Books- First Sentence Prompts |
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| First Sentence: Alcott's Little Women (upper elem/middle school) |
Our new "first sentence" series asks the question: "You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?"
With these simple worksheets, each containing a different sentence from a classic story, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing.
Look for more "first sentence" prompts every week! |
| First Sentence: After Words |
If students are curious enough about the first sentence of the novel, they may want to read the book and then complete this worksheet comparing their predictions to the actual book. |
| First Sentence: Adams' Watership Down (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Andersen's Little Match Girl (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Austen's Pride and Prejudice (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Barrie's Peter Pan (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Bronte's Wuthering Heights (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Burnett's A Little Princess (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Burnett's The Secret Garden (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Henkes' Kitten's First Full Moon (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Macaulay's Black and White (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Taback's Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Van Allsburg's Jumanji (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Wisniewski's Golem (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
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| First Sentence: Azarian's Snowflake Bentley (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Brown's Shadow (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Diaz' Smoky Night (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Gammell's Song and Dance Man (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Hyman's St. George and the Dragon (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: McCully's Mirette on the High Wire (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Provensen's The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Rathmann's Officer Buckle and Gloria (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Rohmann's My Friend Rabbit (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Small's So You Want to Be President? (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Van Allsburg's The Polar Express (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Wiesner's The Three Pigs (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Wiesner's Tuesday (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Young's Lon Po Po (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Zelinsky's Rapunzel (elem) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Clarke's 2001 Space Odyssey (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Crane's The Red Badge of Courage (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Doyle's Beyond the City (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Huxley's A Brave New World (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: James' Portrait of a Lady (upper elem/middle) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: London's Call of the Wild (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Saint-Exupery's Little Prince (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Orwell's 1984 (upper elem/middle) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Kafka's Metamorphosis (upper elem/middle) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Shelley's Frankenstein (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Stevenson's Kidnapped (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Dante's Inferno (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Dickens' David Copperfield (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby (upper elem/middle) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Kipling's Jungle Book (upper elem/middle) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: du Marier's Rebecca (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Orwell's Animal Farm (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Dickens' A Christmas Carol (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Twain's Connecticut Yankee... (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
| First Sentence: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (upper elem/middle school) |
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its first sentence?
With these simple worksheets, students will exercise their skills of prediction, research, and creative writing. |
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