Home alonecharactersMom Dad Eric Danielthemea reflection of family problemsdialoguesits own typical writing stylepresenting a dialogueyour opinionscommunicativeinformativereflectivesimple/direct/not too redundantsteps you have to follow: while listening feelingsrelationships body languagecustomsfacial expressions while readingmain idea while writingtypical writing styleSkills building 1: understanding tones in spoken English the volume of the language a rising or falling tone stress on certain words pauses in the sentencesSkills building 2: reading for gist catch the gist or the main point focus on descriptive words or expressionsSkills building 3: writing a dialogue not too colloquial not too redundant use some descriptive words or expressionsListening practiceListening practice• Focus on the following listening materials.• Create similar situations in which speakers will practise the five intonations. EntriesMain PointsThe words telling the writer’s moodThe first diary entryThe second diary entryThe third diary entryThe fourth diary entryReading practiceToday has been a great day because my parents bought me an expensive bike.We had a Maths test and I’m nervous aboutmy result.I failed the Maths test and don’t know how to tell my parents.All that worrying was fornothing.happytired, afraid and nervousupsetvery happy and glad1. ‘Umm’ or ‘hmm’ shouldn’t be included in a written dialogue.2. We shouldn’t use ‘My room is too dirty’, ‘My room is a mess’, ‘clean up’ and ‘cleaning’, because in a written dialogue what has just been said shouldn’t be repeated.3. In a written dialogue we should write a sentence that shows the speaker is very angry instead of the sentence ‘I’m really very angr...
