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Text excerpt from a book titled 'Hansel and Gretel' with a blue border and text overlay of the different children books used in the activities such as Cat in the Hat, Harry Potter, Matilda, Pig the Pug, and More. On top, the text reads '16 excerpts from text your students love!'
Educational text showing excerpts from Peter Pan and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with macaroni pieces to be used as speech marks. On top, the text reads 'designed for hands on learning, just add macaroni!'
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Direct Speech & Dialogue in Literature

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Direct speech, like many writing concepts, is best taught through rich literature. That is why I have sourced examples of direct speech from 16 classic children’s books.

Each card has the speech mark punctuation removed, allowing students to add them in using a pen, whiteboard marker (if placed in plastic sleeves), or even macaroni! A digital Google Slides version is also included, so you can display the excerpts on your interactive whiteboard and complete the tasks as a whole class.

Using rich literature not only reinforces writing skills but also expands vocabulary and may even inspire your students to discover new texts!

Looking for lesson ideas? Read my blog post to find FIVE ways to use this resource!

Outcome Codes: AC9E5LY06, AC9E6LA09, AC9E4LA12, AC9E4LA07

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Why Choose The Direct Speech & Dialogue in Literature?

  • This resource introduces your students to a wide range of amazing authors and texts - and may even inspire them to read the books!
  • Students learn punctuation most effectively when it is taught in context!
  • Students can make learning fun with macaroni, using mini pasta pieces to represent speech marks!
  • Pages can be placed in write and wipe sleeves and used during literacy rotations!
  • Excerpts can be used as story starters for a new narrative!
  • Posters can be printed and displayed around your classroom!
  • Posters can be coloured in and glued into books!

What's Included?

  • 16 excerpts from beloved texts including Harry Potter and Matilda

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sarah B.
Grammar galore

Great resource for students to practise their grammar

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Phoebe Coffey
Hands on dialogue practice

I put these in write and wipe sleeves and used them each day for students to practice dialogue punctuation. Great idea!

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Miss Blue's Wonderland

This is a great resource to use in class and as homework! I am super proud that I bought it! It's a real time saver! We used rice grains for inverted commas and turned this into a nice game.

I’m so glad to hear you’re loving it — and turning it into a game with rice grains? That’s such a creative twist! Thank you so much for the kind words, I’m thrilled it’s saving you time and making learning fun!

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Alana Mos

OMG, what an awesome resource, to help deepen my students understanding of how to write speech in texts. Thank you very much. Highly recommend.

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Sarah M.

Easy to use resource. My students were engaged by the familiar texts.

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Michelle C.

Loved this resource! An engaging resource that helped with my planned unit.

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Miss O'Keeffe's Classroom

Great literacy activity to use when introducing speech marks- my students loved it.

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Bridget D.

Great resource to support my lessons on speech marks. Thank you

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Jeanette M.

Love this resource for additional speech mark practice. Learners found it fun and engaging too.

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MissPractical F.

Great resource, thank you!

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Teaching with Miss Mullen

Outstanding resource! Easy to prep, easy to use and easy to check students understanding. 10/10 - Would highly recommend this resource.

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Bianca-Lee B.

I've been putting one up on the board each day as a warm-up activity. The students have really enjoyed the fact that the quotes have come from texts they're familiar with.

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