More Like Scaffolding

Let’s talk about structure.

This is the time of year when I start putting together material for my after school writing club, and I think about structuring that, and structuring lessons and structuring stories and… you get the picture.

With 6th graders, I have to start with the most basic structure. What makes a story a story? A beginning, a middle and an end. For them, pretty much always in chronological order. But should it always be in that order? Well, yes, but what if the beginning for y...