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Organizer
Curated OER

Graphic Organizer: Story Pyramid

For Students 5th
In this graphic organizer:  story pyramid worksheet, students analyze 6 components of the story (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) and write the details in the boxes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read and analyze the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. They examine the setting, plot, and climax in the novel. Character descriptions, good, evil symbolic images within characters are dissected in detail with...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Story Pyramid

For Students 5th - 7th
In this story pyramid worksheet, students read a story and then fill in the blanks which will give the main idea of the story. Students identify the main characters, describe the characters, setting, problem, and main events. Eight...
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Handout
Vanier College

Analyzing Short Stories/Novels

For Students 9th - 12th
Good questions can help focus readers' attention on the elements writers use to add depth to their stories. The questions on this worksheet do just that and encourage readers to think critically about a story and author's purpose.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Crafty Literature Projects to Lure Language Arts Learners

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Recognize National Arts and Crafts Month with language arts project ideas to inspire creative learning.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Rikki-tikki-tavi"

For Teachers 7th - 8th
“Rikki-tikki-tavi” provides an opportunity to model for readers how to use background information to enrich understanding of a story. Class members observe animal behavior, listen to biographical background on Rudyard Kipling, study...
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Worksheet
Lesson Locker

Macbeth: Act Three Questions for Study

For Students 10th - 12th
The 29 specified questions included in this resource cover the climax in Act three of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Test your learners by using this activity as a reading check quiz, group work exercise, or to illicit class discussion. If given...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Brown Bagging with Short Stories

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in a study of short story elements, applying their knowledge and understanding to a selection of short stories.  In this short stories lesson, students read five short story selections, identifying conflict, plot,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picturing a Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students view slides from the movie "Hoot" and discuss characters, setting and the caption. They identify where in the rise and fall of the plot this scene takes place. They brainstorm elements needed to create a story from a picture....
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Lesson Plan
Maine Content Literacy Project

Dramatic Structure of the Short Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second lesson in a series of fourteen, this plan takes the short story basics a step further. Learners complete a quiz about the story from the previous day, discuss the text, learn about Anton Chekhov, and work in groups to begin...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

The Power of Personal Narrative

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Personal narratives are powerful things. Whether told from the first-person or third-person point of view, whether in the form of an essay, a short story, novel, or video, whether fiction or fact, they capture readers and give them...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build Your Own Adventure

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a narrative. They choose options for plot and climax within the context of an outdoor survival story.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare two versions of The 3 Little Pigs. They identify the main characters in the two stories, identify the plot of the two stories and explain the climax and the endings of the two stories. They use a Venn Diagram to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creative Writing: Halloween Theme

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are read a book about different authors. They identify the parts of a story such as plot and setting. They brainstorm topics for their own paper and begin the writing process. They create a final copy of their story about...
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Handout
Novelinks

The Winter’s Tale: Concept Analysis

For Students 11th - 12th
A comedy? A romance? A little of both? Shakespeare's The Winter Tale is the focus of an overview appropriate for those who are considering using the play for the first time. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stories of Hope: Dragonfly and Mosquito

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify and interpret the value of the dragonfly as a predator of the mosquito. They create their own folktales using the dragonfly or a creature of their choice to solve the malaria problem or another issue. Students also...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Movie Riddles: An ESL Activity to Get Students Talking About Movies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
For this lesson movies are used with ESL students in order to start a dialogue. Students explore the terms associated with movies such as genre, setting, plot and climax. Through the use of role play students identify the various aspects...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Characters Across Two Short Stories

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders listen to a read aloud of two short stories focusing on literary devices. The write about the settings and realism of the stories, and decide each main character handles the conflict he faces with nature.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Australia: Scriptwriting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a script of a play using Freytag's Pyramid on plot.  In this scriptwriting lesson, students read a play and participate in a lecture/discussion about the main components of a play and the basis of drama.  Students relate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore nature by reading stories in class. In this animal characteristics lesson plan, students read the story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling and identify the different animals mentioned in the book. Young...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Stories! Imagination! Joy!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Rekindle the art of storytelling through imagination and oral tradition.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Theatre Vocabulary ad Elements

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine basic theatre vocabulary and use it to discuss a play.  In this theater lesson, 5th graders identify the elements of a play.  Students perform their play and use theatre vocabulary to explain their experience.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ornithology and Real World Science

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing lesson plan! This cross-curricular Ornithology lesson plan incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research,...
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Lesson Plan
CC Homestead

Summarize

For Teachers 3rd
Designed for third graders but appropriate for older learners as well, this packet of materials underscores the necessity of teaching kids how to summarize, how to identify main ideas and supporting details, and how to ask questions...

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