Friday September 26th A-dayMonday September 29th B-dayWonder Warm UpVocab FormativeHooks and LeadsWriting Workshop

Wonder Warm Up• In your journal copy this chart and quote.

Quote Characterization

“What’s a lamb to slaughter?” I said. Mom sighed and gave daddy a “look.” “I shouldn’t have said that,” Dad said, looking at me in the rearview mirror. “It’s not true. Here’s the thing: Mommy and I love you so much we want to protect you any way we can. It’s just sometimes we want to do it in different ways.” “I don’t want to go to school,” I answered, folding my arms. “It would be good for you, Auggie,” said Mom

DIRECTIONS: On this side of the chart characterize Dad, Mom and August.Remember SAYS, THINKS, DOES, RESPONDS.

Quick Vocabulary Formative• Get out your sheet and review for 2minutes• When you complete the formative turn it in with your name

on it.• Pick up a copy of the Hooks and Leads when you turn in your

formative

Hooks and Leads

• First brainstorm what a hook is?•Why is it important?

• There are numerous ways to hook your reader into your story• Let’s look at some examples from

literature

“After all this time I still ask myself: Was it my fault? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way I wonder what would have happened if I’d called out a warning.” Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings

• Type: Question

“It’s morning, early, barely light, cold for November. At home, in the bed next to mine, Jessica, my older sister stills sleeps. But my bed is empty.” Crow Call by Lois Lowry

• Type: Announcement

“Things To Do Before Middle School Starts: 1) Destroy my collaborative diary 2) Get brand-new look 3) Buy school supplies 4) Hang out with Sylvie 5) Spy on Noll Beck (when possible and convenient) 6) Find Grandma a new boyfriend (preferably one with a boat)” The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter by Kristen Tracy• Type: List

“The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.” The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

• Type: Figurative Language

“They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that’s not how it happened for me.” Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

• Type: Famous quote or saying

Now it’s your turn…

With your table group write a hook to the following story….

It is the first day of school and you woke up late.

Look at your own memoir

• Now get out the draft to your memoir• Trade with someone at your table and

have them read the first few sentences of your memoir•Make suggestions to your partner about

how they can improve their hook

•Use the remainder of class time to look over your memoir draft•Make sure that you are finished with it•Use the rubric to assess your own work.

•Please bring an independent reading novel on Wednesday