Writing hooks that engage the reader is a great writing skill.This PowerPoint lesson focuses on writing strategies to hook the reader when writing a personal memoir. Provides students with a variety of leads and professional examples. Eight different writing strategies to engage the reader and create great beginnings for a memoir which will help students get started writing. Helpful in preparing for state writing tests. Includes a writing practice assignment to put the strategies learned to good use. For use in a standards-based writing program which supports common core. ©2017 HappyEdugator.

Christmas Digital paper. Stripes, Plaids Dots and more! Use these photos of different kinds of Christmas patterns print fabric and flannel in your digital creations. Great to dress up your holiday decor. Add these digital papers or photo backgrounds to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. or print out for backgrounds to display work, Use for wallpaper and wrapping paper or scrap book. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. 12 photos, 300 dpi, 12 x 12. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Christmas Digital paper. Stripes, Plaids! Use these photos of different kinds of Christmas patterns print fabric and flannel in your digital creations. Great to dress up your holiday decor. Add these digital papers or photo backgrounds to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. or print out for backgrounds to display work, Use for wallpaper and wrapping paper or scrap book. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. 12 photos, 300 dpi, 12 x 12. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Use these photos of different kinds of Christmas Snowflake print fabric in your digital creations. Great to dress up your holiday decor. Add these digital papers or photo backgrounds to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. or print out for backgrounds to display work, Use for wallpaper and wrapping paper or scrap book. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. 12 photos, 300 dpi, 12 x 12. Set 2 of 2. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Use these photos of different kinds of Christmas Snowflake print fabric in your digital creations. Great to dress up your holiday decor. Add these digital papers or photo backgrounds to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. or print out for backgrounds to display work, Use for wallpaper and wrapping paper or scrap book. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. 12 photos, 300 dpi, 12 x 12. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Use these photos of different kinds of animal print fabric in your digital creations. Great to dress up your modern rustic decor. Add them to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. 12 photos, 300 dpi, 8 x 10. Enjoy!- HappyEdugator

Use these photos of different kinds of masonry: brick, stone, and concrete in your digital creations. Great to dress up your modern rustic decor. Add them to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. 12 photos. Enjoy!- HappyEdugator

Use these photos of different wood grains in your digital creations. Great to dress up your modern rustic decor. Add them to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+.12 photos. Enjoy!- HappyEdugator

Use these photos of different woven fabrics in your digital creations. Great to dress up your modern rustic decor. Add them to posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Personal and commercial use okay as long as you credit my store. I took these photos on my iPhone 6+. Enjoy!- HappyEdugator To see an example of these in use; you can see how I used them in my We Can Show Our Character in the Fabric of Our Lives Posters - Character Education Posters.

These are two high quality photos of Seattle...the Space Needle and Safeco Field. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. 300 dpi. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. 300 dpi. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of Ducks. Mama Muscovy Duck with babies and a group of Mallards. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. 300 dpi. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of banana spiders. One spider in a web and one spider on a palm frond. These minibeasts were in my own yard! My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. 300 dpi. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of butterflies. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. These butterfly photographs are great for making your spring and summer educational products or for use when you are studying the butterfly life cycle. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of the New York City skyline, day and night. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of Rainbows. Rainbow over water and rainbow over land. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of Driftwood Beach. Taken near our home on Jekyll Island, Georgia, this beach is known as Driftwood Beach, because of the unusual driftwood scattered around in the sand. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 300 dpi. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of Ocean Views. Little Girl Walking on the Beach and Misty Ocean Waves. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. The dunes photo has artistic effects with sharp edges softened. Great sea themed backgrounds for inspirational posters or for social media. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of Seaside signs. Recycling Fishing Line and Protected Dunes. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are sized 8 x 10 inches. The dunes photo has artistic effects with sharp edges softened. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator

These are two high quality photos of No Dumping No Pollution signs - on land and on water. My husband and I take all our own photos. The images are 300 dpi, sized 8 x 10 inches. Terms of Use: All my photographs may be used for personal, educational, and commercial use. Photos are not to be redistributed or sold. They are for use in your creations. My photos are meant to embellish your product, not be your product. Photos should be secured so that others may not take them and use them. Photos may be used on Social Media sites and blog posts if words are added. You may use my photos for commercial products on TES and other similar educational sites. Please credit me with a clickable link to my store. - HappyEdugator