Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading,
writing, and thinking using multiple
texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements
within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical,
and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:
Use the Character Traits and Motivations Worksheet to help students analyze characters in literary texts.
Review and practice multiple reading skills using the text “King Midas and the Golden Touch” with these digital and print resources.
Use our graphic organizer with your students when studying Martin Luther King, Jr.’s notable mental and moral qualities.
Practice inferring how a character would ring in the new year with this 7-activity booklet.
Practice character development by choosing your own adventure in this role-playing board game.
Outline and determine the theme of a text with this 1-page graphic organizer worksheet.
Identify and explain the theme in 3 short story paragraphs provided in this worksheet.
Familiarize students with finding the 5 elements of plot in a literary text.
Describe how characters in a story develop in response to major events and challenges with our 3-page Character Development lesson review worksheet.
A worksheet that explores the connections between setting and plot.
A fun reading comprehension game to play after reading a fictional text.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
A narrative about a little boy and a curious creature with accompanying comprehension task cards.
A fun character profile worksheet set on a theater stage.
A set of task cards to be paired with the International Women's Day comic 'Gender Ground Rules'.
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.
A fun reading activity to help students discover books they enjoy.
A set of 14 task cards for upper elementary students to use after reading a fiction text.
A set of 15 finger puppets that can be used to spark the imagination for creative writing or to perform puppet shows.
A worksheet that encourages students to create a new book cover for a shared class or independent novel.
Use this flip book template with your upper elementary students when teaching about the features of literary characters.
A worksheet which helps students explore important scenes from a class novel.
A worksheet to assist students in making predictions before reading a novel.
3 worksheets to help students analyze the points of view of opposing characters in a literary text.
3 worksheets to assist with analyzing characters in a class novel.
Use research and creative writing skills to design a social media profile for fiction or nonfiction persons.
A plot diagram for students to refer to when planning narrative writing.
A template for students to use when planning the plot structure of a narrative text.
A set of 18 reading comprehension strategy posters.
A pack of 7 posters which explain the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.
A collection of worksheets which enable students to practice applying reading comprehension strategies.