Description
Writing Leads & Endings – Hook Your Reader with Strong Beginnings & Effective Closings: Help your students write strong hooks, engaging leads, and effective conclusions with this ready-to-use Writing Introductions and Conclusions Resource! This writing packet gives upper elementary students the strategies, examples, and practice they need to grab their reader’s attention at the beginning and create a strong, purposeful ending.
If your students constantly begin their writing with the same opening or struggle with how to end their stories and compositions, this resource provides explicit, student-friendly instruction they can use again and again throughout the year.
Students will explore multiple types of writing hooks and leads, learn strategies for creating strong conclusions and endings, study examples, analyze a mentor writing sample, practice creating their own beginnings and endings, and then apply what they have learned with engaging writing prompts.
INCLUDED:
- Print & Digital Options
- All pages in color & black-and-white options for flexible printing
- Mentor Text example
- 3 Writing Choice Boards- 27 engaging writing prompts (Narrative, opinion, and creative writing)
Leads/ Hooks:
- Anchor Charts/ Posters for display
- Graphic Organizer Example for Student Notebooks
- Student Practice Hooks Graphic Organizer
- Graphic Organizer Example for Student Notebooks/ Poster
Closings:
- Anchor Charts/ Posters for display
- Examples and student chart for practice
PERFECT FOR:
- Teaching Expository & Narrative writing structure
- Whole-group or small-group lessons
- Writing centers or guided writing practice
- Anchor chart displays & student notebooks
- Writing test preparation or skill reinforcement
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The Ohio Teacher –
This resource was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Michelle E. –
My students this year were always asking me, “How do I get started?” So talking to them about hooks and and sharing with them these ideas were a lifesaver.
Stacy Ann M. –
Engaging and effective! This activity kept my students focused while reinforcing key skills. Easy to use and perfect for small groups
Teach 3rd Love 3rd –
Awesome product very helpful in meeting learning standards.
Patricia Ball –
Thank you for providing this resource. It was what I was looking for.
erin J. –
Great resource for practicing writing hooks and leads- engaging
melissa C. –
I love, love, love this resource! This resource is great for supplementing our writing unit! It is simple, yet engaging! Thank you!
Melanie Tinsley –
Great resource. I’m always looking for additional resources to use with my reading intervention students.
Nicole W. –
This is a great resource. My students loved it. It kept them engaged.
Kristen G. –
This what just what I was looking for. Easy to use.
Adrian D. –
This is a must have resource for all ELA teachers.
Becky England –
My students were struggling with writing hooks and endings. This was the perfect resource for helping them brainstorm.
Lindsey Henson –
This was super helpful for me teaching a unit and wondering what to present and how to present it. Thank you
Katrina R. –
This has all the pieces to supplement any writing curriculum and help students build skills.
Christine D. –
This source was so helpful teaching my kids about narrative writing.
Spector Spectacular –
This was super helpful to use during my narrative writing unit!
Elementary Made Simple –
This product is great for writing hooks during the personal narrative unit. I will use this resource every year to engage my students during the writing process.
Jameelia S. –
My students have moved into the multi-paragraph stage of things. It’s not their favorite activity, but this is a great way to introduce writing introductions.
Stephanie C. –
This really targets the structure of writing from beginning to end.
Lisa G. –
I’m so happy I found this again. I will be using it with my current writing unit.