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