Grade 2 · Reading · Lesson 27

Read Dialogue with Character Voices

When characters talk in a story, those words are called dialogue. Reading dialogue well is like performing a play — each character should sound a little different from the others.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify dialogue in a story using quotation marks
2Use said-tag clue words like whispered and shouted to shape the voice
3Read each character's words with a distinct voice

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