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