Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Hot Dog" Book Reports
Learners will use a Makes Sense Strategies Think-sheet to learn to identify the characters, setting, main idea and details of a book read. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Little House on the Prairie"
Using Little House In The Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, this lesson focuses on the concept of time and place, phonics, and comprehension strategies. It is an interactive lesson with classroom dialogue and small group interaction.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: To Kill a Mockingbird: Building Knowledge
As a conclusion to a class study of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, students create models and pictures based on the novel's descriptions to illustrate the effect of setting on plot and character.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Emperor's New Clothes: Text
This is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes" in text format.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rumpelstiltskin: Text
This is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin" in text form.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, & Theme: Triangle...
Students will view video documenting the real-life story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. Students will complete a story elements graphic organizer. This organizer will help them distinguish various story elements and put...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Creative Activities
Channel your creativity with these writing activities.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: Out of the Dust
Focused on the Dust Bowl and how families fought for a meaningful existence and survival, this unit will offer students different perspectives on how people respond to adversity, the lessons that can be learned from hardship and failure,...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Sixth graders will learn about the influence of family expectations and religious values on the development of one's personal identity. Students will also learn how reading informational texts in coordination with literary texts can...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: A Christmas Carol
Seventh graders learn that writers use stories and distinctive characters to teach us lessons. Students will explore how the choices of characters affect the plot and build the theme of a story. Students will come to understand that...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Setting
Students build their knowledge of a text's setting by reading background information and answering questions to prepare to read Romeo and Juliet.
Google
Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 5: The Birchbark House: Unit Files
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Birchbark House.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Color Monster [Pdf]
Explore how our emotions color our lives and add depth to our stories.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Story Maps
Story Maps are used for teaching students to work with story structure for better comprehension. This technique uses visual representations to help students organize important elements of a story. Students learn to summarize the main...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms S Z
The third of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, S - Z, covers twenty-two terms from "Saga," to "Understatement."
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Setting
This is a glossary entry for the term "Setting," the time and place a story takes place.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Setting Game for Kids
In this game, young writers are asked to describe a place with memorable details. The main focus is to describe a setting -- time and place. If they need help with ideas, they can click the when and where buttons until they have...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Left Brained Writing Prompt: Mini Workshop: Building a Setting
This mini-workshop provides step-by step instructions to help learners build a great setting for their stories. Press the instructions button when ready to begin.
abcteach
Abcteach: Fairy Tale Book Report [Pdf]
Wonderful printable fairy tale report form. It covers the major elements of a fairy tale as well as other literary elements.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Setting
Resource helps with understanding the setting of a story through the use of details.
British Council
Learn English Kids: Story Maker
This site is a story maker; students choose from three types of stories: fairy tale, horror story, or science fiction. They follow the directions choosing from pictures and typing in words. Then the complete story is finished and they...
Quia
Quia: Short Story Elements: Definitions
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,...
Quia
Quia: Compare/contrast Character, Plot, and Setting Test
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.
Quia
Quia: Story Elements
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.