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:
answered
asked
cried
giggled
laughed
lied
remembered
replied
screamed
sighed
whimpered
whispered
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 but simple quotation tags: said, replied, asked
• developed a conflict with the boy asking about God
• left the conflict unresolved by having both the mother and son think in silence about the existence of God.

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.