Read A Family Is a Family Is a Family to the class, paying special attention to how the story is structured. Discuss the different parts of a story, including how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. Ask students what parts of the story need to stay in the same place for the whole book to make sense. What parts can be moved around? Is this true of every story? Have students compare this book with the last one read by the class. How are they each structured? How are they the same? How are they different?
