This guide is built upon the premise that emerging writers are more successful when they have a template or a structure to write within. Using The Flower Man, a wordless book by Mark Ludy, teachers can provide young writers with a built-in organization so that they are free to focus on content. Within The Flower Man, over 60 stories are told through the pictures. Students are fascinated when they take the time to follow individual story lines from page to page. Within this unit, each student sel