Mastering the art of storytelling isn’t just a goal for professional writers. Analyzing and creating stories can boost critical literacy skills for all learners—and this comprehensive resource will show teachers and SLPs how. Aligned with the science of reading, this innovative guidebook reveals how to unlock literacy and learning skills by captivating K–12 students with the power of stories: how they’re structured, how they reflect and change lives, and how students can create their own original narratives. Using dozens of diverse fiction and nonfiction books as vivid examples, you’ll discover how to teach 12 key story elements ( Story Frames ) in dynamic, fun, and highly visual ways, including Quick Draws, storyboards, and icons that make narrative structure easy to grasp. Then you’ll get in-depth guidance on how to use knowledge of story structure to build core literacy skills—from oral language to reading comprehension—and empower students to write their own personal stories in a variety of genres. Enhanced with more than 35 adaptable lesson plans and a complete package of online support materials, Story Frames is an accessible pathway to structured literacy that any educator can start using right away. You’ll use it year after year to strengthen your students’ skills and instill a lifelong love of reading and writing in every learner. STORY FRAMES WILL HELP YOU Get started with structured literacy in a fun and engaging way - Build core literacy skills, including phonological awareness, reading comprehension, oral language, vocabulary, grammar, syntax, narrative development, and expository writing - Strengthen your existing curriculum with flexible lesson plans and activities aligned with the science of reading - Effectively teach narrative structure to both struggling and advanced learners - Teach students in any setting, with practical tips for teletherapy and virtual instruction - Boost executive function skills by making the writing process comprehensible, meaningful, and manageable - Empower students with and without disabilities by giving them the tools to tell their own stories ONLINE MATERIALS: Implement Story Frames effectively with a full package of downloadable materials, including sample storyboards and templates, 40+ handouts and worksheets, game cards, slide decks to use in instruction, 30+ sample story analyses of books for children and young adults, and brief literature guides for applying Story Frames to picture books and to chapter books and novels. Story Frames offers students a concrete and fun way to create stories. Using visual supports and the basic building blocks of stories, it makes it possible for all children to create stories others will enjoy reading. -- Steve Graham Carolee Dean, M.S., CCC-SLP, CALT, the founder of Word Travel Literacy, specializes in the treatment of dyslexia, other language-based learning differences, and autism. With over twenty years of experience in the public schools, she now focuses on teletherapy, consultation, and resource development. She is a former president of the Southwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and an award-winning author of the young adult fiction titles Comfort (Houghton Mifflin), Take Me There (Simon Pulse), and Forget Me Not (Simon Pulse). She frequently combines her knowledge of story structure and learning differences to speak at national and international conferences on the subject of narrative intervention. Amy Miller, M.A., M.F.A., i-CALP, is the founder and executive director of May Center for Learning, a nonprofit school and outreach center for students with learning differences. She frequently presents to educators, focusing on best practices for students with learning differences, the science of teaching structured reading and writing, and the importance of structuring the learning environment to improve executive functioning skills. Amy successfully advocated for SB 398, a New Mexico state law that mandates universal screening for characteristics of dyslexia and science-based reading instruction for all students. Founder of Dyslexia Justice League, a community organization that connects students with dyslexia with adult mentors, Amy is also the author of The Way I See It , a play and book that celebrates unique points of view, developed in collaboration with students at May Center. Where I Come From , a book that Amy co-authored with May Center students, won the 2014 New Mexico/Arizona Young Adult Book of the Year. Paula Moraine, M.Ed., is an international teacher, tutor, speaker, and author. She is in private practice in Bel Air, Maryland as an educational consultant, specializing in executive functions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and autism. She is the author of Helping Students Take Control of Everyday Executive Functions—The Attention Fix and Autism and Everyday Executive Functions . Mar