Students are presented with speech bubbles, and they must write a written sentence based on the slide they see.

PowerPoints filled with visuals are ideal for teaching new content to students because PowerPoints tend to be highly engaging and concepts can be easily broken down into understandable chunks of information. But let's face it... they are so time-consuming to create! Fortunately, now you have an option of using one that is already complete, kid-tested, and ready to go for you!

This file also includes a 4-page PowerPoint companion handout. Students will remain engaged when they write on their own handout as you advance through the PowerPoint. When complete, they have a valuable tool for future reference! The companion handout is available in both printable format or digital format.

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Here's what teachers like you have to say about this dialogue PowerPoint:

⭐️ Kathleen R. said, "This was a true life saver. Both my students and I learned so much. The concepts were laid out in a careful, coherent fashion. All of us ended up far more confident than we began!"

⭐️ Andrea H. said, "LOVE this resource! After my students wrote their first narrative paper, I realized most didn't know how to properly use dialogue in their writings, so I searched for resources on TPT, and I'm so happy I came across this one! I was able to teach while my students filled out the digital guide, and my students improved A TON on their next writing!"

⭐️ Stephanie H. said, "My students loved this PPT! It was super interactive for them and all the tips and hints made it easy for them to remember when they begin writing their own short stories that include dialogue."

⭐️ Yvette S. said, "I do not know what I would have done if I had not found this packet to teach dialogue. After using the PowerPoint it was so easy and my students got it!"

My other dialogue products:

A Writing Dialogue Craftivity

Writing Dialogue Task Cards (24 cards!)

This PowerPoint cannot be edited due to the copyright requirements made by the contributing artists (clip art, font, background).

Please note: You DO have my permission to convert this PPT to Google Slides, and to share it with your students via Google Classroom. (A Google link is not provided, but you may upload the PowerPoint to Google yourself, if you wish.)

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