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I was told by a 4th grade teacher that she teaches 5 different intros when teaching writing. This will be my first year with 7th grade writing. I have experience in 2nd and 3rd grade. We did more journal writing than essay. Does anyone know where I can find these 5 intros or could you give me example of them. I would appreciate your help.

Thanks- DK
Laura She's probably talking about using different hooks. It's a good idea to give the kids practice starting different ways like with a question, dialogue, exclamatory or fragment sentence. You could get more ideas by doing a Google search. You could try emphasizing the different traits. Sentence fluency is a good one to play with depending on the tone ...See More
Aug 5, 2008
Fraun Look at these PowerPoints on my website. You'll have to scroll to the writing chalkboard and there you'll find 3 presentations. All of which I snagged off someone else's site. [link removed]

Also, try [link removed]

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Aug 6, 2008
Susan On 8/06/08, Fraun wrote: > Look at these PowerPoints on my website. You'll have to scroll > to the writing chalkboard and there you'll find 3 > presentations. All of which I snagged off someone else's > site. > [link removed]

The powerpoint sit is EXCELLENT!!! I bookmarked it and can see how I can use them for some staff tra...See More
Nov 15, 2008


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