How to Write a Story, includes: • Setting the Stage for Writing-reading to your class, word walls, story walls • Teaching the Parts of a Story • Step-by-Step Writing Units Story Writing Ideas: • retell a fairy tale • a pattern story • a circle story • a sequence-and-write story A Story Writing Center: directions, forms, and patterns for 5 story-writing centers • Who, What, Where, When • Start with a Picture • Story Starters • Story Parts • Train Tales—each train car represents a different part of the story