Books- First Sentence Prompts

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.