Sizzling Starts with 4D

Sizzling Starts with 4D

In 4D, we have been focusing on Sizzling Starts to begin our stories. We have practiced using a variety of hooks such as dialogue, a question, a vivid description, an interesting fact, or a sound effect! Can you guess what hook type the students used? 

Have you ever looked up at space with hope and glory and space looked back with fear? This is me logging out for the night in the alien war. “NO, NO not yet” Jeffery shouted. 

- Jackson

Have you ever seen a three-legged ghost dog? If you have, you will today, and trust me there’s a bit of goo. - Harriet

If you are not interested in half-bloods, this book will impress you. It was halfway through boarding school year, and we were on a school excursion. We had been learning about The Greek Gods all the time and some of the kids were getting restless, when… 

- Christian

Have you ever found a haunted temple? James and Tom found one and they went inside the temple. - Peter

“AHHHHHHH!” BOOM! CRASH! The plane stumbled in the sky and fell to the ground like a giant bird. The engine falls off the plane and people scream. THe plane twists and turns like a rollercoaster. - Frances

“Watch out!” screamed Fang. The stone began to crack and the cave shook like thunder. The stone’s power began to fade. - Alexis. 

BARK! Rocky barked at the birds in the tree. Rocky was an annoying puppy. Amy loved her dog. - Ivy. 

Do you know about house 18? You know the one on the hill? Well if you don't, some people say it's haunted, the people that go in, never come out. - Amaya

“Make sure you avoid traps!” my mother yelled. 

“Watch out!” said Tom. “AHHHHHH! That’s a fake spiker” said Rhys. - Pat D

Have you ever felt like you're empty, that you can’t find what you love? Well that's how I felt today…until today. - Amelia

“Ow! That hurt”. A kid from school camp fell in a hole. - Lenny. 

“Where has the most rare object in the world gone? Dan, Dan, Dan! Master Girl.” screamed the boss. - Robbie

“Ow! That hurt.” A camper from Candy just fell into the sticky chocolate river. - Alyssia. 

Have you ever felt like someone is following you? Warning! There is no escape. - Cataleya

Hey! Did you know that ghosts don’t exist? Wait…. What’s that shadow at the door? - Pat C

Sam was welding a Bot when, BOOM! Cookie man went to investigate. BZZZZ a laser out of nowhere. Cooking man said, “OW’ and he shook his head, getting the dust off. - Tom B

“What is that?” said Kim, “it looks like a three-legged dog.” “You must be crazy,” said Rosie. - Adhithi

What do you do when you are playing on the monkey bars and all of a sudden you can’t find your watch? Well don’t ask Lucy, the same things happened to her. - Sophie

Did you know that Australia is the biggest island in the world? I am Max, I just escaped a tornado and my boat is wrecked. - Noah

“Oh, a turtle shell!” exclaimed Jack. Jack noticed that the turtle shell has no family. - Henry

“Ahhhhhh, I am being chased by a huge animal in the depths of the ocean!” - James

“WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!” The engine stalled, everyone panicked. - Seb

“Ok class, I have some news for you!” At once, you couldn’t hear a thing, not even a creek in the floorboards (which happened normally because the school was very old. - Beatrix

BANG! THe meteor hit the Earth. Joel saw a mysterious figure, he realised it was an alien. - Myles