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Scrambled Stories II

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Review story elements with your class. They will use examples from a story to develop critical-thinking questions. Then they use a graphic organizer to describe the setting, character, and plot of the story, focusing on how they interact. Finally, they will write examples for story development to display on the classroom chart.

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character development, characters, Narrative Writing, narratives, plot, plot elements, resolution, setting, literary elements, story development, stories, outlining, writing organization, conclusions, short stories, writing structure

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outlines, short stories, character development, narrative techniques, organizational structure, plot, setting, story development, conclusion, resolution, english language arts

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