Intermediate
60 mins
Teacher/Student led
+75 XP
Pupils work on their own device

Writing Dialogue, Part 2 + Role Play (KA3: pair/group)

Finish a short two-voice dialogue, swap one line-specific note with a partner, rehearse and deliver the scene in character, then write a named contribution note for M1 KA3 in your Communication Portfolio.

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    1 - Getting Started ~5 mins

    Today you finish the dialogue you started last lesson and make it your M1 KA3 evidence. Here is the plan:

    1. Finish your scene, with a partner or on your own.
    2. Say it out loud in character.
    3. Write a short contribution note naming the lines or choices that were yours.

    Your finished dialogue and that note go in your Communication Portfolio. Even if the period is short, they must get done.

    2 - Listen to a Model ~8 mins

    Before you touch your own scene, read a finished one. Notice two things: the voices do not sound the same, and the contribution note names exact work.

    Model scene (kitchen, late; neither will say they are sorry):

    AOIFE (not looking up): You kept the light on.
    TOM: Habit.
    AOIFE: Habit for who?
    TOM (already turning away): Leave it.
    AOIFE: I waited up.
    TOM: I know.
    AOIFE: Then say it.
    TOM: There's nothing to say.

    Model contribution note: "I wrote Aoife's lines and the two stage directions. Tom's short answers were my partner's. In rehearsal I added the pause after 'Leave it' so the silence does the work."

    Two reminders for your own draft:

    • Contribution: name the lines, directions, or performance choices that were yours (so KA3 can be verified).
    • Two-voice dialogue and role play: two people who sound different on the page, then spoken in character, not read flat.

    3 - Write Your Lines ~12 mins

    1. Open your draft from last lesson in your Communication Portfolio. If you wrote a one-change note, make that change first.
    2. In a pair, give each other one line note out loud, such as "Change line 4 so it sounds less like you". Then rebuild the stronger scene together in the script builder below.
    3. Working alone, rebuild your scene there so a stranger could tell the two voices apart. If you have no draft, start from the builder's four lines.
    4. The builder does not save, so when you finish, copy your lines into Enter Your Work below and press Save.

    Final dialogue: two characters, one moment of tension

    4 - Say It Out Loud ~20 mins

    1. Rehearse once, then say your scene out loud in character, using the studio below for short notes.
    2. Only then, open Enter Your Work below. Paste in your finished lines from the last step, say how you delivered the scene, and write your contribution note: the lines, directions or choices that were yours, and why they matter.
    3. Do not file it yet. After the review in the next step, make one last change, then file it in your Communication Portfolio as m1_l18_dialogue_ka3_<your-initials>.

    Perform the dialogue

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