The first page of "Journey" by Patricia McClachlan is an incredible opening. Having the students share grabbers that got them hooked is a great way to generate a list for the class. Myra
----- Original Message ----- From: baguzman Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:19 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] teaching strategies-Charlotte's Web To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" > Would you give out your list of books for each type of grabber? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diana Triplett" > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:38 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] teaching strategies-Charlotte's Web > > > >I don't have a link, but I recently taught some lessons on > grabbers. We > > were working on expository writing, so we looked at lots of > expository > > texts > > and developed a list of possible grabbers that included > alliteration,> interesting fact, shocking statement, setting, > exclamation, personal > > opinion, rhetorical questions, dialogue, onomatopoeia...those > are the ones > > I > > can recall right off. Perhaps others would like to add to the list? > > > > Diana > > > > "I am a part of everything that I have read." --Theodore Roosevelt > > > >>From: "Jane Wenzel" > >> > >>Speaking of introductory lines, does anyone know of a writing > link for > >>types of great openers? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. > > > http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
