This package offers the introductory guide Writing is Elementary: Teaching Young Children to Write alongside the module Bookmarks: Narratives.

Writing is Elementary: Teaching Young Children to Write serves as an introduction and a guide to this module. It focuses on the four basic qualities of writing:

• Purpose
• Organization
• Voice
• Detail

After explaining these fundamental building blocks, classroom-tested lessons are provided to teach each specific quality. These lessons can be easily differentiated for various developmental levels. Whole-class instruction, guided work, and individual responses are included.

Building on the skills learned in the guide, Bookmarks: Narratives is a step-by-step resource that focuses on creating characters, setting, and plot. Through direct instruction and guided writing, it teaches students the qualities of a narrative in three developmental levels.

Level One Qualities of Writing

• Character
• What the character wants
• Problem
• Idea to solve the problem
• Resolution/Conclusion

Children are natural storytellers. Storytelling is an important literacy activity that increases a child's ability to communicate. Bookmarks: Narratives strengthens students' imaginations and teaches them the art of communication.