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Understanding Story Elements-Who, What, Where Lesson PlanUnderstanding Story Elements-Who, What, Where Lesson Plan
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Students create a rap using story details.  In this creative writing lesson, students examine the use of rap lyrics to list important details of stories.  They view a video example, and use their notes to create their own raps based on various elements of a story: character, plot details, ending.

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key details, reading stories, details, characters

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characters, plot details, rap activity, story details, english language arts
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Grade
4th - 6th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
2 hrs
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