Inspire your students to create a story using elements of fictional text! Budding writers will choose from the list of characters, settings, problems, and transition frames to help jump-start the creative process.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Your second grader can use this Venn diagram to list traits of their favorite book characters. Help them expand their vocabulary with new, descriptive words.

Inspiration is a blank canvas! All we know about this man is he's wearing a frontiersman hat, so let your child develop a set of character traits for him.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

This worksheet features writing prompts to help your kid think analytically about the story of Bridge to Terabithia and get the most out of the book and movie.

Cut out this cool bookmark to spice up the reading experience for your readers. Students review the book they're reading and keep track of new words as they go.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

Have your child read these Peter Pan passages and decide what she knows about the Peter Pan character.

These worksheets, which cover social studies, reading comprehension and writing, teach kids all about the Great Race of Mercy.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

Read about why kangaroos hop on two legs, in Rudyard Kipling's "The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo." Your kid will answer reading questions and color illustrations.

Have a storytelling adventure with Cinderella! Little readers will love putting their own spin on a classic fairy tale.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Children learn how to identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.