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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade) Match

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This interactive game of "Match" assesses students' knowledge of story element definitions. Students will match the correct definition of a story element to its corresponding definition. Picture cues are provided on this review resource.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade): Flashcards

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
These interactive flashcards provide definitions for different story elements. Engaging picture cues are provided for each flashcard, and students can play the audio to hear the words and definitions read aloud.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements Quiz 6th Grade Honors: Learn

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This interactive lesson engages students in learning story element definitions. Students will type the correct story element after reading its definition.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Story Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains story elements to be used with the novel, The Watson's go to Birmingham. It is possible to change the flipchart to fit any novel being read at that time.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
Website
State University of New York

Oneonta: Reading "The Pioneers" as History

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed site provides a guide for reading "The Pioneers" by James Fenimore Cooper. Includes background information about the book, a description of the setting and form, a list and description of principal characters, and...
Lesson Plan
Teachers.net

Teachers.net: The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Introduce your primary students to retelling and sequencing skills. Will also help move your students to higher-level thinking which deals with characters, setting, and plot. Site offers one week's worth of lessons.
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Arrow of God

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Set in Nigeria during the 1920s the novel Arrow of God is analysed in depth in this fascinating site. Read about the characters, plot, and themes.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Chapter Book Writing Lesson: Creating a Parallel World

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by the opening events in The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, students are asked to create an original parallel world that is similar to ours but different in certain ways. They will focus on the similarities and differences...
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic Book Files: A Reading Guide to a Wrinkle in Time

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This teaching guide accompanies Madeleine's L'Engle's book, A Wrinkle in Time. Setting, plot, characters, and theme questions are included, along with guided reading questions for each chapter.
Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Wordless Books: Creating a Storyline

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan asks students grades 3-5 to use wordless picture books as a springboard to write an original story based on the pictures.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Johnny Tremain

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Come and discover more about the novel, "Johnny Tremain," by Esther Forbes. This site features a discussion guide, writing prompt, vocabulary builder, extension activity and more.
Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Major Events

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn how writers use details to describe major events in a story.
Graphic
Other

Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
eBook
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Fox and the Grapes"

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Two traditional retellings of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes." The first has literal illustrations of the original fable. The second tells the same story, but has illustrations that give the story a modern setting and characters...
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Other

Tips for Writing a Great Play

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here's are a few guidelines for writing drama, including characters, setting and plot.
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: All the King's Men

For Students 9th - 10th
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1947, this remarkable novel is analysed in terms of plot, characters, themes and quotations in this very detailed site. An excellent set of study questions is included.
Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: A Tale of Two Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
Although it was writtenin 1859, A Tale of Two Cities still has things to tell us today. Read about the plot, characters, setting and themes in this fascinating and informative site about the novel.
Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Rl.2.7 Worksheets

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to help students practice the Common Core Standard of using information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Giver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This blendspace includes thirty-two spaces with content connected to Lois Lowry's dystopia novel, The Giver. Links include novel discussion questions, author interviews, and video tutorials to review literary topics.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Short Story Elements: Definitions

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Students can choose from three different activities while practicing story elements. Flashcards give students a chance to learn the elements and their definitions. A matching game gives students an opportunity to test their new learning,...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Story Elements

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This interactive game of "Rags to Riches" assesses students' knowledge of story elements. Students will identify the definitions of the story elements and the applications of story elements in stories.
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Short Story [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short group of exercises for students concerning the elements of a short story. Allows students to examine the major story elements, then apply those elements to a given piece of literature.
Interactive
Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Short Story Elements Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site shares a short story elements trivia game. Examples of short story elements are applied to high school classic literature.

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