Sizzling Starts for a Narrative

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Year 3C are reading a chapter book called Matty Forever‘ written by Elizabeth Fensham. In it Bill, a nine year old boy has just moved to a new town and met his neighbour Matty. Matty has challenged Bill to 4 fearsome tasks before he can join her club.

We decided to make up a 5th challenge for Bill showing how we use sizzling starts. Using questions is one  way of hooking the reader. Students try and show how the character is feeling by using strong feeling verbs and actions that show these feelings (show don’t tell). Here are some examples of our work.

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3 Comments

  1. Excellent work 3C. Fantastic sizzling starts – they definitely lure the reader into wanting to read more.

  2. Loved reading these “Sizzling Starts”, 3C. They really made me want to read more! You definitely showed me how Bill was feeling about his challenges. Well done!

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