1. Nursery Rhyme Story Groups of 3 (according to card)
Create a headline and 3-4 paragraph story
You can make up information, but stick to the ‘facts’ of your story
Follow news story format
Inverted pyramid (put 5 W’s and H in lead)
Third person, no opinion writing
Long sentences, short paragraphs
Mostly information with a couple of quotes
Type it up – presentations tomorrow

2. Groups Ace – Humpty Dumpty 2 – Georgie Porgie 3 – Little Boy Blue
7 – The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
8 – Little Miss Muffet
9 – Little Jack Horner
10 – Mary Had a Little Lamb
Jack - Jack and Jill
Queen – Old Mother Hubbard
King – Three Blind Mice

3. Story reminders Use quote-transition format
Lead (creative sentence…use list)
Transition (summary info with 5 W’s and H)
Quote
Transition (detail paragraph linking quotes)

4. Story review Headline phrase Subheadline “Blown away”
Two word phrase with double meaning – “blown” – hurricane/wolf
“blown away” - amazed
Subheadline
“Farmer’s wife charged with animal cruelty”
Summarizes story, includes main facts, strong verb - “charged”, concrete noun - “cruelty”

5. Story review, cont. Summary Lead (1st sentence/paragraph)
Last Friday, Jack Johnson, a stuntman for television’s Heroes, attempted to jump over a candle and burned his toe.
Includes much of who, what, when, where, why and how (5 W’s and H)

6. Story review, cont. Strong Quotes Good Details
“We left for a second without thinking anything could happen,” said Betty Boo.
Uses said, exact words, first and last name (second reference = last name only)
Good Details
She saw the mice and began chasing them, screaming at the top of her lungs.