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Common Core RL.7.3 lectures
Plot Diagram Notes and Lesson with Pixar Film
Guide your students through plot diagram or let students guide themselves with this scaffolded activity on Google Slides! After watching the "Day and Night" Pixar short film, students will be introduced to the basics of a plot diagram. This activity includes the following: - Simplified & Easy to Read Notes on Plot Diagram Basics (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). - Interactive Slides for students to type, drag, and match - Pixar Short Film Link - Formative R
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in: Plot Diagram Unit Bundle
Tangerine by Edward Bloor - Reading Comprehension Questions & PowerPoint BUNDLE
The Reading Comprehension Questions are a 22-page editable Word document containing 123 questions (multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay questions) for Tangerine by Edward Bloor organized by chapter. They can be used as a study guide, homework questions, quizzes, or tests. The chapter title is listed before each section to make targeting sections that need review very easy. This method of organization also makes it easy for you as a teacher to pull just the questions that you need.
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5th - 8th
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Tangerine by Edward Bloor - Close Reading PowerPoint
This 130-slide PowerPoint is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, understanding the major themes and symbolism in the novel, and identifying figurative language. The PowerPoint is organized by chapter to mak
Grades:
6th - 8th
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Reading Comprehension Questions & PowerPoint BUNDLE
This is a discounted bundle for two products:Close Reading PowerPoint:This 151-slide PowerPoint is aligned with Common Core Standards and is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, u
Grades:
6th - 8th
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - Close Reading PowerPoint
This 149-slide PowerPoint is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, understanding the major themes and symbolism in the novel, and identifying figurative language. The PowerPoint is organized by chapte
Grades:
6th - 8th
Hatchet Analysis Notes - Presentation Analyzing Literary Devices - Gary Paulsen
Hatchet Analysis Notes Presentation will help you review the most important literary devices in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This 30-slide PowerPoint presentation shares some of the most important literary elements in the novel organized by chapter. The notes address setting, conflict, theme, characterization, and more. The notes can be used for students to copy, or they can be used as discussion starters. After using this presentation, your students will have a much deeper understanding of the nove
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Hatchet Unit Plan - Gary Paulsen Novel Study Reading Unit
Literary Elements PowerPoint Presentation {Story Elements & Writing Tips}
The Literary Elements PowerPoint Presentation is an excellent visual guide for teaching middle school students about literary/story elements.
I have created this presentation to help my students incorporate the literary elements into the narratives that they write in my class. This presentation would also be an excellent aid in identifying the elements of a story while reading a short story or a novel in class.
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*Definitions: Each literary element is defined in the presentatio
Intro to Magical Realism - Google Slides - Editable - A Man With Enormous Wings
Need an introduction to your new Magical Realism unit or mini-unit? Check out this Google Slides deck perfect to get you started! This slide deck includes:Rules of the magic realism genreHyperlink to video with examples in moviesLiterary Analysis Activity identifying the key characteristicsAnswers to the Analysis ExamplesActivity for students to create their own example and share with a partner to ensure accuracy as well as information on the relevance of this genreHyperlink to the Magical Reali
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Creative Writing Workshop Lesson 4: Plot
Created by a NY Times Bestselling Author!
Lesson four is about plot. What drives a plot and keeps the reader engaged? Students will learn basic plot structure, from inciting incident to climax, as well as tips for organizing everything in between. Then, they’ll draw plot charts for their own stories.
This unit is part of a multi-installment series on creative writing, but it can also stand alone. The writing exercises do assume that the students already have some idea of the story they wish
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Creative Writing Workshop Lesson 3: Building Strong Characters
Created by a NY Times Bestselling Author!
