Tom Richey
Slideshare: Introduction to the Elements of Fiction
A slide show with twenty-two slides about story elements. Includes definitions, information, and examples of character terms, setting terms, plot terms, conflict terms, and more
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Read Works: Stop the Rock!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about animals that work together to help each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kamil whose dog had puppies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Let's Make Dinner!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister who have to make dinner when their mother is going to be home late. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: My Favorite Alley Cat
[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: World's Greatest Robot
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about brothers who work together to plan the perfect robot. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How to Trick Your Sister
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother who learns that it is more fun to trick people than it is to be tricked. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Intertwining Memories
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Debra who goes through her Nana's house and remembers her childhood. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Stuck in the Snow
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl and her father when their car gets stuck in the snow. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How to Have an Adventure
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kurt and his adventure with bees. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: I Need Quiet!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kahlil who figured out a way to eliminate noisy distractions so he could read. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Snowy Town
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Johnny who takes his dog for a walk on a snowy day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Up in the Air
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kurt and his first trip on an airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: I'm Not Eating That
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about making new friends. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Stalled Out
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl and her mother caught in a traffic jam. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Squeak the Skater Goes Surfing
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Squeak, a very good skateboarder, who decided to give surfing a try. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Summer at the Polka Dot Cafe
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Alice who finds help in dealing with her parent's divorce. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: In the Night
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a cat who likes to go hunting at night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Planet Y
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Zack who is traveling to a new planet with his family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Save the Whales
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jake who works with his family and others to rescue a whale stranded on the beach. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Princess Lily
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a princess named Lily who did not enjoy the things a princess is expected to do. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Hide and Seek
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Tracy who played hide and seek with the cousins she was babysitting. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Rachel Meets Harry
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a spider named Rachel who gets blown from her web during a storm and meets a trapdoor spider. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Her Own Room
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Isabel who is happy to finally get her own room, but sad that her sister is going away to college. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...