Boost Writing Skills with Quotation Mark Practise Worksheets!

Most primary school teachers agree that teaching imaginative writing in the classroom can be extremely fun. It allows students to create and develop their own characters and immerse them in thrilling adventures. However, instructing students in the art of imaginative writing can also be really tough. Once kids have a basic understanding of the parts of a story, they must also be guided through the rules of writing dialogue, which requires dedicated practise to master.

This worksheet is designed to accompany or Writing Out Loud – Dialogue Teaching Presentation. The skills and concepts covered are

• placing quotation marks,
• how commas and other punctuation marks work with dialogue,
• when to use capitalization in dialogue,
• how to write breaks in dialogue,
• how to format dialogue in a story,
• how to write two characters talking at once.

This worksheet provides students with multiple opportunities to correct dialogue in text.

Through this activity, students will show improvement in their ability to include and edit dialogue in their writing

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Emily, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator created this resource.

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