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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Outlining Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video tutorial focuses on outlining plot; it explains that we outline plot as a way to analyze it; to analyze plot, focus on main events and interaction involving main characters. It offers three methods for outlining plot:...
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Story Outline

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this jot outline format to help organize all the important parts of your story.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing a Short Story With Well Developed Conflict and Resolution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about writing a short story in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Understanding the Essence, Getting an Idea, Structuring Plot, Building Conflict, and Outlining Your Own Story.
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Cable News Network, Inc.: Learning Resources: Story Archives

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Links to various new stories sorted alphabetically by title and by category. Each story is available in full story, abridged story, or story outline format.
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Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Pendulum Motion, Time, and Shape of Earth [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article outlining the scientific history behind the evolution of theories about measuring time based on the movement of a pendulum, and about how gravity would impact a pendulum's movement depending on one's proximity to the Earth's...
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Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Detection of Black Holes [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article outlining the scientific history behind the discovery of black holes. The writer discusses how scientific theories guide scientists in creating explanations for natural phenomena.
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Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Piecing Together the Structure of Dna [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the history of the scientific efforts that went into the discovery and mapping of the structure of DNA, spanning one hundred forty years.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Story Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This intervention emphasizes the importance of verbal rehearsal of a story. By retelling, students relate information from the story to their own experiences. In this way, they improve their reading comprehension and memory of story...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Road Chosen: The Story of Lem Wong

For Students 9th - 10th
Lem Wong was a Chinese immigrant who came to Canada in 1897. He traveled across Canada for five years working in Chinese laundries. After bringing a wife from China, he had eight children and opened a restaurant in London, Ontario, which...
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Nrdc: The Story of Silent Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the impact of Carson and her book upon the environmental movement and the elimination the use of DDT and other pesticides.
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NOAA

Noaa: Lionfish Discovery Story

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Ocean Service Education Association has put together this well supported set of articles outlining the cause and resulting effects of invasive species, primarily the Lionfish. This link begins with looking at the story of...
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Wars With the Volscians, Aequians, and Etruscans

For Students 9th - 10th
In Morey's account of Rome's disputes with its neighbors, he includes stories of Roman heroes which exemplify classic Roman virtues.
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America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Plot Outline [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer for students, laying out the basic outline of a story's plot and allowing students to fill in the necessary details.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: How to Write a Personal Narrative (English 7 Writing)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to write an essay that has only one purpose: to tell a story about you. It's called a personal narrative, personal because it is all about...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Straight to the Source: Primary and Secondary Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students discover what primary and secondary sources are and how to use them in this lesson from PBS Wisconsin Education. They watch video clips from the documentary "Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha," identifying the primary...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Development of Plot Through Characters in Literary Text

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Often characters are a driving force behind the plot. In this lesson, students will learn how complex, multilayered characters contribute to the development of a story's plot...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Passover

For Students 6th - 8th
This web page offers a very nice outline and explanation of the Passover Seder with the use of a popular Jewish poem.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Passover

For Students 6th - 8th
This Jewish Virtual Library web page offers a very nice outline and explanation of the Passover Seder.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: The Gingerbread Boy Versus the Gingerbread Girl

For Teachers K
Students will compare and contrast parts of two stories, "The Gingerbread Boy" and "The Gingerbread Girl" with the aid of graphic organizers.
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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.
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Englishbiz: The Structure of Narrative: Freytag's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching the plot structure of narratives is made easy with this diagram of Freytag's Triangle (also known as the plot pyramid).

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