Dialogue Examples

Third Grade Dialogues about School.
A serious dialogue by Claire

Characters:
Alyssa and Mary, friends
Otis Spottford

Setting: School playground

Mary: You sure do like to swing!

Alyssa: Yeh! I love it when I go up in the air!

Otis: Hey! Get off that swing! (Gives Alyssa a push)

Alyssa: That hurt a lot!

Mary: That wasn't very nice! You hurt my best friend.

Otis: Aw, who cares.

Mary: Otis Spottford! If you don't stop it, I'll tell.

Otis: Then you'll be a tattletale.

Mary: I don't care.

Alyssa: Please be nice.

Otis: No!

Alyssa: (Ignoring Otis.) Mary, would you like a turn?

A school comedy by Alex

Characters:
Ralf: 8 years old, red hair, a non-rule breaker
Joe: 9 years old, best friends with Ralf, wears a baseball hat,
has a moose.
The Principal: 37 years old, wears a toupee

Setting: school playground

Ralf: Joe! Why did you bring a moose to school!?!

Joe: He's my moose and I can bring him to school if I want to.

Ralf: The principal won't be happy when he finds out about this!

Principal: Joe, what is this moose doing here? Do you remember the rules?

Ralf: It's for a. . .a. . .

Principal: I'm waiting.

Ralf: A show-and-tell project!

Principal: Well, all right.

Joe: (quietly) Nice job, Ralf.

      

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