Writing a hook

Strategies for Writing a Story Beginning ~ Free lesson activities for teaching students to write a hook for their narratives.

Third grade anchor chart Writing Hooks Introduction

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Teaching writing to early writers? This lesson from The Measured Mom and This Reading Mama will help your children to develop their writing skills in an

A collection of ideas from fellow pinners for helping student "hook" in their readers

The key event forces the main character to make a decision for action. This closes out Act 1 and moves us into the action of Act 2.

Writing the hook/ Attention Getter

Bold Beginnings: Examples of Good "Hooks" for Writing Essays

My kids really struggled with writing strong leads for their personal narratives. I found this awesome anchor chart on Pinterest to give them some more ideas of how to write an exciting lead. I wanted the kids to have those ideas right in front of them as they were writing to remind them to really think about their leads. I also try to make a smaller version of all of my anchor charts so the kids can add it to their interactive notebooks. It is great to be able to refer back to the anchor…