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Where the Beginning Ends: Studying Leads in Literature in Order to Write Attention‐Getting Introductions
Author(s) -
Medina Adriana L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.50.3.3
Subject(s) - craft , reading (process) , order (exchange) , mathematics education , quality (philosophy) , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , linguistics , visual arts , art , philosophy , finance , epistemology , economics
In order for students to write like authors they need to read like writers. This requires direct instruction in attending to the writing craft through the use of quality adolescent literature and engagement in reading and writing. This article focuses on writing catchy introductions. The author offers the lesson objective and a teacher script arranged within a minilesson format. A list of types of introductions and examples of introductions from adolescent literature are given.