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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Rags to Riches: Literary Elements: Setting, Plot, and Characters

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this game, students answer questions about the story elements of setting, plot, and characters
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mac Millan: Story Elements: Grade 6

For Students 6th Standards
This learning module focuses on analyzing story elements including the order of events, character, conflict, resolution, and plot. It provides a model story with questions and answers and then a practice story with questions.
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Handout
Other

Critical reading.com: Drama

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses what the literary form of drama consists of in relation to its content, language, and structure.
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Handout
Other

Basic Literary Terms: The Novel and Short Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has definitions of many parts of short stores including crisis, novel, short story, plot, exposition, theme, etc.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Plot Structure

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A slide show with twenty-one slides explaining elements of plot including: characters, setting, exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Short Story Elements: Definitions

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Students can choose from three different activities while practicing story elements. Flashcards give students a chance to learn the elements and their definitions. A matching game gives students an opportunity to test their new learning,...
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Graphic
Quia

Quia: Character Traits/descriptions

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This reading resource provides vocabulary words with definitions. All words are related to character development and character traits. A link to associated review activities is included.
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Quia

Quia: Compare/contrast Character, Plot, and Setting Test

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This interactive activity assesses students' understanding of the story elements. Students will read passages that include a short story and a brief drama; then students will answer assorted questions associated to each piece.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Story Elements

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This interactive game of "Rags to Riches" assesses students' knowledge of story elements. Students will identify the definitions of the story elements and the applications of story elements in stories.
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Unknown Type
Quia

Quia: The Elements of Plot

For Students 6th Standards
Complete each definition by typing the plot element into the correct box in this ten-question quiz.
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Handout
Other

Katie Kazoo: The Five Essential Elements of a Story [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Learn the five essential elements of a story.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Short Story [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short group of exercises for students concerning the elements of a short story. Allows students to examine the major story elements, then apply those elements to a given piece of literature.
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Activity
Quia

Quia: Story Elements Practice

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
This series of flashcards from Quia helps students perform a quick check of their understanding of student elements, such as setting and conflict.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Characters and Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the connection between characters and setting in fiction writing.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Climax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the climax in fiction writing.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Literary Elements

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to videos and graphic organizers on plot and plot elements.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Reviewing Elements of a Story

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A ten-part learning module with links to images, texts, websites, and videos to about story elements.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Story Elements

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to videos, images, and websites to use while learning about story elements and the development of a plot.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Types of Plot Conflict

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos about the six basic plot conflicts in literary texts.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Understanding the Elements of a Story

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to images with information and graphic organizers and a quiz on story elements.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Short Story Unit Applying Literary Terms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review and assessment of a collection of short stories. The following literary terms are applied to the stories: plot structure, types of characters, characterization, irony,...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Story Elements

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines the elements of a story: character, setting, theme, and conflict.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plot

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of the conflict, foreshadowing, and setting you will find in a plot.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Story Events

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer provides a framework for students to analyze the main events of a story or historical event. A template for students to follow is given.