Hooks by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
Does your piece start with a “hook” to spark the interest of the reader? by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
Start with: • • Interesting dialogue A description of a person, place, or thing Something humorous An exciting action or occurrence An exclamation! An intriguing question ? Something that demonstrates strong emotion • a mysterious statement by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
“JUNIOR. ” Junior was digging under the pine trees. His mother called again from the porch. “JUNIOR!” “JUNIOR Blossom!” “What are you up to, Junior? ” Junior still didn’t hear her. He was intent. He dug carefully, lifting shallow scoops of earth on his shovel, then throwing them sideways into the brush. sweat rolled down his shiny face. Now he looked up. He made a visor with one hand shaded his eyes from the late afternoon sun. “I’m making something. ” From Wanted…Mud Blossoms by Betsy Byars
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“Under a chill, gray sky, two riders jogged across the turf. Taran, the taller horseman, Set his face against the wind and leaned forward in the saddle, his eyes on the distant hills. At His belt hung a sword, and from his shoulder a Silver-bound battle horn. His companion Gurgi, shaggier than the pony he rode, pulled His weathered cloak around him, rubbed his frost. Nipped ears, and began groaning so wretchedly that Taron at last reigned up the stallion. ” • From The High King by Lloyd Alexander
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“My name is REGINALD BODDY, AND I’M your host for the weekend. Please give your bags – and your weapons – to my maid, Mrs. White. I have no intention of being murdered again. ” From Clue: The Case of the Invisible Cat By A. E. Parker by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
My real name is John Coogan. But everybody calls me Crash, Even my parents. It started way back when I got my first football helmet for Christmas. I don’t really remember this happening, but they say that when my uncle Herm’s family came over to see our presents, as they were coming through the front door, I got down into a four-point stance, growled, “Hut!” and charged ahead with my brand-new helmet. Seems I knocked my cousin Bridget clear back out the doorway and onto her butt into a foot of snow. They say she bawled bloody murder and refused to come into the house, so Uncle Herm finally had to drag his whole family away before they even had a chance to take their coats off. From Crash By Jerry Spinelli by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
“WATCH OUT, PUDGE-BOY! Here comes number twenty-three!” That was Billy Becker. “Splat! Squish!” That was Arnie Markle, providing sound effects for the final moments of the bug Billy was smushing against the back of my head. “Mmmph grrgle!” That was me, Rod Allbright, trying to say, “Let me go!” - which wasn’t easy with Arnie sitting on my back and pressing my face into the grass. Why was Billy Becker squashing a bug against the back of my head? It was his hobby. From Aliens Ate My Homework By Bruce Coville by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
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by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary “Emma! What-what are you doing there? ” From The Secret of the Indian By Lynne Reid Banks
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The next morning, Monday, Jonathan woke up thinking that something terrible had happened. He was right: President Lincoln had been shot. How could he get out of bed and go to school, just as if nothing was wrong? From Back to the Day Lincoln Was Shot! By Beatrice Gormley
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by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary • “If you asked the kids and the teachers at Lincoln Elementary School to make three lists – all the really bad kids, all the really smart kids, and all the really good kids – Nick Allen would not be on any of them. Nick deserved a list all his own, and everyone knew it. ” From Frindle by Andrew Clements
Are you hooked on “hooks? ” by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
Activity: Find several fiction books. Choose 2 or more books and identify 2 or more different types of interesting hooks. For each book/hook, use a ¼ sheet, and list your name, desk #, and Title and author of the book, ”Quote the hook”. Identify and list what kind of hook was used for each. If time, do more than 2 and share with a by Linda Brumfield finished friend. Middle Paxton Elementary
Small Group Share Activity • In groups of 2, 3 or 4, take turns reading the most interesting hook that you found. • Have your group identify the type of hook your book contained. • Share your favorite whole class. by Linda Brumfield Middle Paxton Elementary
Name__________Desk # Use one per book/hook. Title and author of the book, ”Quote the hook”: “________________________ ________________________ ________________________. ” Identify and list the type of hook: ________________________
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