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Write Some Dialogue

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Students write dialogue. For this character development lesson plan students use direct or indirect speech to include a confrontation between two characters in their story. Students portray the emotions of the characters in addition to what they are saying.

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character development, characters, direct speech, indirect speech

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character development, confrontation, direct speech, indirect speech, story spinner, english language arts

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