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Fairy Tale Story Planner
Provide your class with a way to plan their own fairy tale. Learners use this graphic organizer to help them plan their own original fairy tale by identifying the setting, characters, conflict, and conclusion for their story.
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"Macbeth" Quotes: Fun Trivia Quiz
Who said that? Test takers are given ten quotes from Shakespeare's well-known play Macbeth and asked to identify the speaker from a list of four possible characters. Useful as a check for understanding or completion of reading, this quiz...
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Minor Roman Gods and Goddesses Part 1
Each of the ten questions on this quiz ask to identify a Roman god or goddess who may not be well known. Go a little deeper than the oft-read mythology and expand your learners' understanding of the Roman characters involved. All...
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Elements of the Narrative Poem: "Casey at the Bat"
Unlike the mighty Casey, you can hit a home run with this worksheet that uses Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat” as a model of a narrative poem. Young fans must identify the characters, the time and place, the sequence of events...
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License Plate Investigation
In this license plate investigation worksheet, 6th graders identify and complete 6 different word problems related to auto license plates. First, they complete the chart showing the number of combinations possible based on the license...
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Author's Purpose
For this assessing the author's purpose worksheet, students determine whether the author wrote to entertain, persuade, or inform by checking yes and no boxes, identifying the purpose, and listing clues that helped determine the purpose....
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The Bones of a Story
For this Language Arts worksheet, students read a Clifford book and describe 5 story elements. These include title, setting, characters, problem, events, and resolution.
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Literature Circle Role Descriptions
In this literature circle role descriptions worksheet, students identify the role they play in the literature circle. The different roles include: summarizer, vocabulary finder, questions writer, story mapper. Each role has three to...
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Beowulf Mini-Mock Trial Manual
In this Beowulf worksheet, students identify a crime and prepare the prosecuting and defense case to present to the class "jury." Students must follow court procedure and use court terminology as they present their case.
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Famous Authors Find the Definition Worksheet
Consider using this worksheet as a group work exercise early in a novel study unit. Learners must identify the meaning of words associated with narrative literature. An answer key is provided.
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Literary Data Collection Chart
Here’s a matrix that could be used with any literary work. For each assigned passage, readers are asked to record information about characters, setting, vocabulary, literary devices, symbols, tone, mood, etc. In addition, they are asked...
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Literary Element: Character Trait
In this literature worksheet, students identify that writers have a difficult job when it comes to developing characters. They identify and describe various character traits matching them to an example from the novel read in class.
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The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Record the plot elements of The Cay on this worksheet. Pupils note basic information about the book and answer questions about the introduction, point of view, character, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of...
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Lesson Plan 2: Good Novel, Bad Novel
What are the characteristics of a good piece of writing? What makes a story interesting? Give your pupils a chance to define the qualities of good novels and what they see as the qualities of bad novels. Class members record these...
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Who Said This?
Can your class figure out who said what just by looking at a quotation? This activity for Of Mice and Men includes 11 quotations from the novel. Use this quote sheet as a light activity to get your readers to look back into the text or...
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A Teacher's Guide to The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
What if the Gingerbread Man was trying to catch you, rather than the other way around? Pupils can find out what happens by reading the story The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray and enrich their experience with the...
Charlesbridge
Under the Freedom Tree: A Readers Theater
Susan VanHecke's Under the Freedom Tree is transformed into a 12-part readers theatre script appropriate for a performance by upper-elementary classes.
Writing Educators Symposium
Asking the Right Questions
It can be difficult to find the theme of a book or story if you don't know the questions to ask. Teach your kids to discern the universal theme in works of literature with a set of activities that promote critical thinking and active...
Maryland Department of Education
The Concept of Identity Lesson 8: Propaganda in Visual Media
Visual and print propaganda are featured in a lesson that asks readers of A Separate Peace to examine the techniques used in propaganda from World War I, World War II, presidential elections, and in the novel.
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Moby Dick Word Search
In this Moby Dick word search, students identify terms that are found in the book. A list of approximately 70 vocabulary words is provided. An answer sheet is available.
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Sentences That Describe Pictures - 3
A simple multiple choice worksheet, this resource deals with identifying emotions from body language and facial expressions. Learners are given three drawings of cartoon characters and they must decide whether each one is feeling happy,...
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Reviewing the Romance
In this reviewing the romance worksheet, students research the secrets of writing a romance. Students read at least 20 modern romance novels. Students identify the structure around the story, looking at plot and characters and style of...
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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison: Quiz
In this Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison worksheet, students answer fifteen multiple choice questions about plot, characters, and theme as well as identify quotations.
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Book Report
In this book report form, students read a book and then fill in the form. They must identify the title, author, main characters, and characteristics of each character. Students write a summary, conclusion and give their opinion of the...