How can you hook a reader? Remember to focus on the patterns!

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Bill Sullivan

Check out this interesting animation. Enjoy how this animation illuminates compelling qualities of great literary openings. How does it reflect on ideas of the writing process that we discussed in class? It might help you at any stage in the writing process. View it and feel free to make comments in Standard English.

About Bill Sullivan

I am an English teacher working with great students at Suffield Academy. I also teach seniors in various project-based learning environments. Some of the #PBL topics included global issues, such as Pandemics, Climate Change, and Water; more recently I have asked students to research and identify topics important to our school community and their generation. We curate these topics with a #StudentCenteredPBL. For the past eleven years, I also created a driving question for a class to research a local history mystery and present their findings in a community program partnering with our local historical society. These topics encompass researching the lives of enslaved individuals who were contributors to the foundation of our community.
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2 Responses to How can you hook a reader? Remember to focus on the patterns!

  1. Mikhail Kozak says:
    September 30, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    That is pretty cool. A great way to teach us how to write an essay.

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  2. Nicholas Brown says:
    October 4, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    Helped me out a lot.

    Reply

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