Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wuthering Heights 1: On the Moors

For Students 9th - 10th
This scene in the 2009 Masterpiece version of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights skillfully sets up not only the plot and characters (the rugged Heathcliff and the innocent Catherine Linton), but a distinct time and place: the Yorkshire...
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Other

Flocabulary: Five Elements of a Story

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A music video [3:42] about the five elements of a story: setting, plot, characters, conflict, and theme. Includes downloadable student handouts.
Instructional Video
eSpark Learning

E Spark Learning: Comparing/contrasting Texts With Different Genres (Rl.6..9)

For Students 6th Standards
Explains what a genre is, the different types, and how to look past the genre to find similarities and differences. A chart is displayed that asks students to compare the characters, setting, plot, and theme or message in the Bible story...
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Other

Andrea Hollingworth: Identifying Characters, Setting, and Main Events in a Story

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This video teaches the standard for Kindergarten, Reading: Literature
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PBS

Pbs: Piggley's Storyteller Warehouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this episode of Piggley's Storyteller Warehouse, the host shares the basic building blocks of all stories: Who? What? Where? The host then sets the characters' names, the conflict, and the setting to the tune of a rap song.
Instructional Video
eSpark Learning

E Spark Learning: Beginning, Middle, End k.rl.3

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This eSpark video outlines a new learning quest that will help students master Common Core State Standard K.RL.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. This video is only the beginning of...