Read Works: Plot 3rd Grade Unit

[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. Students learn to identify the plot element of rising action. Lessons are based on the books Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim, The Story of Noodles by Ying Chang Compestine, The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy, and How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice. With free login, users have access to worksheets used in this lesson.