![]() ![]() It can be a short phrase or a sentence in your narrative writing. It “hooks” the reader’s attention so that they will want to continue reading. Say to students: A narrative lead (or hook) is a literary technique used in the opening of a story. ![]() In this post, I’ll share some tips and materials to help your students revise their boring narrative leads and develop ones that will hook their audience. Also, I don’t know about your students, but mine always needed help writing beginnings and endings. Students have fun, get creative, and develop their own personal writing style. Writing narrative leads is a great lesson to promote a love of writing. When I taught, I wanted students to feel this, too. Part of the reason why-I discovered-is that it’s fun to be creative and use my own voice and style. I don’t remember having creative assignments or fun writing activities that made me excited to write.Īs someone who now writes ELA curriculum and blog content, I have grown to love writing. In grade school, I learned the writing process through research papers and biographies (which was kind of painful). I didn’t enjoy it, and it felt like a chore. When I was a kid, there was nothing fun about it. I have a confession-I never loved writing.
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