The write start - Jennifer Hallissy 2010

Storytellers
On the Write Track

If Spellers are excited by first words, Storytellers are simply ecstatic over their first stories. What could be better? This is the stage where all the hard work really begins to pay off. Finally, their skills are starting to catch up to their ideas. They have now mastered the mechanics of writing well enough to be able to “talk on the page.” Storytellers are beginning to think like real writers: “What do I want to say?” and “How can I say it?” They get the first taste of the power of writing to tell a tale, transport a reader, create a new world, express emotion, craft a character. Once children begin to write stories, there’s no going back. They’re hooked.