Teaching your students how to write strong leads is so important. Grabbing the reader's attention with a strong hook can make or break a story. This resource has vibrant posters and a chart to explain the following leads: talking, sound effect, action, snapshot, question, and flashback. This resource will also provide your students with a variety of ways to practice identifying and writing different leads using the flip book, worksheets, and brainstorming pages. All of these activities are ready