You will probably have to teach this strategy to your students. As the students construct conclusions and make predictions, have them explain how they decided - what is their supporting evidence. They also need to explain the evidence for main idea, sequence, cause and effect and inferences made by them. Again, the teacher can model these strategies by reading outloud and giving evidence for the conclusions and predictions that she makes. The teacher can also have the students explain conclusions, predictions and evidence to a partner or in a small group.
All stories have the same basic structure.
Discussing the character's personality traits and his or her reactions to events can also be useful. You can practice story mapping by writing the various components on the board, reading a story out loud, and then have the students help you fill in the relative data. You could also do this with a TV show that you watch together. Eventually you want you students to be able to read a story and relate back to you all of this information. Children also need to be taught how to self monitor understanding of a text.