The rise and fall in action in a literary work.

When a teacher gives students to subject or topic to write on.

Writing strategy that asks students to interact with writing just like bestselling authors do. It includes brainstorming ideas, writing rough drafts, revising, editing, publishing, and sharing work.

In this writing approach, which works well for struggling and emergent writers, the child and adult share a pencil. The adult writes the majority of the sections, and the child writes what they can handle.

The formation of letters while writing by hand.

An activity that is completed before reading takes place. The reader views the pictures of the story and predicts what they think is occurring. This activates prior knowledge and gives reading a sense of direction.

The act of taking a word(s) from the text and working with them separately, apart from the text itself.

A story that is factual and based in reality.

The big picture of the story.

Inquiries that force the reader to figure out what is going in a story, when the answer is not obvious, but insinuated.