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Elements of a Story
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Elements of a Story
Third Grade
In this interactive lesson, your students will learn to identify four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.
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Elements of a Story
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Elements of a Story
In this interactive lesson, your students will learn to identify four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.
Third Grade
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Scary Story Elements
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Scary Story Elements
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, students will use conjunctions to compare and contrast scary stories. It can be taught independently or used as a pre-lesson to Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts.
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Scary Story Elements
Lesson Plan
Scary Story Elements
In this lesson, students will use conjunctions to compare and contrast scary stories. It can be taught independently or used as a pre-lesson to Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Compare and Contrast Story Elements
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Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Fourth Grade
Reading
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
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Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Story Elements
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
Fourth Grade
Reading
All fictional stories have story elements but they sure can differ between stories. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the story elements of two fictional stories and document their findings in a graphic organizer.
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Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
All fictional stories have story elements but they sure can differ between stories. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the story elements of two fictional stories and document their findings in a graphic organizer.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Lesson Plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Second Grade
Reading
Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!
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Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Lesson Plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!
Second Grade
Reading
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Whose Side of the Story?
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Fifth Grade
Reading
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
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Whose Side of the Story?
Lesson Plan
Whose Side of the Story?
Allow your students to explore how stories may change depending on the perspectives from which they're told. Interesting texts and a creative writing assignment make this quite the engaging lesson.
Fifth Grade
Reading
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Who Is Telling the Story?
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Who Is Telling the Story?
Fourth Grade
Help your ELs see the connection between nouns and pronouns and the author's point of view, or perspective, in fiction and nonfiction texts. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Two Points of View.
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Who Is Telling the Story?
Lesson Plan
Who Is Telling the Story?
Help your ELs see the connection between nouns and pronouns and the author's point of view, or perspective, in fiction and nonfiction texts. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Two Points of View.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
Fourth Grade
Reading
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
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Compare and Contrast Short Stories
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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What's in a Name?
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What's in a Name?
Fourth Grade
Writing
Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.
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What's in a Name?
Lesson Plan
What's in a Name?
Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.
Fourth Grade
Writing
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Problem and Solution Summaries
Lesson Plan
Problem and Solution Summaries
Third Grade
Use this lesson to guide your ELs towards identifying and discussing the problem and solution in a story. Teach this lesson as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Traditional Literature: Story Mapping.
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Problem and Solution Summaries
Lesson Plan
Problem and Solution Summaries
Use this lesson to guide your ELs towards identifying and discussing the problem and solution in a story. Teach this lesson as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Traditional Literature: Story Mapping.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Lesson Plan
Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Fourth Grade
Have you ever read a story and immediately began to compare the characters to those of your favorite story? In this lesson, students will learn to read context clues and descriptions in order to understand characters and compare them.
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Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Lesson Plan
Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Have you ever read a story and immediately began to compare the characters to those of your favorite story? In this lesson, students will learn to read context clues and descriptions in order to understand characters and compare them.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
Third Grade
Reading
In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.
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It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.
Third Grade
Reading
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Action Verb Ad-Libs
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Action Verb Ad-Libs
Fifth Grade
In this great grammar lesson, your students will play a fun game of ad-libs before writing their own action-packed story!
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Action Verb Ad-Libs
Lesson Plan
Action Verb Ad-Libs
In this great grammar lesson, your students will play a fun game of ad-libs before writing their own action-packed story!
Fifth Grade
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Fiction
Fifth Grade
Vocabulary
In this EL support lesson, your students will use introductory phrases to write about the main idea and details in a fictional story.
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Main Idea and Details in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Fiction
In this EL support lesson, your students will use introductory phrases to write about the main idea and details in a fictional story.
Fifth Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Third Grade
Reading
Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.
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Simple Summaries
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.
Third Grade
Reading
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Figuring Out the Theme
Lesson Plan
Figuring Out the Theme
Fourth Grade
Most stories have a message for the reader! Help students determine a story's theme so that kids are prepared to compare stories with similar themes. Use this on its own or as support to the lesson Head to Head Fiction Reflections.
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Figuring Out the Theme
Lesson Plan
Figuring Out the Theme
Most stories have a message for the reader! Help students determine a story's theme so that kids are prepared to compare stories with similar themes. Use this on its own or as support to the lesson Head to Head Fiction Reflections.
Fourth Grade
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Summarizing with Sequence Words
Lesson Plan
Summarizing with Sequence Words
Fourth Grade
This lesson helps students summarize fictional stories using sequence words. Students will have a chance to practice distinguishing the different parts of a story in this lesson, which can be taught as a precursor to Storyboard Superstars.
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Summarizing with Sequence Words
Lesson Plan
Summarizing with Sequence Words
This lesson helps students summarize fictional stories using sequence words. Students will have a chance to practice distinguishing the different parts of a story in this lesson, which can be taught as a precursor to Storyboard Superstars.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Fourth Grade
Writing
So your students are going to write a narrative? Use these prewriting exercises to help them choose an idea and plan out their story.
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
So your students are going to write a narrative? Use these prewriting exercises to help them choose an idea and plan out their story.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Fifth Grade
Reading
Adaptations are often used to retell old stories in new mediums. However, not all adaptations are exactly like their originals. This lesson helps students understand how inclusions and omissions can change a story.
