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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading (And Scaffolding) Narrative Texts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students need to learn the purposes and methods of narration in order to understand the narrative framework and to eliminate frustration when they read. When students know the narrative elements, they can more easily follow the story...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Elements of Personal Narrative Texts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents instructional writing practices that support content-area learning, with specific strategies for teaching the thinking skills, processes, and knowledge needed to effectively write personal narrative texts. Some of...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Personal Narrative Example

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This two-page essay provides an example of a personal narrative (Click on View Printable Version). Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Autobiographical Narrative Example

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of an autobiographical narrative. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Other

Elements of Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Simple discussion of the elements of fiction with a specific section devoted to Freytag's Pyramid (aka "basic plot structure"). A good place to start for gathering information on the structure of narrative.
Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Narrative Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Need help picking out the elements of a narrative? Check this site out from Capital Community College, and you'll see some background information, a sample essay, and directed questions to ask yourself about a text. W.9-10.3 Narrative,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Looking at Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Course covering why art matters, elements of art, and principles of composition.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, young scholars will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Night [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A useful guide to Wiesel's harrowing narrative, this four page .pdf offers literary conflict identification, chapter summaries, post-reading activity suggestions and other features.
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Personal Reflection Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of a personal reflection essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay. W.11-12.3b...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reader Response in Hypertext: Making Personal Connections

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students write a narrative of place, a character sketch, an extended metaphor poem and a persuasive essay then link all four texts to quotations they have selected from a novel.
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Other

College Edouard Montpetit: Esl Blues

For Students 9th - 10th
This professor's website has online quizzes for the grammar lessons, including a diagnostic test to help the student assess his or her language level. There are tutorials for grammar lessons on a wide range of topics and explanations of...
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Read Works

Read Works: Let's Make Dinner!

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister who have to make dinner when their mother is going to be home late. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.
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TES Global

Blendspace: What Makes Stories Scary?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that includes fourteen links to websites, videos, and activities on writing scary stories. Lessons focus on vocabulary, plot and character development, elements of gothic stories, tone and mood, suspense, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nursery Rhyme Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Nursery Rhyme Flipchart by Donna Andrews (ELAKSV1 (elements a-d) for Kindergarten). Flipchart focuses on rhythm, rhyming, and interactive links for games that reinforce the standard.
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Other

Florida Historical Resources: Florida's Maritime Heritage Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Florida's natural and cultural coastal has left a legacy of remains and reminders of the past. Divided into 6 themes, each includes a number of places to visit or learn about, and each place features pictures, a historical narrative, a...
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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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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 3: Louisiana Purchase

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders learn about the Louisiana Purchase and the characteristics of pioneers during this time period. While exploring literary and informational texts, including quotes from primary source documents, 3rd graders discuss elements...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.

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