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Hooks

Hooks. We’re not fishing for fish!!!!. WALHT:. Write an effective beginning to HOOK in the reader. What is a HOOK?. Begins the recount or narrative. Is exciting or interesting. Why use a HOOK at the start of our writing?. Engages the reader Makes the reader want to read more.

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Hooks

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  1. Hooks We’re not fishing for fish!!!!

  2. WALHT: • Write an effective beginning to HOOK in the reader.

  3. What is a HOOK? • Begins the recount or narrative. • Is exciting or interesting.

  4. Why use a HOOK at the start of our writing? • Engages the reader • Makes the reader want to read more.

  5. Examples of hooks? • Do YOU know what they all are? • Onomatapoeia • Dialogue • Language feature – e.g….. • Staccato sentences • Rhetorical sentence

  6. Whole Class activity Write a hook for a story that is set on a tropical island.

  7. Pair activity, Drag the Hook to the Example: • Dialogue - • Simile - • Onomatapoeia - • Staccato sentences - • Rhetorical question - • “Watch out!” I cried as the ball flew towards my mum’s head. • The ball flew through the air like a missile, the target was my mothers unsuspecting head. • I kicked the ball powerfully. It flew high into the air. It dove straight to where my mum was standing. I held my breath. • Smack! My foot struck the ball. • Have you ever been in so much trouble that you couldn’t breathe? I have. It started with a game of soccer.

  8. Individual Activity • Choose 3 of the different hooks we have looked at today. • Write 3 hook about a story that has FIRE in it. • E.g: onomatopoeia: • Crackle, crackle the fire burned brightly.

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