how to write effective beginnings
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Effective BeginningStrategies
Ask questions
State a fact Use dialogue or quote Invite reader into the scene
Explain a problem Use five senses to entice reader
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Once upona time..
My name i
s
and Im going to
write about
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Ask questions Where's Papa going with that ax?
said Fern to her mother as they weresetting the table for breakfast.(from E.B. Whites Charlottes Web)
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State a fact
There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.(from Louis Sachars Holes)
Its a funny thing about mothers andfathers. Even when their own child isthe most disgusting little blister youcould ever imagine, they still think thathe or she is wonderful. (from RoaldDahls Matilda)
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Use dialogue orquote
I am not a pest, Ramona Quimbytold her big sister Beezus. Thenstop acting like a pest, said Beezus,whose real name was Beatrice. (from
Beverly Clearys Ramona the Pest)
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Invite reader into thescene
The road that led to Treegap had been trod outlong before by a herd of cows who were, to saythe least, relaxed. (from Natalie Babbitts TuckEverlasting)
A sailing ship with two great sidewheels went splashing out
of Boston harbor on a voyage around the Horn to SanFrancisco. Below decks, in the creaking darkness of hercargo hold, there sat eighteen barrels of potatoes. Insidetwo barrels, side by side, there squatted two stowaways. Itwas not once upon a time it was precisely the twenty-seventh day of January in the year 1849. Gold had been
discovered in California some twelve months before an now,in a rush, the Gold Rush was on. (from Sid Fleischmans Bythe Great Horn Spoon)
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Explain a problem And they lived happily ever after.
Not the Tillermans. Dicey thought.
That wasnt the way things went forthe Tillermans, ever. She wasntabout to let that get her down. Shecouldnt let it get her down- that was
what had happened to Momma. (fromCynthia Voights Diceys Song)
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Use five senses to entice
reader In the city of Ember, the sky was always
dark. The only light came from great flood
lamps mounted on the buildings and at thetops of poles in the middle of the largersquares. When the lights were on, theycast a yellowish glow over the streets;
(from Jeanne Dupraus The City of Ember)
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Grab your readers
attention If you are interested in stories withhappy endings, you would be better offreading some other book. (from LemonySnickets The Bad Beginning: A Series ofUnfortunate Events, Book 1)
My name is India Opal Buloni, and lastsummer my daddy, the preacher, sent meto the store for a box of macaroni-and-
cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoesand I came back with a dog. (from KateDiCamillos Because of Winn Dixie)
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How will YOU
begin YOUR
writing?
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Your assignment:Choose two of the following
topics to practice writing. Usetwo different effectivebeginning strategies.
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Lake Tahoe
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Disneyland
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Marine World
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In-n-Out
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A Famous Person
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Outdoor Education
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Effective Beginnings:
Ask questions State a fact
Use dialogue or
quote Invite reader intothe scene
Explain a problem
Use five senses toentice reader
Writing Topics:
Lake Tahoe Disneyland
Marine World
In-n-Out A Famous Person
Outdoor Education