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Narrative Leads

Narrative Leads. Lesson by Lori Sabo. Authors vary the way they lead into a story. Action Description Dialogue Question Sound Thinking/Feeling.

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Narrative Leads

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  1. Narrative Leads Lesson by Lori Sabo

  2. Authors vary the way they lead into a story. • Action • Description • Dialogue • Question • Sound • Thinking/Feeling

  3. Let’s play a game as we discover various leads. Put the following words anywhere you want on your BINGO card. One word per space. You will have to use the words more than once. • Action • Description • Dialogue • Question • Sound • Thinking/Feeling

  4. Let’s look at the first line of some books and see if we can figure out which of the leads the author used. If you have that lead on your bingo card, you can mark it (only one per book).

  5. Can you see Brian, the invisible boy? The Invisible Boy, Trudy Ludwig

  6. When my Great-Gramma Anna came to America, she wore the same thick overcoat and big boots she had worn for farm work. The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco

  7. One day Stephanie went to her mom and said, "None of the kids in my class have a ponytail. I want a nice ponytail coming right out the back." Stephanie's Ponytail, Robert Munsch

  8. I watched the sun edge toward the center of the sky above me. Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco

  9. That winter, snow fell on everything, turning the world a brilliant white. Each Kindness, Jacqueline Woodson

  10. There was once a baby koala so soft and round that all who saw her loved her. Koala Lou, Mem Fox

  11. High above the city, no one heard the soft thud of feathers against glass. How to Heal a Broken Wing, Bob Graham

  12. See this man? This one here, sitting on the porch? Mr. George Baker, Amy Hest

  13. "Oooooo! I hate Billy Huxley," Caitlin screeched. "Hate, hate, hate! ” Three Brave Women, C.L.G. Martin

  14. After walking for many days, a wolf wandered into a quiet little town. Wolf! Becky Bloom

  15. On sultry summer days at my grandma's farm in Michigan, the air gets damp and heavy. Stormclouds drift low over the fields. Thunder Cake, Patricia Polacco

  16. Thump-thump, thump-thump bare feet hitting the grass as I run run run in the air and like the air weaving through the trees skimming over the ground touching down thump-thump, thump-thump knowing I could fly fly fly but letting my feet thump-thump, thump-thump touch the earth at least for now . . . Heartbeat, Sharon Creech

  17. Why did I write them? Love letters to nobody, nobody who loved me back. Sahara Special, Esme Raji Codell

  18. Life was going along okay when my mother and father dropped the news. Bam! Just like that. Superfudge, Judy Blume

  19. Brian Robeson started out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below. Hatchet, Gary Paulsen

  20. Ramona Quimby hoped her parents would forget to give her a little talking-to. Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Beverly Cleary

  21. You grow up with a kid but you never really notice him. He's just there - on the street, the playground, the neighborhood. He's part of the scenery, like the parked cars and the green plastic cans on trash day. Loser, Jerry Spinelli

  22. "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White

  23. My brother's a pain. He won't get out of bed in the morning. Mom has to carry him to the kitchen. The Pain and The Great One, Judy Blume

  24. 'Tricia Ann was about to burst with excitement. Goin' Someplace Special, Patricia McKissack

  25. Check This Out. This dude named Andrew Dahl holds the world record for blowing up the most balloons . . . with his nose. Yeah. Ghost, Jason Reynolds

  26. I don’t want to because boys don’t write poetry. Girls do. Love That Dog, Sharon Creech

  27. “Oooo-Wee!” Precious had been up all night with a stomachache. Precious and the BooHag, Patricia C. McKissack

  28. In a warm and sultry forest far, far away, there once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby. Stellaluna, Janell Cannon

  29. Narrative Leads . . . Your Turn

  30. Action • Description • Dialogue • Question • Sound • Thinking/Feeling Choose three. Take a current piece of writing and try three different lead types. Share with a friend and see which one you both like best for that piece. Try different leads in your future pieces.

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