An author helps a girl use her imagination as she shows how
simple things can become topics for writing, encouraging the
girl to put pen to paper.
■ Realistic fiction narrative
■ First person
■ Past tense
■ Repeated pattern
■ Dialogue and connecting text
■ Open-ended incidents
■ Incidents have common overall structure
■ Engenders thoughtful reading and thought beyond the text
■ Extending each incident
■ Making connections to self
■ Using dialogue to develop expressive reading
■ Understanding where authors get ideas for writing
■ Attending to detail