HOOKSWe’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.

EXAMPLES OF HOOKS?• Do YOU know what they all are?

• Onomatapoeia• Dialogue• Language feature – e.g…..• Staccato sentences• Rhetorical sentence

WHOLE CLASS ACTIVITY

Write a hook for a story that is set on a tropical island.

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.

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.