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Quizlet: R.3 Analyze How and Why Individuals, Events, or Ideas, Develop/interact
Please align to CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
![Florida Center for Reading Research: Venn Diagram [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/509118-42895b12d53cec61543339e56de754c3.jpg?1661786945 "Florida Center for Reading Research: Venn Diagram [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Venn Diagram [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which young scholars read two literary texts then compare and contrast them by completing a Venn diagram. Materials are included.
![Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Story [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/509121-722cc575e77e43ee6a83a0f1f3dc0ec0.jpg?1661786941 "Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Story [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Compare a Story [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students read two narrative texts and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast the texts. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell a Story [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.
![Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Sequence a Story [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/509124-8f3f3c440d6b6d200b605de1c46e8d0a.jpg?1661786936 "Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Sequence a Story [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Sequence a Story [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and write the main events of the story on sentence strips. Materials are included.
![Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Ring [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/509125-ce2373a22ec043b4e3169ca469cf6012.jpg?1661786935 "Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Ring [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Ring [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and answer questions about the plot. Materials are included.
![Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Character Compare [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/509126-2e619d14c70158ecfdf45fb7ca9455f1.jpg?1661786933 "Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Character Compare [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Character Compare [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to compare two characters. Materials are included.
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