Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Retell Events
Retelling a story shows a student's comprehension. Use this site to test your knowledge of how to retell events that happen in a story.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Analyze a Story or History [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used to help students analyze a story or a historical event. Students will look closely at the story's characters or people involved in the historical event. Then they will summarize the story or event, and...
Harvard University
Harvard University: Maps and Mapping
This site is provided for by Harvard University. Students follow a map on a scavenger hunt, create a map of their classroom and their town, learn how to read topographic maps, and discover latitude and longitude in these inquiry activities.
Other
Writing Is Exciting!
Students and teachers can use this site to find detailed information on effective and creative story writing.
Other
Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Higher English
This site provides information about characters, plot, and setting of several different pieces of literature. It offers links to activities and tests on topic such as analysis and evaluation, creation and production, drama, novels, and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies
Students compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Confict Res.
Students read picture books to explore the concepts of plot development and conflict resolution. They first learn about the connections between reading and writing, and then revise their own writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Plot
This page offers a detailed overview of plot, including its various aspects and use in various types of literary works.
Quia
Quia: Plot Pre Test 7th Grade Remediation
A four question matching and multiple choice test over plot elements including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: What a Character!
In this lesson, students analyze how a character's personality traits, actions, and motives influence the plot of a story. Students also learn how storytellers use their face, body, and voice, as well as the five senses, to enhance the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
Explore this informative teachers' guide for the book, "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," by Chris Van Allsburg. Students and teachers will enjoy this comprehensive source.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Books: Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
This comprehensive teacher's guide for the book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg provides us with an opportunity to examine how writers blend scientific information with a fictional story.
San Diego State University
San Diego State University: Allometric Modeling
This site shows how to use exponential graphs to model AIDS cases. Very detailed site.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Giver
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.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Story Structure
In this learning module, students will learn more about the structure of a short story. Notes and video clips are provided to reinforce understanding of story structure. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Story Structure Activities
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with analyzing story structures. Reinforcement for story structures is provided through the two PowerPoint lessons, three quizzes, and four different worksheets.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Reading Activities
An assortment of reading mini-projects are included on this site. Reading skills worksheets and differentiated reading activities are also included.
Other
What Is a Short Story?
An essay that attempts to answer that question. The author is an author and teacher, and is understandably troubled with the idea of defining exactly what a "short story" is.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Julius Caesar
This extensive site features resources for teaching William Shakespeare's history play Julius Caesar. Includes lesson plans and other teaching resources.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Plot & Characters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides a number of activities for the introduction of Romeo and Juliet. Students will dig more deeply to aspects of the plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet. Translations of phrases...
TES Global
Tes: Character Profile
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains a downloadable worksheet for a character profile booklet.
TES Global
Tes: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students' understanding of literary concepts related to William Golding's Lord of the Flies is reinforced with this card sort activity.