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NARRATIVE LEADS

Typical It was a day at the end of June. My mom, dad, brother, and I were at our camp on Rangeley Lake. We arrived the night before at 10:00, so it was dark when we got there and unpacked. We went straight to bed. The next morning, when I was eating breakfast, my dad started yelling for me from down at the dock at the top of his lungs. He said there was a car in the lake.

Action: A Main Character Doing Something I gulped 111Y milk, pushed away from the table, and bolted out of the kitchen, slamming the broken screen door behind me. I ran down to our dock as fast as my legs could carry me. My feet pounded on the old wood, hurrying me toward my dad's voice. "Scott!" he bellowed again. "Coming, Dad!" I gasped. I couldn't see him yet-just the sails of the boats that had already put out into the lake for the day.

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Dialogue: A Character or Characters Speaking "Scott! Get down here on the double!" Dad bellowed. His voice sounded far away. "Dad r" I hollered. "Where are you?" I squinted through the screen door but couldn't see him. ''I'm down on the dock. MOVE IT. You're not going to believe this," he replied.

Reaction: A Character Thinking I couldn't imagine why my father was hollering for me at 7:00 in the morning. I thought fast about what I might have done to get him so riled. Had he found out about the way I talked to my mother the night before, when we got to camp and she asked me to help unpack the carr Did he discover the fishing reel I broke last week? Before I could consider a third possibility, Dad's voice shattered my thoughts. "Scott! !v1ove it! You're not going to believe this!"

When beginning a story; craft several leads. Experiment. A lead you love will fuel you as a writer. Choose the way in that makes you happiest; it will make your readers happy; too.

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 * Theme in //Coolies -// Theme Chart**

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 * Shh, shh, Shackleton! **


 * Between the Lines**

E.g., //On page 181, it states that the men named their camp "Camp Patience." Why is this an appropriate name for their camp?//

E.g., //On page 183, the picture shows the route of Shackleton, why does the route meander as the ship gets closer to Antarctica?//

E.g., //What are some of the characteristics that describe Ernest Shackleton as a person and a captain? What evidence can you provide?//


 * Beyond the Lines**

E.g., //What can we learn from Ernest Shackleton's leadership?//

E.g., //Why do people set out on imminently dangerous expeditions like that of the Endurance?//

**ReQuest Questioning - Shackleton Reflection**
 * What are the major benefits of creating questions that require basic recall thinking and inferential thinking from readers?**


 * What effect does generating different kinds of questions have on your understanding of this text? Do you think it increased or decreased your comprehension?**


 * What do you like or dislike about having to ask different kinds of questions while reading a text?**