Narrative Beginnings
Grade 2 - Writing - Challenge Me
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Which opening sentence best starts a story about Mateo at the library corner?
- Later, he wrote the title in his notebook.
- Mateo finally read the mystery aloud.
- Mateo reached the library corner just as reading time began.
- Mateo liked mystery stories more than animal books.
Choose the beginning that gives both a character and a setting.
- Something surprising happened.
- Soon, the class marched onto the stage.
- Ari balanced his drum in the hallway while families filled the gym.
- Ari kept the beat through the final song.
Read this story plan: Jada is at the art table and spills the blue paint. Which sentence makes the problem clear at the start?
- The painting dried by the window.
- After that, she rinsed the brush.
- Jada liked the color blue.
- Jada bumped the blue paint, and it spread across the table.
Which first sentence would make a reader want to keep reading?
- Ari kept the beat through the final song.
- Soon, the class marched onto the stage.
- Ari was at a show.
- Ari heard a sharp snap just as the announcer called his class.
The story starts too late: "Then Ari borrowed ribbon from the art display to tie the strap." Which sentence should come before it?
- Ari held the loose strap and looked for something strong.
- Ari had practiced the drum part for two weeks.
- Ari kept the beat through the final song.
- Soon, the class marched onto the stage.