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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Story Structure Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with analyzing story structures. Reinforcement for story structures is provided through the two PowerPoint lessons, three quizzes, and four different worksheets.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Complication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes that introduce complication in plot and show examples of how the conflict becomes more complicated throughout the rising action of a story. Examples are provided from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Virginia Woolf's "The Duchess and...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Plot 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to teach students to predict problems and solutions in fiction text and to identify the relationship between problems and character conflicts within a story....
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Unit Plan
Other

Elements of Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Simple discussion of the elements of fiction with a specific section devoted to Freytag's Pyramid (aka "basic plot structure"). A good place to start for gathering information on the structure of narrative.
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Graphic
Other

Englishbiz: The Structure of Narrative: Freytag's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching the plot structure of narratives is made easy with this diagram of Freytag's Triangle (also known as the plot pyramid).
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
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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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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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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: Rising Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson explains rising action in fiction.
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Interactive
Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Short Story Elements Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site shares a short story elements trivia game. Examples of short story elements are applied to high school classic literature.
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Plot Outline [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer for students, laying out the basic outline of a story's plot and allowing students to fill in the necessary details.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements Quiz 6th Grade Honors: Test

For Students 5th - 8th
Students will be assessed over 12 story elements on this test. Four fill-in-the-blank, four multiple choice, and four true/false questions appear on this assessment. A printable version of this assessment is also available.
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements Quiz 6th Grade Honors Matching

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This interactive game of "Match" assesses students' knowledge of story element definitions. Students will match the correct definition of a story element to its corresponding definition.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements Quiz 6th Grade Honors: Learn

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This interactive lesson engages students in learning story element definitions. Students will type the correct story element after reading its definition.