Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Leads in the Middle School Class

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Picture Book Writing Lesson: Pros, Cons, and Interesting Hooks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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,...
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Little Red Riding Hook: Alternatives to Introductions & Hooks [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a PDF offering eight alternatives for how to write engaging introductions to common fairy tales.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Clarity: Introductory Sentences: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over the importance of clarity in the first sentence of a paragraph.