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Enchanting Egypt

For Teachers 3rd
After reading the Magic Tree House book Mummies in the Morning, learners talk about Ancient Egypt. They identify the plot, characters, setting, etc., explore vocabulary terms, and construct a pyramid. This will motivate your class to...
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Activity
Curated OER

Book of the Month - A Technology-Integrated Literacy Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a paragraph predicting what the book is about after viewing the front cover. They are given a copy of the Story Parts Maps, students are explained each story part. Students are explained that they most take notes on the...
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Curated OER

Wonderful Westerns

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this book report worksheet, students choose a novel about westerns to read and then completes six various assignments dealing with the novel of their choice.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Narrative Writing-10 Strategies for Engaging the Reader

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss what narrative writing represents. For this language arts lesson, 5th graders review the ten strategies for engaging reader. Students listen to and read good examples of each strategyand write engaging beginnings in...
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Curated OER

A Separate Peace: Chapter 13 Reading And Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
For this comprehension check worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 1 literary term, and respond to 6 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 13 of A Separate Peace by John Knowlesin order to help them better...
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Organizer
Do2Learn

Sequencing Chart

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Take note of events in a story with this organizer. Learners write down the who, what, where, and when, writing down four events in the order that they occur.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HyperStudio Book Reports

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a HyperStudio book report after reading a novel. They work in pairs or small groups to design a HyperStudio stack about a previously-read novel. They use a variety of graphic organizers to have Students gather...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reviewing the Romance

For Students 10th - 12th
In this reviewing the romance worksheet, learners research the secrets of writing a romance. Students read at least 20 modern romance novels. Learners identify the structure around the story, looking at plot and characters and style of...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Graphic Organizer: Of Mice and Men

For Students 8th - 10th
In this graphic organizer, students examine the plot of the novel Of Mice and Men by stating the setting, characters involved, main events and the part of the plot line in each chapter of the novel.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Missing? Making Room for Multiple Perspectives

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify missing characters from a text, particularly a school text. They increase critical thinking by supplying missing perspectives in a text an build empathy through surveying different points of view. They reflect on the...
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IPDAE

Themes in Short Stories

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
"What is the theme of this story?" The very question can spark fear in the minds of readers and incinerate confidence. Here you will discover an exercise that shows how writers use the tools of setting, plot, conflict, and...
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Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

Story Design

For Teachers 3rd
Stories contain very specific elements; plot, characters, and key events. Learners use pantomime to retell a key event from the beginning, middle, and end of a story. They discuss setting and character as each group discusses and then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write a Round-Robin Story

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Students discover the elements of a story (introduction, plot, climax, resolution, denouement). In groups of five, one student writes an introduction and passes it to the next person, who writes the plot and passes it to the next person,...
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Writing
Have Fun Teaching

Story Starters

For Students K - 5th
Starting at the very beginning may be a very good place to start, but it can also be very difficult for emergent writers. Help them get started by providing them with a setting, a main character, and a basic plot.
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Handout
Vanier College

Analyzing Short Stories/Novels

For Students 9th - 12th
Good questions can help focus readers' attention on the elements writers use to add depth to their stories. The questions on this worksheet do just that and encourage readers to think critically about a story and author's purpose.
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

“Tell Me a Story”: Moving from Reading to Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Narrative essay writing is the focus of a series of exercises that model for learners how to not only read a narrative, but how to also examine the techniques fiction writers use to create a setting, develop their characters, represent...
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Curated OER

Google Search Story

For Teachers 6th
After searching Google for YouTube videos, pupils will create a Google Search Story. The process of creating these stories will provide practice using narrative elements such as, plot, characters, setting, and conflict. Note: Resource...
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Lesson Plan
Education Oasis

Creative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A six-week unit takes high schoolers through various works of African-American literature, including poems, plays, and short stories. The lesson plan format includes a week-by-week description of activities, goals, materials, and...
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Book Units Teacher

Story Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This 97-slide PowerPoint uses Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows, and Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember, to illustrate the elements of a story. Setting, plot, characterization (both flat and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan for Cricket's Supper

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Interested in a special folktale to read with your class? Then this lesson might be for you. Readers will build an understanding of the food chain while creating a storyboard that includes the characters, setting, and plot of the story....
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Printables
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Curriculum Corner

8th Grade ELA "I Can" Statement Posters

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth grades can master the ELA Common Core standards! Show your learners the connection between classroom activities and assignments and the standards with this set of "I Can" statement posters. Each standard has been rewritten as an...
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Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Focus on complex characters with a lesson plan from a series that teaches individual skills from the Common Core. Specifically, this resource provides practice with standard RL.9-10.3. Get pupils thinking and talking about characters...
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Activity
Orlando Shakes

Henry V: Study Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Shakespeare did more than write timeless literary works—he coined words such as moonbeam, fortune-teller, and even eyeball! A study guide for Henry V introduces key words the Bard first used with a fun vocabulary activity, part of a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Final Copy

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Write short stories in which events are presented in logical order, point of view is clear, theme and characters are developed. Middle schoolers also work on sensory language, concrete language and/or dialogue. They establish their...

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