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Writing World: Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great resource outlining four major ways to make settings appear more real and genuine in fiction. Deals with themes such as motion, experience, mood, and the senses. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Prezi: How Does the Time Period of the Setting Affect the Plot?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Learn how setting affects character and how time period affects plot.
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Seekers Blog Spot: How Setting Affects Characters

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Information and examples of different ways the setting of a text can affect the characters and character development. (Published: Sept. 29, 2016)
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Read Works: Bridge to Terabithia 5th Grade Unit

For Teachers 5th Standards
A Grade 5 literature study unit for the novel "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson. The concepts covered include cause and effect, character, genre, plot, predicting, and theme.
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Alex: Using a Fairy Tale to Teach the Elements of a Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students 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 then...
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Docsteach: Oh Freedom! Sought Under the Fugitive Slave Act

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity includes primary sources from the official records of the U.S. District Court at Boston that tell the story of William and Ellen Craft, a young couple from Macon, GA, who escaped to freedom in Boston in 1848. Students will...

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