"From Beads to a Masterpiece" Students learn essential story elements as they become accomplished authors.  Writing is a necessary life-long skill and VoWac's story writing helps students develop it.   Teachers can receive training through our Level I workshop. This workshop now provides teaching strategies in story writing.  Graduate credit is also available.  Check the WORKSHOP & TRAINING SCHEDULE  for a session near you.   Incorporated within the VoWac Skills and Spelling Program, teachers will be delighted to find these features:   Kylee's story   (opens new window) Levels K-2 Journals Story Starters Identifying story elements Shelby's story (opens new window) Level 3 Direct instruction on how to write five stories Students follow instructional modeling by their teacher Structured for one day per week, the writing cycle is completed five times throughout the year Students produce five stories using the same main character (similar to "Curious George" or "Clifford" storybooks) by the end of the school year. Level 4 Direct instruction on how to write a five chapter book Students follow instructional modeling by their teacher Structured for one day per week, the writing cycle is completed five times throughout the year Students produce a five chapter novel by the end of the school year.