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2nd - 4th Grade Common Core Introduction Worksheets

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Tips for Writing a Good Beginning Sentence

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

Hook Your Reader!

In this worksheet, learners will practice planning and writing a compelling persuasive paragraph on the topic of social media.

Write a Persuasive Paragraph: Social Media 

Students will practice writing strong leads for their literary essays.

Practice Writing a Strong Lead: Literary Essay

A strong hook will capture a reader's attention and make them want to know more! In this activity, students will identify four different ways to hook a reader into a story.

Narrative Hooks

In this exercise, students will practice writing attention-grabbing lead sentences.

Write On! Strong Lead Sentences

How many ways can you start a story? Have fun with writing, and practice telling the beginning of a story in six different ways.

Ways to Start a Story

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

Hook the Reader: The Tortoise and the Hare

A strong hook will grab a reader's attention and pull them into your story! This organizer will help young writers try out different ideas and decide on the strongest hook for their personal narrative.

Narrative Hooks: Brainstorming

Flex those creative writing skills by starting a story in a few different ways! Use the picture as a prompt, and use each technique to start a story.

Good Ways to Start a Story

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

Starting a Story

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

Strong Beginnings

Get acquainted with a few different writing techniques with this fun prompt. Kids will start the same story in a few different ways.

How to Begin a Story

This volcano writing worksheet is a great brainstorm starter and provides a different approach to composition, perfect for research-based writing.

Volcano Writing Scene

Use this worksheet as a tool to assist your young writers in selecting the perfect idea for their narrative.

Great Writing Starts with Golden Ideas

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Creative Writing for Kids: Pet Dinosaur

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Catch Your Reader's Attention

What if you were the last person on earth? Give your child some fun writing practice with this sci-fi writing prompt.

Sci Fi Writing Prompt: End of the World

Tom, the boy zombie, is just a misunderstood monster. Help him tell his story from his point of view with this fun and creative writing prompt.

Zombie Writing

What if Dorothy's house had landed in New York City instead of Oz?

Retell a Story

What if the monster under the bed was just lonely and shy? Have some spooky fun with this writing prompt to challenge your point of view.

Monster Under The Bed!

What if the dragon guarding castle was just a household pet? Help your young writer boost her creativity with this fun prompt.

Dragon Writing Prompt

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Glossary: Story Hooks

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

Write an Ice Skating Story

How would our lives be different if we were aquatic creatures living underwater? Have your kid flex his creativity with this fun writing prompt.

Living Underwater

Spin a spooky tale with a creative writing card game, perfect for a dark and creepy Halloween night around the campfire.

Scary Story Card Game

What if you woke up on Christmas morning and time had stopped! What would happen next?

Frozen in Time...

Encourage your fourth graders to put their writing skills and imagination to good use by imagining that they are opening up a restaurant and writing about it!

Creative Writing for Kids: Restaurant Owner

How cool would it be to have a pet dragon! Have fun with this "what if" writing prompt, and spin a fun story about the adventures you'd have.

Pet Dragon

Is your child "stuck" without a good story starter? Behold the Awful Epoxy, a sticky super villain.

Awful Epoxy Story Starter

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