This no-prep Writing Practice lesson, "Using Dialogue To Show Setting" is the eighteenth in my series of twenty-five Writing Practice lessons. Students develop creative, strategic thinking skills by writing dialogue that indirectly indicates setting. After reading original examples, they practice writing dialogue that lets the reader know where the characters are without specifically mentioning their location.

I've used this activity with hundreds of students both in school and as a Writing teacher. This lesson, like all my lessons, is made to be accessible to students by giving them the opportunity to practice their skills in the context of their own abilities and needs. The complete set of my 25 Writing Practice lessons is available separately or as part of a discounted bundle that includes 25 Writing Practice Lessons, 25 Creative Writing Lessons and 30 Rhetoric lessons, all completely self-contained and ready to use.