"This is a practical guide to the story workshop process-a spin on writing workshop that encourages children to rehearse for writing by exploring other media. The main difference between writing workshop and story workshop is that before students draft on paper, they "draft" with other materials, allowing them to rehearse for drafting in writing in a very different way than is typical. This kind of playful exploration shares some territory with choice time as well, though the end goal is always written work. Story is anything that ends up on the page and is not confined to fiction"-- Provided by publisher.