Reading can be done individually, in group reading, or as a class. In my classes we read orally as a large group. When we reached the halfway point in the story, we stopped reading. Students were to write how they thought the story would end. After the writing assignment, we completed reading the story and discussed the predictions they had made compared to how the story ended.
Students read and then wrote a reaction to the ending of the story.
To write a blizzard story that was not true, simply fictional. I told them to lie to me. The second editing was done through peer editing . Peer editing would be done in groups of three or four students. Students would read their papers orally and the group would respond verbally to the student and a written response in their journal.