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Fill-out a story map to help your scholars with pre-writing. They will use a story map template to pre-write. They also organize their ideas into steps which become the foundation for their first draft. Concrete objects are brought in to help with the activity. Two other lessons regarding story framework and webbing are included on this webpage.

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setting, plot elements, plot, literary elements, story elements, stories, story maps, characters, prewriting, storytelling

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characters, pre writing, problem, setting, solution, story map, storytelling, pre-writing, story elements, story parts, english language arts
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K - 2nd
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English Language Arts
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Duration
3 hrs
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