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__**Double D/Double T **__ To allow students the opportunity to create effective leads, we would practice this skill. We created a poster for the classroom that gave examples of an author using a descriptive lead, examples of an author using dialogue or questions as a lead, an author using a thought from inside a character's head as a lead, and an author using tension or a powerful statement as a lead. Once a month, students would choose two books from our classroom library or from the school library. They would find a lead, usually from the beginning of a chapter, and read it to the class. As a class we would decide which category the lead belonged to and add it to our poster/wall.