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Hanging Out with Stories Lesson Plan

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Hanging Out with Stories

Help your class listen and respond to a fictional story by creating a story structure mobile illustrating the main characters, setting, plot, problem, story events, and solution. Using a coat hanger, they will create an artistic element for each of the story elements for a fictional story.

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mobiles, plot, plot elements, setting, literary elements, fiction, literature

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K - 2nd

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English Language Arts

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