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Writing a Draft
Write the Lead 🟪 The first sentence or two in your story is called the lead. The lead should answer the reader’s basic questions.
Montessori third graders (who) stared down a hungry T-Rex and other life-size dinosaurs (what) at the Public Museum (where) on their May 3rd field trip (when).
Write the Body 🟪 The main part of your story provides the details that readers want to know about the topic.
As students toured all four floors of the museum, they got stamps in their “World Passports” to show the countries they had seen.
Write the Ending 🟪 Your ending should say something that helps readers remember the story.
Back in the classroom, students wrote news stories about their museum trip. . . .