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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Elements of a Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This resource provides a lesson plan to teach students about the elements of a story.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Soaring With Literary Elements and Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, learners will observe literary elements and devices in a variety of chapter books. Students will be paired with a partner and allowed to choose one book to identify literary elements. Using digital cameras...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans on Writing Short Stories

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on teacher preparation of lesson plans before attempting to teach students to write short stories. It includes questions to ask yourself, ideas for activities, and a sample lesson plan.
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Quia

Quia: Narrative Structure Elements

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This reading resource provides vocabulary words with definitions. All words are related to the elements of narratives. A link to associated review activities is included.
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Quia

Quia: The Elements of Plot

For Students 6th Standards
Complete each definition by typing the plot element into the correct box in this ten-question quiz.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Missing Key Details

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Where did Miss Nelson go? We look at the key details in the text to determine what is happening throughout the story. Students will locate and record key details about story elements (characters, setting, problem, solution, and theme) in...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Five Little Monkeys: Comparing and Contrasting

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Five little monkeys sitting on a bed or sitting in a tree? In this close reading lesson, students will compare and contrast the actions of the characters in two of Eileen Christelow's beloved books,...
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Elements of Plot

For Students 8th Standards
A slide show with ten slides about the parts of a plot development: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Get to Know Big Al

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this instructional activity the learners will read and discuss the story Big Al, by Andrew Clements. Students will identify the story elements of Big Al and complete a story element map. Learners will also do a character analysis...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the collection of short stories "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor including author information, literary elements, short story summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Expression Using the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....
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Caro Clarke

Historical Fiction: Who Rules?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the fifteenth article in a series designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on the genre of historical fiction and the role of the author. Is the author a researcher or a story-teller?
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the short story collection The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'dell

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online study guide/notes for the children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. This novel is...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Hiroshima by John Hersey

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. The book tells the stories of six...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the historical novel Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer including author information, literary elements, tale-by-tale summaries/notes for each of the tales, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Bleachers by John Grisham

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Bleachers by John Grisham including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Literary Elements in Jan Brett's the Mitten

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will analyze such literary elements as plot, cause-effect relationships, sequence, and prediction in Jan Brett's The Mitten. Students will enjoy predicting upcoming story events and retelling the story from a dialogue that shows...
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 18. Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th
This tutorial is made up of five quests. Students first explore the elements and planning process of a digital story, then decide on an idea for their own story. They write and edit a script using a storyboard, search and choose media...
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Christian Classics: His Miracles of Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
This Christian Classics site tells the Biblical accounts of Jesus' miracles of natural elements.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Development of Plot Through Characters in Literary Text

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Often characters are a driving force behind the plot. In this lesson, students will learn how complex, multilayered characters contribute to the development of a story's plot...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cinderella, Cinderella

For Teachers 4th
Review the story elements of fairy tales.

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