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Movies vs. Text
Lesson Plan
Movies vs. Text
Adaptations are often used to retell old stories in new mediums. However, not all adaptations are exactly like their originals. This lesson helps students understand how inclusions and omissions can change a story.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Fourth Grade
Teach your students to entertain readers with narrative writing. This lesson will help your students understand the genre, the different parts of a story, and elements such as character, setting, and conflict.
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Teach your students to entertain readers with narrative writing. This lesson will help your students understand the genre, the different parts of a story, and elements such as character, setting, and conflict.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Fourth Grade
Every story has a problem and every problem has a solution! Use this lesson to help students identify the problem and solution in fiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Compare and Contrast Short Stories.
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Every story has a problem and every problem has a solution! Use this lesson to help students identify the problem and solution in fiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Compare and Contrast Short Stories.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Sentence Structures for Summarizing
Lesson Plan
Sentence Structures for Summarizing
Fifth Grade
Vocabulary
In this support lesson, your ELs will use key vocabulary and sentence structures to summarize a story. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing and Contrasting Book Series.
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Sentence Structures for Summarizing
Lesson Plan
Sentence Structures for Summarizing
In this support lesson, your ELs will use key vocabulary and sentence structures to summarize a story. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Comparing and Contrasting Book Series.
Fifth Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Third Grade
Reading
This lesson plan integrates art and reading to create a character by personifying a pumpkin. Your students will enjoy writing a story about a character that they have created!
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
This lesson plan integrates art and reading to create a character by personifying a pumpkin. Your students will enjoy writing a story about a character that they have created!
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
Second Grade
In this lesson, students will hear the story
Lovely
and work in small groups to create a book or a symbol of appreciation for others' differences. Students will consider how appreciating differences supports community and relationships.
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
In this lesson, students will hear the story
Lovely
and work in small groups to create a book or a symbol of appreciation for others' differences. Students will consider how appreciating differences supports community and relationships.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
Fourth Grade
By analzying picture books, students will make connections between the text and the illustrations of a story. They will compare and contrast the text and the illustrations and reflect upon how they impact their comprehension of a text.
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
Lesson Plan
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Connecting Text and Illustrations
By analzying picture books, students will make connections between the text and the illustrations of a story. They will compare and contrast the text and the illustrations and reflect upon how they impact their comprehension of a text.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Where Am I?, Understanding Plot Lesson Part IIII
Lesson Plan
Where Am I?, Understanding Plot Lesson Part IIII
Fourth Grade
Sometimes authors choose to describe their setting for readers to imagine, but don't actually tell them where the story is set! In this lesson, students will learn to deduce settings from context.
Lesson Plan
Where Am I?, Understanding Plot Lesson Part IIII
Lesson Plan
Where Am I?, Understanding Plot Lesson Part IIII
Sometimes authors choose to describe their setting for readers to imagine, but don't actually tell them where the story is set! In this lesson, students will learn to deduce settings from context.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Word Problems: Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Lesson Plan
Word Problems: Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Fourth Grade
In this lesson, students will create story problems to match mathematical expressions involving multiplying fractions by whole numbers. Use it on its own or as support to the lesson Multiplication Models: Fractions and Whole Numbers.
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Word Problems: Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Lesson Plan
Word Problems: Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
In this lesson, students will create story problems to match mathematical expressions involving multiplying fractions by whole numbers. Use it on its own or as support to the lesson Multiplication Models: Fractions and Whole Numbers.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Verbs that Do Their Own Thing
Lesson Plan
Verbs that Do Their Own Thing
Fourth Grade
Some verbs follow rules when converted to different tenses, and some verbs do their own thing. This lesson has students not only converting irregular verbs but also applying this skill by using their new words in a story.
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Verbs that Do Their Own Thing
Lesson Plan
Verbs that Do Their Own Thing
Some verbs follow rules when converted to different tenses, and some verbs do their own thing. This lesson has students not only converting irregular verbs but also applying this skill by using their new words in a story.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Ideas and Hooks: Personal Narrative
Lesson Plan
Ideas and Hooks: Personal Narrative
Fourth Grade
This lesson walks students through the first few steps of crafting a personal narrative. Writers will start by going through a process to select an idea to write about, then begin to craft a hook that invites readers into their story.
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Ideas and Hooks: Personal Narrative
Lesson Plan
Ideas and Hooks: Personal Narrative
This lesson walks students through the first few steps of crafting a personal narrative. Writers will start by going through a process to select an idea to write about, then begin to craft a hook that invites readers into their story.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Inferring with Visual Elements
Lesson Plan
Inferring with Visual Elements
Fifth Grade
Your ELs will practice drawing connections between illustrations and relevant text in a story in order to make inferences. This lesson can be a stand-alone resource or it can be paired with the lesson Analyzing Visual Elements.
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Inferring with Visual Elements
Lesson Plan
Inferring with Visual Elements
Your ELs will practice drawing connections between illustrations and relevant text in a story in order to make inferences. This lesson can be a stand-alone resource or it can be paired with the lesson Analyzing Visual Elements.
Fifth Grade
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