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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Character

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to recognize a character's personality traits, predict a character's actions, and describe a character using rich language. Lessons are based on...
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Other

The World of Beverly Cleary

For Students 2nd - 8th
A wonderful site all about famous author Beverly Cleary. It offers the visitor many things to do and explore, including the neighborhood where her stories take place and a little about her characters. Gives the visitor some games to play...
Website
Crayola

Crayola: Big as Life Book Report (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a fun idea to display your students' book reports, and encourage reading at the same time! In this online lesson, children use special markers to actually draw their book report on the windows of the library or classroom. Also...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Abc Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that are adaptable to many texts that learners may be reading. Students analyze the text for literary elements such as characters, setting, figures of speech, and themes, and then publish their findings in...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Unique Imaginary Friends

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
The writer will first create an original imaginary friend, inspired by Ted from Tony DiTerlizzi's wonderful picture book. The writer will then think of an ordinary activity done on a daily basis, like feeding the family dog. The writer...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Playwright | Kids Work!

For Students 3rd - 5th
A Playwright writes a play that is performed by actors on a stage. Students will understand the components that make up a script including characters, background, setting, acts, and scenes. This animated interactive job exploration...
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Probable Passage Matrix (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Printable PDF file of a Probable Passage Matrix graphic organizer. It asks students to identify the characters, setting, problem, solution, and ending of a story, and it is provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: Character Development in Historical Fiction: Bud, Not Buddy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Big Ideas: Authors write historical fiction to show the reader what it was like to live in a certain time period. Readers can use historical fiction to learn about new settings. People are influenced by and react to their setting so you...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade): Test

For Students 1st - 3rd
Students will be asked 10 questions about story elements on this test. Six multiple choice and five true/false questions appear on this assessment. A printable version of this assessment is also available. Picture cures are provided next...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade) Match

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This interactive game of "Match" assesses students' knowledge of story element definitions. Students will match the correct definition of a story element to its corresponding definition. Picture cues are provided on this review resource.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade): Flashcards

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
These interactive flashcards provide definitions for different story elements. Engaging picture cues are provided for each flashcard, and students can play the audio to hear the words and definitions read aloud.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Interpreting Literature Terms

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A fourteen-part learning module on literary terms including links to text, videos, word lists and images on literary terms such as plot, setting, character, point of view, style, theme, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Story Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains story elements to be used with the novel, The Watson's go to Birmingham. It is possible to change the flipchart to fit any novel being read at that time.
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Introduce your primary students to retelling and sequencing skills. Will also help move your students to higher-level thinking which deals with characters, setting, and plot. Site offers one week's worth of lessons.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Larger Than Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students will write a tall tale narrative including larger than life characters with unusual skills or abilities using exaggeration, humor, surprise endings, and story elements (setting, characters, conflict, resolution).
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Goose With the Golden Eggs"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Two retellings of Aesop's Fable "The Goose with the Golden Eggs." Both stories illustrate the same moral, "Greed often overreaches itself." The first is a traditional retelling of the original fable. The second is a modern retelling with...
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Birmingham Grid for Learning (UK)

Birmingham Grid for Learning: Story Telling: Cinderella

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Click through a book to read and view illustrations of the story "Cinderella." Click the links below the book to open word documents with additional activities focusing on the characters, setting, sequencing, illustrations, line...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Johnny Tremain

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Come and discover more about the novel, "Johnny Tremain," by Esther Forbes. This site features a discussion guide, writing prompt, vocabulary builder, extension activity and more.
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Other

Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Wordless Books: Creating a Storyline

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan asks students grades 3-5 to use wordless picture books as a springboard to write an original story based on the pictures.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring the World of Cinderella Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 3rd Grade Story Elements and Plot Vocabulary: Match

For Students 3rd Standards
In this set interactive game, students match story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: introduction, setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, point of view, moral, plot, and...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 3rd Grade Story Elements and Plot Vocabulary: Flashcards

For Students 3rd Standards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on story element terms and their definitions. These terms include the following: introduction, setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, point of view, moral, plot, and...
eBook
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Fox and the Grapes"

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Two traditional retellings of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes." The first has literal illustrations of the original fable. The second tells the same story, but has illustrations that give the story a modern setting and characters...

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