Lessons tagged with "story"
Describe the Setting of a Story
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on describing the setting in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students look for words that describe the setting (answers to where, when, or what is it like), and then they circle pictures that match the words. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Describe Characters
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading lesson requires students to describe characters in a story. Reading passages can be read aloud, or chorally for students that might need extra help reading. Teacher should guide students in analyzing each sentence to find textual evidence (key details) that supports the character’s description. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Identify the Plot in a Story
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the plot in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the problem and solution (events) within a passage to better understand the plot. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify the Beginning, Middle, and End of a Story
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify parts of a story by labeling them as B, M, or E. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify the Beginning, Middle, and End of a Story
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify parts of a story by labeling them as B, M, or E. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify parts of a story by labeling them as B, M, or E. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the beginning, middle, and ending of
Identify a Fantasy Story
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Lesson is in British English. Contains Learning Objective, Activate Prior Knowledge and Concept Development.
Compare & Contrast Characters
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting characters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students compare and contrast what is the same and different between characters in a story. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Compare & Contrast Settings
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting setting. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students compare and contrast what is the same and different between the settings in two stories. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Central Message in a Story
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading literature lesson explains how to determine the central message of a text. In this lesson, students will discuss the main events of a text and choose which of several possible sentences would best show the central message.
Explain How Illustrations Contribute to a Story
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading literature lesson explains how pictures add information to a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). In this lesson, students will describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. (Also aligns with 3.RL.3.)
Plan and Write a Narrative
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core writing lesson requires students to plan and write a narrative. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students are given a prompt and must plan a situation, setting, characters, events, and resolution. Students then take their notes and write a first draft of their narrative. Lesson also includes a checklist for students to reference and a printable graphic organizer for repeated use. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Plan and Write a Narrative
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing lesson requires students to write a previously planned narrative. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, Students take their notes from the previous lesson and write a first draft of their narrative and edit their composition.
Analyze Interactions Between Characters
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze Interactions Between Characters
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Identify Characters in a Story
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying characters in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Identify Major Events in a Story
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson requires students to identify important events. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Recognize Types of Texts (Stories & Informational Text)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Three-Letter Consonant Blends & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
High-Frequency Words (list, must, best, stop, study, story, start, state, far, end)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Digraph ch and Trigraph tch & Other Activities)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
Describe Events in a Story
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading literature lesson requires students to describe the events in a story using specific details from the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students must answer specific questions about events in the story.
Answer What, Why, and How Questions in a Story
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This lesson provides teachers with a great way to teach What, Why, and How Questions. Resources include a nice handout, and whiteboards are recommended.
Rotation Stations (Diphthong oi [oi, oy] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Diphthong ow [ow, ou] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Double Consonant [ss, ll, ff, zz] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Identify Conflict and Resolution
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the conflict and resolution in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage, and identify the conflict (or the problem a character is having). Then, they read further to determine the resolution and answer multiple choice questions about the conflict and its resolution. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Rotation Stations (Vowel-r ar & air & Other Activities)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Initial Consonant Blends & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development