After listening to a few of Laura Numeroff's circular stories, discuss the elements that appear in each.

• Who are the characters?

• Who is telling the story - point of view?

• Is there a clear setting?

• What would be considered the conflict?

• Explain the resolution or ending of the story. 

• What part do the illustrations play in the context of the story? 

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Authors break up into groups of two or three. Using large chart paper and a marker, teams will compose a story, five minutes at a time.  Once the five minute timer goes off, the chart paper story is passed to the next group. Every five minutes the story is passed.  Each group writes a few lines of each story, paying attention to the narrative elements discussed above.