Step 5 . Students write their stories over 5 days, using ideas teacher has outlined in brainstorming, and their own notes of the discussion. Step 6 . Students edit their writing. Conferences took place over 5-10 days, depending on how many revisions students needed to make.
Teacher reads and makes written corrections to student stories.
Students then revise their stories. During the written composition phase, I continually reviewed Word Web and KWL elements to make sure students included them. Sequence of the story was also discussed and illustrated on the chalk board. Students were referred to the Writer's Express section on the contents of a good paragraph. Students divide their stories into individual pages, identifying and leaving space on some pages for illustrations to be added later.