OBJECTIVE:
Writing dialogue is a fun way to learn how to create a conversation that is suggested by a photograph on piclits.com. This will allow you to think creatively about an imagined conversation that helps engage the viewer of the photograph and helps them see the photograph in a new way.

Your dialogue should:

• indicate who is speaking
• use quotation tags: “ ,” he yelled. (samples are listed below)
• use a variety of quotation tags
• develop the personalities of the characters
• use language that is heard in conversations
• develop and resolve the conflict or leave it unresolved on purpose

SAMPLE QUOTATION TAGS:
admitted
agreed
answered
argued
asked
barked
begged
cried
giggled
laughed
lied
remembered
replied
requested
screamed
sighed
whimpered
whispered
wondered
yelled

We will learn how to write intriguing dialogue by using PIC-LITS.

MODEL PIC-LIT:

In this dialogue, you can see that the writer has:

• identified who is speaking,
• used a variety of quotation tags: yelled, answered, screamed
• developed a conflict with the melting boots and the family in danger, and
• resolved the conflict by having the firefighters rush down the hill to save the family.

GUIDED PRACTICE WRITING PROMPT:

1. Go to piclits.com
2. Sign in with your e-mail and password
3. Select a picture from the gallery of pictures
4. In FREESTYLE mode, write a dialogue that identifies who is speaking, uses a variety of simple quotation tags, develops the personalities of the characters, develop and resolves a conflict, and intrigues the reader to see the photograph in a new way.