Lit2Go
The Hart and the Hunter
Hunt down a great way to teach characterization with one of Aesop's fables. An audio retelling of "The Hart and the Hunter" depicts the prideful hart and its disdain for its slender, quick legs. The activity concludes with a written...
Lit2Go
The Fox Without a Tail
Can you trust advice from a person who has something to gain? Aesop's fable "The Fox Without a Tail" depicts the skepticism of a fox community when one of their fellow foxes, having lost his tail in a tap, tries to talk them into...
Flocabulary
The Importance of Setting in a Story
Where does it happen? When did it happen? These are two questions that play a key role in understanding the setting of a story. The fourth and final video in a Language Arts playlist uses a song to explain how the setting connects to...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Genre
This video lesson focuses on identifying genre. It explains how looking at the following basic characteristics can help to determine gene: setting, stock characters, basic events, symbolism, length of work, and development of characters....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plot
This lesson introduces the concept of plots (how the material is organized and presented to the reader so that the text will have a specific effect on him or her) in fiction. It explains the plot diagram and provides examples. RL.9-10.5...
McGraw Hill
Introduction to Reading Skills: How Characters Respond to Major Events
A character's response to major events can have a significant effect on how a story unfolds. This quick video follows characters in a fictional show, Scout Ship 7. Watch as Captain Rodney and Edison Benson critique this episode of the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Plot Devices
A video lesson defining plot devices and explaining how to identify them in fiction reading selections. [10:28]