ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Leads in the Middle School Class
Great instructional activity in which students read various examples of "leads," or attention-grabbing introductions, in literature. Students then contemplate and develop their own interesting "lead" for a short story and share it with...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Picture Book Writing Lesson: Pros, Cons, and Interesting Hooks
Inspired by the picture book How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, an enthusiastic tale that explores the pros and cons of being a pirate, young scholars will research an interesting job and prepare to write about it. While researching,...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Little Red Riding Hook: Alternatives to Introductions & Hooks [Pdf]
This is a PDF offering eight alternatives for how to write engaging introductions to common fairy tales.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Clarity: Introductory Sentences: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over the importance of clarity in the first sentence of a paragraph.