Hook Your Reader With Strong Introductions

Read the five model hooks about the Moon aloud before students write their own. Pair Write a Concluding Statement with any paragraph students are drafting.

Write two kinds of hooks for 3 topics, using model hooks for an essay about the Moon. A hook is the opening sentence or two of an essay, written to grab the reader's attention. The directions on the page read: Read the five kinds of hooks in the box. For each topic, write the two hooks named above the lines. Each hook should be one or two sentences. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade informative writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with introductions and conclusions. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Hooks for Strong Introductions shows five kinds: a question, a fact, a quote, an anecdote and a scene. Students write two named hooks for each of 3 topics.

It restates the main idea in new words without adding a new fact. Write a Concluding Statement has a four-point checklist students use on each ending they write.

The hooks sheet uses why sleep matters, learning to ride a bike and protecting the oceans. The conclusion sheet uses paragraphs about penguins, washing your hands and solar panels.