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Intermediate Short Stories - "Driving Directions"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this short stories worksheet, students read the basic and advanced version of the story "Driving Directions." Students then answer 4 comprehension and 2 vocabulary questions.
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Story Framing Legends

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students review, examine and study the seven stages to a traditional legend or modern story in legend form. They locate two traditional legend stories and see if they fit into the two categories listed for them in two boxes. Each student...
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Dear Mrs. LaRue; Letter Writing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students listen to the story about  a naughty dog who writes to his owner in letter form. In this writing a letter lesson, students pretend to write to a character in the story and practice their literacy skills. Students then...
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Story Elements

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this story elements worksheet, learners 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
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Turning the Tables: A Guide to Devising Your Own Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe and demonstrate how to decipher and organize the information in a math word problem and apply mathematical concepts to different story problems. They discuss the parts of a story problem, and write their own original...
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Let's Retell This Story

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify story grammar elements of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." The elements are recorded on a chart and students use the story grammar elements from the chart to retell the story.
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Revision Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, through a series of 4 lessons, explore what it means to revise their written work. They revise a bland story together and then practice revising their own papers by identifying the main action and "exploding" that moment into...
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A Photo Essay

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students analyze photographs, then create their own photo essays by using photos, magazine pictures or drawings to illustrate their stories.
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STORY MAPPING: THE HUNDRED DRESSES

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students illustrate and paraphrase each chapter of The Hundred Dresses, creating a graphic organizer through the use of story mapping. After students have completed their story maps, ask for a few volunteers to present theirs to the class.
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Write a Number Sentence

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this number sentence activity, students read through an example problem explaining how to solve a story problem using a number sentence. They then solve the 3 story problems on the activity.
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Writing Strategies: A Writer's Notebook

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this writing activity, students read 12 strategies for keeping a writer's notebook. Worksheet is designed to be signed by student and parent when completed.
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Language Arts Book 3 Grade 4 Writing Skills

For Students 4th
For this language arts book 3 grade 4 writing skills worksheet, 4th graders read 2 passages, write short answers to 3 questions then write a short essay about one of the passages.
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Story Mapping

For Teachers K - 12th
Students prewrite a story using graphic organizers. In this prewriting lesson plan, students create a story map before they start their writing.
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Analyzing Story Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore language arts by completing a graphic organizer in class. For this story structure lesson, students read the poem "Sick" by Shel Silverstein and discuss the different elements in the piece which make it an effective...
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Reading Short Stories

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with the predictions, settings, characters, background, and more for short stories. Students complete 5 sections.
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STORY GRAMMAR

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this story grammar worksheet, students are asked to describe the setting, main characters and events from their book in short-answer form.
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Story Map

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Language Arts worksheet, students complete a story map. Students include a description of the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Writing Lesson 9

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the writing process by responding to a writing prompt. They practice responding to a given writing prompt. Students write about a daydream. They write two or three paragraphs about the topic.
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Reading and Writing Program Using Core Knowledge Literature

For Teachers 4th
Students improve their reading and writing skills using Step Up to Writing and Six Traits of Writing techniques. Students complete a Robinson Crusoe vocabulary crossword, a Treasure Island character analysis web, reading comprehension...
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Creating Life Maps (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a personal life timeline to better explain how a historical timeline is effective in studying history. They also write a poem about themselves.
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October Writing Journal

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, learners use a story starter for each day of October to keep a journal of daily writing. Students may make a book by coloring the cover sheet, stapling the story starter page and coloring the decorated lined...
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Planning a Story: The Great Sea Rescue

For Students 4th - 6th
In this planning a story graphic organizer worksheet, students read the story starter and write the answers to the questions to help plan and complete the middle and ending. Students answer 8 questions and write the story.
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Writing a Story: Planning

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this rewriting a familiar story worksheet, students choose a familiar story and fill in the squares of a graphic organizer with new information about the characters, setting, story starter, ending. and/or main events. Students write 5...
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Prewriting Strategies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore various strategies to overcome fears of writing, and utilize a story map as a prewriting strategy. They read and discuss the steps of the writing process, follow the steps along with the teacher as they discuss the...

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