Dialogue with Wisdom

Worksheet Description

The “Dialogue with Wisdom” worksheet provides a creative writing task aimed at incorporating truisms into everyday scenarios. Students are given three different situations—such as a friend’s breakup, a rained-out game, or failing an important test—and are instructed to write a short dialogue for one of these scenarios. The dialogue must include a truism, which students need to identify by underlining it within their written conversation. This activity simulates real-life interactions, prompting students to think about how common truths are often woven into the way we communicate support, disappointment, or encouragement to others.

This worksheet is teaching students how truisms are used in language to convey empathy, wisdom, or shared experience. It allows them to practice writing realistic dialogue that reflects how people often resort to universally acknowledged truths in times of stress or change. By underlining the truism in their dialogue, students demonstrate their understanding of how these statements function as part of our spoken exchanges. The exercise also enhances the students’ ability to craft meaningful and contextually appropriate conversations in their writing, which is a valuable skill in both creative and practical writing disciplines.