Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Our worksheet gives your Hobbit fan space to jot down similarities and differences between the book and film for a great exercise in comparing and contrasting.

Our writing worksheet guides your budding film buff as he explores theme and character development in the movie Ender's Game.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Explore all the action packed into "To Build a Fire" by building mini version of it!

Previewing text will never be the same! Students can use this resource to track key observations and revisit them to add new insights. Use this organizer with the Picture Walk-A-Preview lesson plan.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

Who’s voice is MISSING from the nonfiction text? Use this exercise with your students to analyze missing perspectives in informational text.

Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

With this versatile graphic organizer students have spaces to record information from their sources and synthesize the information in a central space.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Students will have some fun with reading eyewitness accounts of Roswell, and then doing some writing responses on the topic.

In this thoughtful culture and writing activity, children will read about each of the tenets of Kwanzaa, then reflect on what these mean to them.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elections and Conditions.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

These worksheets are all about the 180-degree rule, an important film technique. If your kid loves movies, then she'll love this chance to go behind the scenes.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool shrimp facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

Practice reading comprehension with "A Mad Tea Party," an exciting chapter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then make it into a mini-book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.