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Read Works

Read Works: Lesson 1: Actions

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this resource, students will practice identifying and describing the actions of a character. Teachers will model these skills through the use of text and pictures from the story No, David! by David Shannon. Students will then draw a...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Create a Book (Grade 3 6)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Young scholars will illustrate and write their own story.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Text: Meter and Rhyme

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
OnTRACK English II Reading, Module 3, Lessons 1-12, and Practice Lessons 1-3. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry, drama, fiction, and literary non-fiction, and provide...
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Other

Mo Dept. Of Ed.: Analyzing and Evaluating Literary Works

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Lesson plan designed for eleventh graders. Students analyze and evaluate a short story for elements of literary works such as theme, mood, word choice, imagery, tone, and main idea. Includes a student handout and a scoring guide. It...
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Sequence

For Students K - 1st Standards
Listen to an explanation about the series of events in Cinderella. Then look at some pictures where the story's events are all mixed up and put them in the correct order.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Confict Res.

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students read picture books to explore the concepts of plot development and conflict resolution. They first learn about the connections between reading and writing, and then revise their own writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
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Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Plot

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit focused on plot. Students identify and describe the elements of plot in the books Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth and Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson. Then they...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Web English Teacher may be offering you resources to teach it right here! Also contains links to biographical information.
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Other

Book Club Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore this comprehensive book club lesson plan for "The Watsons Go to Brimingham-- 1963," by Christopher Paul Curtis.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reader's Theatre With Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, learners will interact with the book Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett and create a Readers Theatre performance. Students will engage in interacting with story elements during before, during, and post-reading activities.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using a Fairy Tale to Teach the Elements of a Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young scholars will hear and read different versions of a familiar fairy tale and identify what elements a story must have (character, plot, setting) for the story to be interesting and make sense. Using a Venn diagram, students will...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Savvy Story Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson, students learn to actively engage in reading by becoming more familiar with the elements of a story. Students will be required to think at a higher level and will enhance their understanding of selected passages and...
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Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Elements of Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PDF glossary listing and defining literary elements.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell a Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Reading and Writing About Miss Moo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson for early elementary and special education students utlizing the book Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves and graphic organizers to identify elements in a story (title, author, setting, characters, etc.). Students participate...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Grammar and Literature Through Digital Storytelling

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson students create digital stories in cooperative groups using multimedia tools to demonstrate comprehension of the elements of grammar, literature, and technology introduced in the lesson. Students become actively involved...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Rolling With the Animals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After reading Duck on a Bike by David Shannon, the writer will plan an original story where an animal (other than a duck) finds itself in a human mode of transportation (other than a bike). Three other animals will react to the unusual...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Differentiated Reading Instruction Worksheets, Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of differentiated reading activities are provided in this collection. Worksheets for the following reading topics are included: climax, story structure, elements of a story; fact and opinion; summarizing, narrative sequence;...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: World's Greatest Robot

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about brothers who work together to plan the perfect robot. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How to Trick Your Sister

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother who learns that it is more fun to trick people than it is to be tricked. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How to Have an Adventure

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kurt and his adventure with bees. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Up in the Air

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kurt and his first trip on an airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: I'm Not Eating That

For Teachers 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about making new friends. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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