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Literary Elements ActivityLiterary Elements Activity
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Syracuse City School District
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Literary Elements

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Address the literary elements in a piece of writing using these materials. The packet includes plenty of resources, and focuses mainly on theme, character, and point of view, with some materials for setting, symbolism, and author's style. Each literary element covered here is paired with explanation, teaching strategies, and worksheets or graphic organizers.

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Concepts

point of view, literary elements, characters, setting, genres, literary themes, symbols, plot elements

Additional Tags

english language arts

Classroom Considerations

  • The resource mentions outdated standards; however, the materials are still relevant
  • Some graphic organizers are of higher quality than others, so you may wish to take some time to pick and choose what you think will be most effective in your classroom

Pros

  • Comes with many graphic organizers to choose from as well as discussion questions you can use to guide your instruction
  • Includes book ideas for teaching literary elements

Cons

  • Some pages aren't in the correct order, so you will need to sift through to find some items

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