[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction story shares the story of a girl who is taking care of animals and makes a mistake. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A retelling of the classic fable of the shepherd boy who cried wolf. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about Captain Redbeard who tries to follow a map to hidden treasure but runs into some problems along the way. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two brothers who were auditioning for the same part at a casting call. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Grady who went on a camping trip with his family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Lin and her first week at a new school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Tracy who played hide and seek with the cousins she was babysitting. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This slideshow lesson explains rising action in fiction.

Play a memory match game by uncovering each story element along with its definition.

Join each story element with its definition in this online matching game.

Join each story element with its definition in this online memory match game.

Match each story element with its example as you race against the clock in this online matching game.

A chart that lists and defines the elements of a story including: character, setting, events, problem, and solution.

This lesson explains the relationship between setting and conflict in fiction writing.

This lesson introduces the subplot in fiction.

Answer fill in the blank, multiple choice, and true/false questions about story elements in this ten-question assessment.

Learn about story elements by typing the correct story element term for each clue.

Learn about story elements by clicking through ten flashcards including terms like beginning, character, setting, events, and more.

Students will to organize data from the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Is leisure time really shrinking?," into two scatter plots and determine the quadratic model for each scatter plot. Students will determine if these graphs intersect and learn...

This is a short story or novel fact sheet offered as a Word document or a PDF. It includes places for title; author; URL; list of important nouns, verbs, phrases, and clauses; setting (includes definition); characterization (including...

In this learning module, students will study the concept of setting in literary text. Worksheets and PowerPoint lessons are provided to help students practice with finding "settings" and then citing reasons that support their answers.

This lesson plan asks students grades 3-5 to use wordless picture books as a springboard to write an original story based on the pictures.

This lesson plan deals with writing and revision in the genre of comics. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Learn how writers use details to describe major events in a story.