Section 3

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Resources

Level One: Building a Foundation

Level Two: Developing an Understanding

Level Three: Application

Story ELements

Videos

Activities

Story Elements - Mini Lesson and Activities 

This download is a great way to introduce the key terms associated with story elements, and give will provide students quality practice in constructing and deconstructing story elements.

This Download Includes:

1. Google Slides Notes: Definitions for Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, and Theme. Slides are included about how to analyze how story elements interact.

2. Quizizz Link: Provide Students with a fun way to practice their vocabulary words they just learned.

3. Youtube Video: Need a digital option for your students? No worries! There is a link to a video version of the notes.

4. Whole Class Activity: Students are given a picture and they will brainstorm possible story element components as a class. Then, as a class or group, students will write a Flash Story.

Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Download (Notes and Student Notes Sheet)

• Link to a YouTube Instructional Video 

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Story Elements: The Quest Activity Pack

You have reviewed story elements and your students completed the mini lesson and activities. Now it’s time for students to practice and apply their knowledge.

The Quests: Students will read The Grimm Brothers' version of Cinderella and complete the quests based on the story.

• Quest 1

  • Part One-Students will identify character traits of the main characters and support their interpretation with text evidence.

  • Part Two- Students change one the main character’s traits and write about how that would affect the story.

• Quest 2

  • Part One- Students will identify the setting.

  • Part Two- Students will change one aspect of the setting and determine how that would affect the story. 

• Quest 3

  • Part One- Students will determine how the main events from the story fit into the plot diagram.

  • Part Two- Students will change one element of the plot and write about how that will affect the story.

• Quest 4

  • Part One- Students will identify the protagonist and antagonist in the story and explain the main conflict.

  • Part Two- Students will change the antagonist and write about how that would change the story.

• Quest 5

  • Part One- Students will identify the theme of the story and how the character’s actions develop the theme.

Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Download 

• Cinderella Passage

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Story Elements Graphic Organizer

This two page graphic organizer will help students develop their understanding of the different story elements. With this graphic organizer, students will determine the characters, setting, theme, conflict, and organize the plot. This graphic organizer can be used with a story or passage of your choice.

Plot

Videos

Activities

Plot - Mini Lesson and Activities 

The plot could be considered the most important element of a story. It is the sequence of events where we learn more about the characters, the setting, and the theme of a story. In a way, the plot is the trunk from which all the other elements of a story grow. This lesson helps students review the basics of the plot diagram and start to understand the purpose of a plot.

This Download Includes:

1. Google Slides Notes: 11 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the plot structure.

2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains - plot diagram, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

3. Quizizz Link: Reinforce the new vocabulary with Quizizz!

4. Youtube Video: Need a digital option for your students? No worries! There is a link to a video version of the notes.

5. Whole Class Activity: Students will watch a short movie, examine the plot, and explain what happens in each section of the plot diagram. They will extend their knowledge of the plot diagram to a short passage, The Princess and the Pea.

Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Download

• Link to a YouTube Instructional Video 

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Plot: The Quest Activity Pack

Your students know and understand the plot diagram. Now it’s time for them to practice and apply their knowledge.

The Quests: Students will read a 5-page short story and complete the step-by-step and detailed quests in order to complete a plot diagram.

• Quest 1: Understanding exposition

• Quest 2: Understanding rising action

• Quest 3: Understanding climax

• Quest 4: Understanding falling action

  Quest 5: Understanding resolution

Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Download 

• Short Story

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Plot Graphic Organizer

This graphic organizer will help students practicing placing events in a story in order. With this graphic organizer, students will determine the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. This graphic organizer can be used with a story or passage of your choice.

Conflict

Videos

Activities

Types of Conflict - Mini Lesson and Activities 

This lesson is a great way to introduce the six types of conflict found in literature and give them quality practice in identifying the conflict types and applying their knowledge.

This Download Includes:

1. Google Slides Notes: Definitions and examples for- Internal Conflict, External Conflict, Character vs. Man, Character vs Self, Character vs Society, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Technology, Character vs. Supernatural. Interactive elements are included to encourage collaboration and thinking!

2. Quizizz Link: Provide Students with a fun way to practice their vocabulary words they just learned.

3. Youtube Video: Need a digital option for your students? No worries! There is a link to a video version of the notes.

4. Whole Class Activity: Students are shown clips from movies and they have to determine what type of conflict is represented.

Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Download (Notes and Student Notes Sheet)

• Link to a YouTube Instructional Video 

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Types of Conflict: The Quest Activity Pack

Your students know all about the different types of conflict. Now it is time for them to practice and apply what they have learned.

The Quests: 

• Part One- Students will read a short passage and determine the type of conflict represented.

• Part Two- Students will extend their knowledge with a writing activity.

  
  Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Download 

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Conflict Graphic Organizer

This graphic organizer will help students develop their understanding of how conflict develops in a story. With this graphic organizer, students will determine the main character’s goal, who or what is working against the main character, and how they are doing so. They will take the information and use it to write a summary of the conflict and to determine the type of conflict represented in the story. This graphic organizer can be used with a story or passage of your choice.

Dialogue

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Activities

Dialogue - Mini Lesson and Activities 

This lesson is a great way to introduce the six types of conflict found in literature and give them quality practice in identifying the conflict types and applying their knowledge.

This Download Includes:

1. Google Slides Notes: Notes that explains internal dialogue, outer dialogue, and the three purposes of dialogue (to provoke a decision, propel action, or reveal aspects of a character)

2. NEW! Fill In the Blank Notes: Students can follow along with the lesson using this template!

3. Youtube Video: Need a digital option for your students? No worries! There is a link to a video version of the notes.

4. Whole Class Activity: Students are shown clips with scripts from three movies and they have to determine the purpose of the dialogue.

Download Includes:

• Link to a Google Slides Version of the Notes

• Link to a YouTube Instructional Video 

• PDF Versions 

• Teacher Instructions with Answer Key

Dialogue Graphic Organizer

Dialogue RTQT Question Set