1. By: Sydney Deal Betsy Linenby Elizabeth parks Strategies for Writing

2. How to Add Flair in your Story: Descriptive details Great explanations Sensory words Structure words You want to be able to visualize in your head the story.

3. Develop Background Knowledge Introduce subject content (Example: Fantasy) Make a list of character and genre traits that could be found in the story. Give examples of other stories to help students build on prior knowledge.

4. Step 1- Story Structure: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

7. Step 2- Adding Flair! Students will go back and add in details to their graphic organizer questions. Structure words are used to help students write with more detail. Remind students that when writing, using their 5 senses is an easy way to add detail! Introduce structure words: what, size, color, number, shape, where, when, background, movement, mood, and perspective *You can make your own structure words list!