Kinds+of+Leads


 * Kinds of Leads ** (Teaching the Elements of Powerful Writing p. 34)


 * Tubs of books for groups.
 * Students read the beginnings of each book and decide if the lead is an
 * **Action ** – tells what a character does
 * **Question ** – asks a question to start the reader thinking
 * **Ending ** – gives a detail that happens at the end of the story then tells the story up to that ending
 * **Dialogue ** – begins the story with something a character says
 * Students place the books in a pile underneath signs that say the above 4 words.
 * Focus on one type, for instance, **Action**.
 * Redistribute books with action leads to groups. They share and discuss what type of action is happening.
 * Students choose one to model after and write some leads with different actions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 19px;">For the next lesson, have students choose their favorite lead and continue the story.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Save **Question** books for the Bat lesson (Create an Opening Scene).