1. Leads in Expository Writing What is the most boring way you can begin a report on rattle snakes?

2. In This report I will tell you about rattlesnakes. • Remember your introduction is your handshake with your reader. • Write a Great Beginning Sentenceand hook the reader. Here are some ways to grab the reader’s interest;

3. Begin with a questionDo you know that Emperor penguins live where it’s 80 degrees below zero?

4. Begin with Dialogue. • “I feel like a large caterpillar this morning”, said George as he tumbled out of bed.

5. Begin with an interesting fact. • Sloths don’t poop in trees!

6. Begin with an unusual image or picture. • The wind blew so hard it lifted the butterfly high above the ocean waves.

7. Begin with action. • The pack of wild dogs woke, stretched and set off at a trot to hunt.

8. Begin with a Preview • It’s ten degrees below zero and the river is frozen a foot thick. A lone figure glides along the black ice. The only sound is the scraping of each blade as it bites into the river. That is me doing my favorite sport, ice-skating.