Grabbing Readers Attention in a Narrative Introduction
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Introduction, Narrative Writing, Transitions, onomatopoeia's
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. This is outlined in the fifth grade Georgia Standards of Excellence. For this particular lesson student will focus on grabbing readers attention in narrative introductions.

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Video : Hook Your Reader
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: This video teaches students three ways to grab your readers attention. Onomatopoeias, questions, and exclamatory sentences are provided along with examples.
Assignment : Things that come to mind when you are planning a narrative introduction...

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Students will make a word cloud that is displayed on the board.

Reading : A day on the job as a Stuntie.
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

Ring, Ring! My alarm sounds off at 5:30AM. It is my first day as a stuntman on a weste style movie set. I quickly rush to get my gym clothes on so I can catch a quick workout before I have to be at work. I rush to catch the bus and I am on my way to Anytime Fitness. A woman on the bus sits beside me and asks "what are you doing up so early today?" I tu to see it is my new boss! I laughed and eclaimed "the early bird gets the worm!" 

Description: What do you notice about this narrative introduction that was not discussed in the video?