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Read and Remember - Story Grammar

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the Story Grammar strategy to outline the main elements of the story which will help them with free recall and cued recall. The strategy includes: identifying the main characters in the story, recalling where and when the...
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Literary Element: Point of View

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students focus upon the element of literature know as the point of view. They use the story and discuss the first and third person context.
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Connecting Families through Folk Stories and Fairy Tales

For Teachers K - 5th
Students engage their families to write down a folk story from their primary language. In this family literacy lesson plan, students rewrite the story or fairy tales in English. Parents and students are invited to present the stories in...
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City People, City Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners create fictional inhabitants to scale for a place called 'Box City'. They develop stories and personalities to go with the created people, share the stories with the class and write a newspaper for their city.
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Contract Elements

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read a story and underline as many situations they can that appear to be in contracts. They use the story in order to conduct class discussion. The story details are focused upon in order to identify the contract details and...
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Gift of the Magi LP3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read the story of "The Gift of the Magi" and identify the theme and elements in the story. They discuss allusions, situational irony, simile, metaphor, allusion, irony and plot structure. Students share about sacrifices they...
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Literary Elements and Grammar Review

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review literary elements such as simile, metaphor, allusion, plot sequence, allusion, situational irony, and theme. As the class begins, 8th graders discuss childhood memories. Students write a story about their...
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Good Will - Three Chinese Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to The Seven Chinese Brothers and identify tall tale elements in it. They brainstorm ways they could help each other in school. They create a banner reflecting the style and art of Chinese decorations and clothing in the...
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Getting Ready to Become an Adult - Part One

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the book Ta-Na-e-ka and identify the elements of plot in the story. In this plot lesson plan, students also create a journal response to the story.
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Stacy Bodin's "Digesting a Story" Unit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a story and role-play the story using edible items to create a final story-video project. In this edible story lesson, 2nd graders write their own stories using literary format and elements. Students then create a...
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Making Predictions about Resolution

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss making predictions about the resolution. In this language arts lesson, 4th graders read a story and identify the falling actions in order to help them make predictions about the resolution.
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Cinderella Stories From Around the World

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review the basic story of the Cinderella fairy tale. In groups, they read various stories of Cinderella from different cultures. They use a compare and contrast chart to examine the differences between the American...
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Cinderella Stories From Around the World

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are read a variety of Cinderella stories from around the world. In groups, they complete a comparison chart for each story and how it compares to the American version. To end the lesson, they participate in a fairy tale...
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Adventure Stories

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars write an adventure story that contains a title, as many sentences as possible, and a conclusion. On the peer and teacher assessment sheets, the number of sentences required are left blank so that the teacher may determine...
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The True Story of Abbie Burgess

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story about Abbie Burgess. They identify at least three specific actions exhibiting traits of courage and responsibility. Students explore ways children and adults become heroes by helping others out in a time of...
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Incorporating Reading Comprehension Using Cinderella Stories from Different Lands

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate Cinderella tales from different lands to discover their commonalities in this unit. They perform their favorite Cinderella story.
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Understanding Fantasy Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate storytelling elements by writing their own fiction stories.  In this creative writing lesson, students listen as the teacher reads a fictional story.  Students analyze the lack of rules in the story and...
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The Story of an Atom

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students work in groups to research an element and how it was discovered. They create an illustration of the element they are researching and create an outline for their presentation. They develop a PowerPoint presentation to share their...
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Beginning, Middle, Ending (2)

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this story structure worksheet, students use a story map and write down the beginning, middle, and ending of a story they know.
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Find a Character, Tell a Story

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders choose a character from a magazine, complete a character sketch, and develop a short story placing this character in a situation. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through creating their...
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Symbolism in Poetry and Fiction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the use of symbolism in literature. In this literary elements instructional activity, students discuss the attributes of symbolism. Students then read selected Cinderella stories and "The Fall of the House of Usher," and...
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Lady of the Tomahawk: Your Story to Tell

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students put themselves in the role of a historical person and have to write a short story of dramatic dialogue about an event or person that has NOT been depicted in a work of historical fiction yet. This person is Hannah Dustin. A...
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Read a Transportation Story

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore a transportation story. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read The Thumb in Box and discuss the provided discussion questions regarding the plot of the story.
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The Japanese Kite Stories

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize the importance of making and flying of kites in the Japanese culture. They make up a story about themselves, their families, or just a story that was written by a third grade Japanese student when creating their...

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