Setting is an important story element! In this video, you'll learn the definition of setting and how to determine the setting in a story.

Learn to create a story elements graphic organizer to find the characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution and theme to a fiction story.

Mr. Griot demonstrates how to use story text as clues for making predictions and identifying main idea, supporting details, and story elements.

Characters are an important story element! In this video, you'll learn the definition of character. We'll play "Character or Not?" to see what you've learned.

This video teaches how to retell a story. It shares how to first tell the setting/characters, then the problem, and finally the solution. It teaches how using three finger retell (beginning, middle, and end) helps keep us on track....

This video teaches what the setting is and how to identify it from simple text to more complex text. It teaches how the authors sometimes tells us the setting and sometimes they show it, where we have to infer and use clues to figure out...

This video teaches what a character is and how to identify outside and inside character traits. It teaches how the author shows who the character is based on what the character DOES and SAYS. Knowing the characters helps us understand...

An Introduction to narratives. Part 1 in our series 'Planning & Writing a Narrative'. This video explains the basic structure of narratives and identifies the story elements.

In this video, I teach you the elements of a story. I will cover characters, setting, plot and theme. You will understand the who of the story-the characters, the where and when of the story-the setting, the different plots of the plot,...

How To Use Instagram Highlights and Stories // Show your clients and your audience your human side with Instagram Stories. Instagram stories are quick 15 seconds clips that can roll over into mini videos. They can be tagged with location...

This video focuses on the two main genre of books: fiction and nonfiction. Kids learn aspects of each type of book and then practice naming whether a book is fiction or nonfiction. Kids also learn about realistic fiction.

In this video, you will learn how to retell a fiction story by describing the characters, setting, and major events from beginning to end!

Ever wonder what all those names on the periodic table actually mean? There's a whole lot of fascinating history on Mendeleev's table. Some carry names from antiquity, some are named for people, some are named for places, and some are...

Reading books can be fun, but there’s so much more to discover beneath the surface. In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll use our background knowledge and story evidence to make inferences about E.B. White’s novel,...

New ReviewThis video give instruction and practice with finding the problem and solution with simple and more complex texts.

The Elements of Fiction - Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson . These are just three of the renowned authors whose work is cited in The Elements of Fiction, which explores: Plot elements, character, conflict, flashback,...

What is a short story? and What do we need to write one?. These are some of the questions Mr. P. will answer regarding short stories. He will first start the lesson by introducing the elements of a short story. Then, he will focus on...

In this video, the teacher explores the fascinating stories behind the names of elements in the periodic table. From the origins of hydrogen and oxygen to the mythical beings and places immortalized in element names, the video uncovers...

The Elements of Fiction - Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson . these are just three of the renowned authors whose work is cited in The Elements of Fiction, which explores: Plot elements, character, conflict, flashback,...

Elements of Plot: A Guilty Conscience identifies elements of plot, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, found in the short story, A Guilty Conscience.

This video provides an in-depth exploration of literary elements and techniques used by writers to craft engaging stories. It covers themes, atmosphere, foreshadowing, diction, and anaphora, offering insights into how these tools shape...

Let's learn how to open a presentation with a story (Part 3 of 5). In a speech, stories are a great way to grab your audience's attention. Everybody loves a well-told story. Many people, however, don't have enough...

“Comparing Elements of Plot” discusses the five elements of a plot and explains how each can be used when comparing and contrasting two folktales from different cultures.

Dava Sobel, a longtime science writer, came to the subject of women in science relatively late in her career. While researching her book The Glass Universe, about women astronomers at Harvard, she was struck by how much she had...