Setting Up For Success!

Do you do writing workshop with your students?

Long before I expect students to write stories, we spend a lot of time discussing stories.

For example, every time we read a story, we …

*name the author and illustrator

*find words to describe the characters and talk about who they might remind us of

*talk about the plot and if we’ve ever had similar experiences

*talk about what the problems were, and how they were solved

*talk about how we felt while reading: what made us feel sad, excited or worried. Which words or phrases made us feel this way?