Text Types and Purposes · JHS1 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.4.2.2.6 - Create dialogues between two interlocutors on different themes

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the structural features of a dialogue, including speech marks, commas, question marks and full stops.
Compose a brief dialogue between two characters on a given theme, keeping each character’s voice consistent and distinct.
Apply the strategies of saying dialogue out loud and cutting unnecessary greetings to make dialogue brief and impactful.
Punctuate dialogue correctly using quotation marks, commas, question marks, capital letters and full stops.
Role-play a composed dialogue with a partner, demonstrating appropriate tone and awareness of audience.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard: B7.4.2.2 - Apply writing skills to specific life situations
Indicator: B7.4.2.2.6 - Create dialogues between two interlocutors on different themes
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 9 (Week 33 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 33
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Compose dialogues of different lengths on given topics by using the following strategies:
  - say the dialogue out loud
  - keep your dialogue brief and impactful
  - give each character a unique voice
  - add world-appropriate slang
  - be consistent with the characters' voices
  - remember who they are speaking to
  - avoid long dialogue paragraphs
  - cut out greetings
- Use appropriate grammatical conventions and structures e.g.
  - capitalisation
  - use of speech (quotation) marks
  - comma
  - question mark where needed
  - full-stops