Six-page guide covering pre-reading tips, plot, characters, symbols, setting, and post-reading activities. This is a .pdf file.

A slideshow describing the elements of plot as well as the importance of dialogue as it interacts with different plot elements.

This lesson is an introduction to a unit on personal narratives including the characteristics of a personal narrative: tells a story, events are in chronological order, and it has characters, setting, and plot. Click next at the bottom...

A slide show with twenty-one slides explaining elements of plot including: characters, setting, exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Information and examples of different ways the setting of a text can affect the characters and character development. (Published: Sept. 29, 2016)

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...

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...

This interactive assessment features 6 multiple-choice questions and 6 true-false questions over story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: introduction, setting, characters, conflict, rising action,...

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...

Familiar fairy tales are used as guides to help young scholars analyze the elements of the short story: plot, theme, setting, point of view, and character.

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...

What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Links to 18 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed. Each activity focuses on skills highlighted in standard RL.3.9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the...

A Grade 5 literature study unit for the novel "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson. The concepts covered include cause and effect, character, genre, plot, predicting, and theme.

Explore different ingredients, or elements, that go into stories and make them so much fun. Read the story, "Cinderella," and look at all the different pieces of the tale to see how they all fit together.

Created in association with the Masterpiece Theatre film version of "A Death in the Family," this teacher's guide provides materials for the study of the film or the book. Students will study the life and work of James Agee, determine...

This is a study guide for William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado about Nothing.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn the elements of a story through fairytales. These include character, setting, plot, and secret ingredient. Includes an Activote session.

Seventh graders learn that writers use stories and distinctive characters to teach us lessons. Students will explore how the choices of characters affect the plot and build the theme of a story. Students will come to understand that...

This plot summary is useful for those who have read "Johnny Tremain" and want to refresh their knowledge of the characters, and major events.

In this lesson each student will have a turn in the "hot seat" where they answer class questions about a book they are reading including questions about the characters, setting, and plot.

In this set interactive game, students match story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, point of view,...

This set of interactive flashcards focuses on the terms and definitions of story elements. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, point of...

Set in Nigeria during the 1920s the novel Arrow of God is analysed in depth in this fascinating site. Read about the characters, plot, and themes.