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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Cinderella: A Character With Culture

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will engage in a Reader's Theater adaptation of Cinderella after reading several different versions that come from various cultures. Students will complete a graphic organizer with story elements that apply to the story Cinderella.
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Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Five Little Monkeys: Comparing and Contrasting

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Five little monkeys sitting on a bed or sitting in a tree? In this close reading lesson, students will compare and contrast the actions of the characters in two of Eileen Christelow's beloved books,...
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Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Cinderella, Cinderella

For Teachers 4th
Review the story elements of fairy tales.
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ProProfs

Pro Profs Quiz Maker: Short Story Elements Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
To do this 34-question quiz, click on "Start", read the question, select the best answer, and receive feedback after each question.
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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Story Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains story elements to be used with the novel, The Watson's go to Birmingham. It is possible to change the flipchart to fit any novel being read at that time.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Elements of a Story

For Students K - 1st Standards
Explore the elements of a story using the well-known Cinderella story as source material. Learn about setting, character, sequence, exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Get to Know Big Al

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson the learners will read and discuss the story Big Al, by Andrew Clements. Students will identify the story elements of Big Al and complete a story element map. Learners will also do a character analysis of Big Al.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Plot

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach learners to identify story elements, retell a story using story elements, and see how characters affect the plot. Lessons are based on the books Dog...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, & Theme: Triangle...

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slideshare: Introduction to the Elements of Fiction

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A slide show with twenty-two slides about story elements. Includes definitions, information, and examples of character terms, setting terms, plot terms, conflict terms, and more
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Lesson Plan
Success Link

Success Link: Characters, Setting, Plot, Conclusion, and Summarizing a Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan offers a step-by-step procedure for teaching young scholars how to identify story elements and to summarize a story. It explains how to use a "Who Am I" activity, as well as a linkage activity in identifying characters...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Tuck Everlasting

For Students 9th - 10th
"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt is about the implications of life without death. Make a smart choice by reading your favorite novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file provides in-depth information on the author. There are...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Examining Character Motivation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this unit, students will ask "Why do we do what we do?" They will read different novels to analyze character motivation. Throughout the unit they will debate whether they think characters made smart choices and why. They will also...
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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: Story Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the five main elements of a fiction story using the example of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
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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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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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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: 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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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Literary Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to be actively engaged in identifying and describing story elements. It uses the Learning Focus lesson plan format, such as an activator, graphic organizers, modeling,...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: E2: Short Story

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with thirteen links to videos, images, websites, and quizzes on short story elements and famous short stories.

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