Aim: How can we write a scene between our two characters that incorporates good dialogue?

Do Now: Based on your character bio, please write a short dialogue exchange between your character and his or her mother or father who is on their case to do something. How would your character react to this based on what you know about them… 3 people will be picked at random to read theirs to the class. (5 min.)

2.) Continuing from yesterday’s independent Practice:
Please take five more minutes to finish the dialogue between your characters that placed him or her in one of the situations that we brainstormed yesterday. I will be picking three people to read theirs in five minutes… (5 min.)

3.) Share out:
Let’s hear from a few people.

4.) Mini-Lesson
http://overstreet-filmmaking.blogspot.com/2009/08/writing-good-dialogue-for-screenplays.html
Please click on the link, on the blog, and please read the page, be prepared to tell the class what Chiarella boils good dialogue down to. You have three minutes to read it.
(3 min.)
NOW TURN AND TALK to your partner, what does he say?
5.) Share out: What does Chiarella say good dialogue boils down to?