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What's the Problem? Exploring Conflict in "On the Sidewalk Bleeding"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use the story 'On the Sidewalk Bleeding' to analyze the various conflict types found in literature. In this conflict lesson, students view a PowerPoint about the story and identify the four types of conflict. Students identify...
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The Importance of Setting to a Story - Pesky Critters

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students watch a video segment about Florida's wetlands and complete an essay about setting. In this setting lesson, students watch a video about critters in the Florida wetlands. Students complete a setting worksheet and complete an...
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie -The Story

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore lighthouses in literature. In this reading activity, students read Keep the Lights Burning, Annie as well as Birdie's Lighthouse. Learners participate in pair/share activities regarding plot and literary devices. Student...
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Character Development-Nanavi, A Girl from Benin, West Africa

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the ways a character changes throughout the course of a story.  In this literary analysis activity, students discuss a story that spans three years in a young girl's life.  Students analyze the changes the girl...
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Theatre Lesson Plan: Finding Your Way

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify story elements in familiar stories from their lives. In this story elements lesson, 2nd graders act out familiar activities  by following directions. Students read a story and discuss the story elements....
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Using Story Elements to Write a Rep

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students write a rap song to tell the who, what, and where of a story. In this literature lesson, students learn to identify the setting, characters, and plot of a story. Students watch a video and discuss story elements. Then...
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Sequence Tree

For Students K - 3rd
In this Christmas tree plot graphic organizer worksheet, students record the beginning, middle, and end of a selected story.
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Mare Nubium and Las Vegas

For Students 8th - 10th
In this satellite images worksheet, students observe two photographs taken by the LRO Satellite of downtown Las Vegas and the moon. They solve 3 problems including  determining the size of craters in the...
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Rights in Conflict

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study situations where rights are in conflict. In this conflict in rights activity, students review a conflict situation and the Supreme Court ruling for the issue. Learners review the Bill of Rights and then receive their own...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study paintings and use their knowledge of story elements to analyze the art. In this art analysis lesson, students review a novel for its elements. Students study the image At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance and discuss the story...
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Plot Summary: The Outsiders

For Students 7th - 10th
In this plot summary worksheet, students are given several prompts to assist in developing a summary of the first chapter of The Outsiders.
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Story map

For Students 4th - 5th
For this story map worksheet, learners fill in a story map that contains the elements of conflict in a story. Students answer the questions of who, what, and why.
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Wombat Stew

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this review of Wombat Stew worksheet, students write a review in plot form about the story Wombat Stew. Students fill in 8 components of plot for this story.
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Comparing Realistic and Fictional Settings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine setting in a work of realistic fiction. In this literature lesson plan, students read The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and then write an essay that compares real-life settings to the settings in...
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Elements of Fiction

For Teachers K - 4th
Students identify key story elements in a fiction text. In this literacy lesson, students are introduced to the various elements of fiction such as the setting, plot, and theme. Students read a short story of their choice and identify...
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VARIABLES AND PATTERNS, USE AFTER INVESTIGATION THREE. DISCRETE OR CONTINUOUS LINEAR RELATIONS.

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover for which kind of linear function is appropriate to use the "scatter" or the "connected" term. For this lesson, students investigate functions using variables, patterns book, graph paper, rulers and the graphit program.
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Hug O' War

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss philanthropic behavior. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read Shel Silverstein's Hug O' War and brainstorm ways of working together.
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Study Guide: "The Gift of the Magi"

For Students 7th - 9th
For this study guide worksheet, learners define vocabulary and literary terms found in "The Gift of the Magi". Students also complete a plot diagram, find examples of literary term usage, and answer comprehension questions based on the...
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School-Home Links/Book Links

For Students K - 2nd
In these book parts worksheets, students receive help from a family member to complete the 4 worksheets. Students find a book's title and author, the plot, and the setting to complete the exercises.
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Creative Writing Idea Sheet

For Students 1st - 4th
In this creative writing ideas instructional activity, students create their own stories as they use the setting, character, and objects listed on the instructional activity to fuel their ideas.
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Sensory Image Chart/Unforgettable Settings

For Students 6th - 7th
In these sensory image and settings worksheets, students list a book, author, and passage that contains sensory image for the five different senses. Students also read several passages and answer questions about the settings for each.
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Setting Senses!

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this senses learning exercise, students write what the setting of a story is, and then draw a picture of the setting. Students then imagine what it would be like to visit the setting, and list things they might see, hear, smell, feel...
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Story Planner

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this pre-writing graphic organizer, students fill in a chart with the characters, setting, plot, beginning and ending that they will use to write a story.
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Story Elements

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this story elements worksheet, students examine 20 things listed in a chart. They write the correct number inside each box to indicate what type of story element it is: the title, the author, the characters, or the setting