Writing

Fantasy Fiction: Imaginative narratives that explore alternate realities; people, places, or events that could not happen in the real world.

Suggested Books: At apprx DRA2 Level 40:
 * Ralph S. Mouse series (Beverly Cleary)
 * Artemis Fowl series (Eoin Colfer)
 * Time Warp Trio series ([|Jon Scieszka])
 * __The Velveteen Rabbit__ (Margery Williams)
 * __Tuck Everlasting__ __(__Natalie Babbitt__)__
 * __Charlotte's Web__ (E.B. White)
 * Chester Cricket series (George Selden)

At apprx DRA2 Level 50-60:
 * Baseball Card Adeventure series (dan Gutman)
 * Fairest (Gail Carsone Levine)
 * The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)

Writing an Introduction ParagraphThe purpose of an introduction paragraph:
 * let your reader know what you are talking about
 * convince your reader that he/she wants to read your essay (engage your reader)

Examples of what introduction paragraphs might look like: [|Introduction Paragraphs.doc] Hints for writing a lead and thesis: [|lead and thesis.doc]



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