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The Personal Narrative - Part 3
Let's peer edit! Have your writers exchange their personal narratives with another learner! While peer editing, they will look for any missing information and identify strong details. They can practice literary analysis skills using a...
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Story Pyramids
Young writers generate descriptive words. They use pictures of various landscapes (from books, magazines, or the Internet) and complete a story pyramid. The pyramid (included here) asks to describe the main character, the setting, and...
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After Reading: "Plot the Plot" Activity in the Library Media Class
"Plot the plot" of "The Adventures of the Speckled Band" with your young readers. Take a few days to read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story as a class or in pairs, having learners write down what they consider to be the most important...
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Parts of the Plot: Constructing A Plot Diagram
After reading "The King of Mazy May" by Jack London, learners reinforce their literary analysis skills in this SMART board lesson. The provided SMART board file allows themto define elements of a short story, and then add it to the plot...
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Parts of the Plot: Constructing a Plot Diagram
Sixth graders conduct a plot diagram for a short story. They identify the problem, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. Students are able to sequence events in a story, and identify the parts of the plot...
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The Tempest, Act III, scene 1
These black and white slides display the text of Act III, scene 1 of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. A plot diagram and character list are also included.
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The Tempest
Display a plot diagram of William Shakespeare's The Tempest as an overview. Once everyone has seen the overview, you can read as a class part of Act III, scene ii off of the slides. No images or color included. The presentation is quite...
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Elements of a Story - Plot, Characters, and Setting
Use this SMART board activity with any short story in your unit plan. The SMART board file contains a step-by-step guide to plot diagrams, including an interactive practice page and an assignment. This resource is beneficial for language...
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The Tempest
See a plot diagram for William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Besides the plot diagram, there is a random collection of dialogue from various scenes that seem to be a bit out of order.
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The Tempest, Act V, scenes 1 and 2
William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, scenes 1 and 2 are written out on these slides, along with a plot diagram and character list. The slides are all black and white and don't have any direction to them, but the plot diagram is...
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Plot Diagram
In this plot diagram worksheet, learners fill in a diagram: introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Worksheet is designed to be used with an interactive whiteboard.