Why storytelling? -- Choosing and building a class story -- Learning and practicing the class story -- Using oral class stories to teach writing -- Using oral class stories to teach reading -- Partnership and individual oral stories -- Appendix A: story recording sheet template -- Appendix B: partnership rubric for finding and building an oral story -- Appendix C: story recording sheet -- Appendix D: partnership rubric for practicing an oral story -- Appendix E: individual rubric for finding and building an oral story -- Appendix F: individual rubric for practicing an oral story -- Appendix G: individual rubric for presenting an oral story.