Quoting Characters

Use an instructional resource for teaching your class about direct speech, reported speech, or indirect speech as well. The resource includes a description of how to write and punctuate direct and indirect speech and provides eight...

This is a great activity! Upper elementary learners read a dialogue-driven passage. Then, they rewrite lines of dialogue by removing the quotation marks and shifting the verb tense to past. Grammar and great writing skills all in one. An...

Imagine the surprise when small groups present their Evidence Charts to the class and discover that each group has studied a different version of the Cinderella story. Irish, Ojibwa, Egyptian, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Mexican, and...

Learners explore language arts by reading and reflecting on literary examples. In this fiction writing activity, students read several different cultural versions of the story "Cinderella" and discuss their interaction with the story and...

Students identify the elements of fiction, and work on compare and contrast skills.. In this comprehension instructional activity, students read different versions of Cinderella. Students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the...

Learners compare versions of Cinderella and draw conclusions based on the story elements identified. In this literacy comprehension and story elements lesson, students read several versions of Cinderella, complete a "Comparing Folklore"...