“This is the WORST day in the history of the universe ever … EVER!!! It’s so horrible I don’t think I can even write it down.” I know that eventually his visual reading skills will catch up.) Interestingly, we all gave J(9)’s “The Diary of Dennis the Menace” ten out of ten for its opening hook – the only book which received a perfect score from us all: (I’m just happy that he is reading and enjoying books.
Brave writer playing with poetry series#
J(9) listens to lots of good quality audiobooks, but for actual print reading he likes series like Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid. I didn’t impose any rules about the type of books the children brought to the table.
I like that there are no right answers in this exercise – a nine-year-old’s opinion is as valid as an adult’s. After each opening we discussed how effective it was in drawing us in to want to read more. We took turns reading the first few lines of our chosen books. I left space for us to give each opening hook a score out of 10 What we did I quickly typed and printed a table listing the book titles. We each brought to the table a pile of our favourite books. I thought it might be fun to revisit opening hooks, this time involving J(9). One example is the opening hook.Ĭ(10) and I learned about opening hooks a few years ago from The Arrow (a Brave Writer language arts program for 8 to 11 year olds). How do we teach our kids to write like their – and our – favourite authors? We can start by playing with some of the literary techniques successful writers use.
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