During this instructional activity, students will analyze what distinguishes the stories they love. Reading and reviewing their favorite books will help students begin to identify elements of a story. Students have the opportunity to...

After reviewing the elements of the short story, students develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.

Contains plans for two lessons that ask middle schoolers to apply Freytag's Pyramid (also known as Freytag's Triangle) to pieces of writing, oral storytelling, and television shows. In addition to objectives and standards, this...

These five activities allow students to explore the various Cinderella folktales, while comparing and contrasting the characters. They provide instructional activity extensions, links to charts, discussion questions and the like.