Lesson 2 Journey Through the Pages
Great Opening Lines
You ____ get a second chance to make a first impression.
____ is very important to make a good impression on others when we meet them for the first time.
But people ____ the only ones who make first impressions — books do as well.
A powerful first line of a book can ____ readers’ attention and make them want to read on.
Authors often spend weeks, months, or even years ____ up with the perfect opening line for their books.
Let’s take ____ look at some of them.
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
____ children, except one, grow up.”
No one can stop the sands of ____
Every child becomes an adult whether they ____ to or not.
But the opening line of Peter ____ states that there is one child who is the exception to the rule.
____ Pan is a boy who refuses to grow older.
He wants to have fun and stay a ____ forever.
One night in London, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell visit ____ home of Wendy, John, and Michael.
Peter Pan invites them to ____ fantastic island in the sky called Neverland.
It is a magical place where dreams are born and ____ never ends.
The children ____ Peter Pan’s hand and their adventure begins.
Only children can visit Neverland, and they do not ____ up as long as they remain there.
They ____ a wonderful time in Neverland.
But in the end, the three children decide to return home and ____ up.
What is the reason for this ____ decision? Read the book to find out.
Holes, Louis Sachar
“There ____ no lake at Camp Green Lake.”
What comes to mind when you ____ the word “camp?”
Many people would think of fun activities like fishing, having ____ barbecue, and sleeping under the beautiful stars.
____ what kind of place do you imagine Camp Green Lake is?
Perhaps it is a beautiful place where ____ green forest surrounds a blue lake.
But the ____ line of Holes paints a different picture.
It states that there is no lake there despite its ____
Through this irony, Sachar is hinting that Camp Green Lake is not a ____ camp with fun and games.
In fact, Camp Green Lake is not a camp at ____
Located in the ____ it is like a prison for bad boys.
The main character of the book, a ____ boy named Stanley Yelnats, is different from the other boys in the camp.
He hasn’t done anything wrong. He ____ just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Stanley and the other boys at ____ Green Lake are expected to improve their character by digging holes every day.
Stanley suspects that ____ is another reason for the digging.
Will Stanley successfully dig up the truth ____ Camp Green Lake?
1984, George Orwell
“It was a bright cold ____ in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
Typically, clocks strike from one to twelve ____
But George Orwell’s well-known novel, 1984, opens with the clocks striking thirteen ____
In a normal world, a clock striking thirteen is out ____ the ordinary.
But in this mysterious place, it doesn’t seem to be ____
____ just one clock but all clocks strike thirteen here.
____ more, the number thirteen is often associated with bad luck in Western cultures.
In this way, ____ hints to the readers that they are about to enter a world that is dark and unfamiliar.
The story takes place in an imaginary country ____ Oceania in the year 1984.
The government ____ to control everyone’s life.
It has even created a new language to limit people’s ____ and expressions.
Big Brother, the leader of Oceania, ____ everything that goes on through television screens.
As long as Big Brother ____ in power, the people of Oceania will never be free.
The main character, Winston Smith, does not agree with ____ the government is doing.
____ wants to fight against Big Brother, but he can’t do it by himself. Will Winston find others to join him?
Or will he give in ____ be controlled by Big Brother like the rest of the people?