During this lesson, young scholars will analyze what distinguishes the stories they love. Reading and reviewing their favorite books will help students begin to identify elements of a story. Young scholars have the opportunity to...

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.

Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.

This lesson focuses on analyzing a short story including all of the elements of a short story such as setting, plot and structure, and characterization.

Do your students' minds go blank when they confront a blank piece of paper? Speedwriting can help them get started with writing as well as come up with topics to write about. They can then incorporate their key ideas and phrases into a...