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Types of Leads

Types of Leads. Effective story starts for 7 th grade writing. Typical.

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Types of Leads

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  1. Types of Leads Effective story starts for 7th grade writing Rathje Language Arts 7

  2. Typical • It was a day at the end of June. My mom, my brother, and I were at our camp on Rangley Lake. We had arrived the night before at 10:00, so it was dark when we got there and unpacked. The next morning at breakfast, my dad started yelling at me to come down at the dock at the top of his lungs. He said there was a car in the lake. • What do you like? What don’t you like? Rathje Language Arts 7

  3. Action: A Main Character Doing Something • I gulped my milk, pushed away from the table, and bolted out the kitchen, slamming the screen door behind me. I ran to the dock, as fast as my legs could carry me. My feet pounded on the old wood, hurrying me toward the sound of my dad’s voice. • “Scott!” he bellowed again. • What do you like? What don’t you like? Rathje Language Arts 7

  4. Dialogue: A Character of Characters Speaking “Scott! Get down here on the double!” Dad bellowed. His voice sounded far away. “Dad,” I hollered. “Where are you?” I squinted through the screen door but couldn’t see him. • What do you like? What don’t you like? Rathje Language Arts 7

  5. Reaction: A Character Thinking I couldn’t imagine why my father was hollering at me at 7:00 in the morning. I thought fast about what I might have done to get him riled. Had he found out about the way I had talked to my mother the night before, when we got to camp and she asked me to help unpack the car? Did he find the fishing reel I broke last week? Before I could consider a third possibility, his voice shattered into my thoughts. “Scott! Move it! You’re not going to believe this!” What do you like? What don’t you like? Rathje Language Arts 7

  6. Group Discussion Questions • Which type of lead did you like the most? • Why did you like it? • Which style suits the story you will be writing? Rathje Language Arts 7

  7. Which should you use? • What is the genre of the piece? • What style do you like to read best? • Who is your chosen audience? • How quick will you be introducing the conflict? • If you try one lead and later want to change it, just do it. Rathje Language Arts 7

  8. Lit Circle Book check • Have one student grab the book you read in your lit circle. Read the first paragraph on the first page of the story. Discuss which of the four types this author begins his/her story with. One student reports to the class. Rathje Language Arts 7

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