This is a six-page PDF of the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a story about a conflict between a Chinese-American daughter and a Chinese immigrant mother.

This site offers a chart that explains children's perceptions of death and their responses at different ages in their development.

A test with eleven multiple choice questions on plot terms including: plot, introduction, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution, sub-plot, parallel episode, flashback, and foreshadowing.

Race against the clock to match each story element with its definition. Terms include: plot, introduction, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution, sub-plot, parallel episode, flashback, and foreshadowing.

Eleven flashcards on the elements of a story including: plot, introduction, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution, sub-plot, parallel episode, flashback, and foreshadowing.

This is an interactive, six-question, multiple-choice quiz over the terms connected to Theme.

In this interactive, students match the terms related to theme with their definitions.

This interactive flashcard activity focuses on the terms implicit and explicit in reference to themes, including definitions and formulas.