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Engaging Story Beginnings
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Engaging Story Beginnings
Read each question carefully. Choose or write answers to help you create an exciting story beginning.
Spot a Strong Beginning
1.Which opening gives you the biggest reason to read on?
- A silver feather drifted from the treetops and landed in Nia's open hand.
- Nia went for a walk.
- This is a story about a forest.
2.Choose all the things that can help make a story opening interesting.
- A surprising or exciting hook
- A clue about where the story happens
- The whole ending straight away
- A first look at a character
3.Pick the strongest first sentence for an adventure in the Amazon rainforest.
- A rustle shook the vines, though the forest path ahead was empty.
- George visited a forest.
- The weather was fine.
Build Your Opening
4.Add a describing word in each gap: The parrots swooped past the trees in the rainforest.
5.Finish the sentence with an expanded noun phrase: At the busy river festival, Amara spotted .
6.Write one exciting hook sentence for an adventure story set in Brazil.
7.Describe the place where your adventure begins. Include at least two describing words.
Write a Story Beginning
8.Write the opening paragraph of an adventure story set in Brazil. Start with a hook, show where the story takes place, and introduce your main character.
9.Read the sentence: “A sudden bang burst from the dark cave, and Amelia dropped her lantern.” What makes this a good hook?
- It gives the reader a surprise and makes them wonder what happened.
- It tells the reader how the whole story ends.
- It lists several character names.
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