Share 'Mr. Zinger's Hat and developing a story'

This week I am working with my first grade ELL's developing their own story lines. We have already talked about a story having a beginning, middle, and end and about question words. This week, I combined these ideas into a lesson meant to prompt story development practice.  It went well, so I thought I would share. First, we read Mr. Zinger's Hat by Cary Fagen. The book tells a story about a you…