Lesson three is about characterization. Students learn the tips and tricks that make a well rounded character. Through brainstorming exercises, mock interviews, and character autobiographies, students develop their main character's life experience and personality. Then after they've nailed down their protagonist, students explore how supporting characters complement and challenge the protagonist. Finally, students learn about the ways in which charac
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Characters, Setting, Plot, and Theme Slideshow
The slideshow is ideal for reviewing the interactions between characters, setting, and plot, and how those elements tie into theme. This was created for an eighth grade class, so it is not the first time students have been exposed to these topics.Benchmarks Covered:R.1.1 Analyze the interaction between character development, setting, and plot.R.1.2 Analyze two or more themes and development throughout a literary text.Recommended Usage: Use this slideshow to guide students through notes about the
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6th - 8th
Plot & Story Elements lesson and assignment - Animated short films - Interactive
Teach your students about plot and story elements with this highly engaging and interactive lesson with assignments. This lesson has always been a hit in my classroom! Students really do enjoy it! It is set up to address the essential question, “Why do we need to know the parts of plot?” When building this lesson, it was the question I asked myself! After teaching this lesson in your classroom, your students will know the answer! One of the most important reasons to teach plot in the middle scho
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7th - 8th
Creative Writing Workshop Lesson 1: Introduction to Storytelling
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.
Lesson one is a bird's eye view of storytelling. Why do we tell stories in the first place? What makes a good story? How do you become a bet
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Narrative Elements Bundle | Presentation & Cloze Notes | Google Drive
This bundle is all you need! Present the Narrative Elements Presentation and provide a front-to-back copy of the Narrative Elements Cloze Notes to students to follow along. This resource would also be great for interactive notebooks! Cloze notes style allows students to take down notes more efficiently while still having accountability for the information. These Narrative Elements are the building blocks to turn your READERS into WRITERS! Drill the 8 Narrative Elements and help your students hit
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Narrative Elements Presentation | Google Slides | Lecture Notes
The following Narrative Elements defined in this presentation are: Point of viewSettingCharactersDialogueFigurative LanguageSensory DetailsTransition WordsTransition of TimeCheck out the companion Narrative Elements Cloze Notes!
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Narrative Elements Bundle | Presentation & Cloze Notes | Google Drive
Analyzing Narrative Details
This lesson will help students to learn the fundamentals of a narrative. Students will learn story elements, text structure, point of view, and author's purpose. The lesson also provides video links to support the skills.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Elements of a Story & Basic Summary Lesson
This slide deck goes through elements of stories using mainly Lion King examples. It prompts students with questions and uses short embedded videos to help them understand. The deck further defines setting, story, plot, summaries, and comparing verses contrasting.
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6th - 8th
Poetry Unit
This package includes intro lessons on Ballads, Odes, Sonnets, and Free Verse. Also included is a quick lesson covering soliloquy and monologue. There are practice problems added on at the end of each lesson that allow students to test their knowledge on poetry. There are four Google Slide lessons that pair with a handout that is given to students at the beginning of the unit. Poems needed to teach the unit are included too. This is a low prep easy to follow unit on identifying and applying ty
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6th - 9th
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Literary Elements Lessons Hyperdoc
This is a hyperdoc slideshow with lessons on the five literary elements featured in my choiceboard assignment. Can absolutely be used on its own or together as a unit bundle with the choiceboard as the unit long assessment,Elements: characterization, theme, setting, pov, plot/conflictIncludes: edpuzzles, videos, blog post links, drag and drop practice activities, kahoot warm up, slides for lectures, and more!
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Elements Unit
RL3: Character's Impact on Plot Mini Lesson
This Mini Lesson is used to help show students how characters impact the plot of a story. It includes a Quizizz link for the students to practice after the lesson.
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6th - 8th
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Conflicts in Literature Notes: Refugee by Alan Gratz
This Google Slides presentation explains the different types of conflicts found within literature. It also goes on to explain what it means for a conflict to have an impact on the characters. This complete slideshow also comes with guided notes that help to keep students engaged in the lesson. I used questions and examples from Refugee by: Alan Gratz, but these can be edited to fit any literature unit.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
PLOT Notes - Google Slides - Ready to Use Slideshow
Teaching plot? Here's a quick no-prep slideshow with important terminology about PLOT! Includes:ExpositionConflict Internal vs. External ConflictPerson vs. Person, Nature, Society, and SelfRising ActionClimaxFalling ActionResolution
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6th - 8th
Teaching Characters and the Different Types
This Google Slides presentation is a brief, teacher-directed way to introduce the topic of "Characters" to any student. This resource was created with the intention of teaching about characters to Special Education Contained ELA middle school students.
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5th - 8th
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Uglies: Close Reading PowerPoint Chapters 1-5
This is a SAMPLE from my 151-slide PowerPoint. It is aligned with Common Core Standards and is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, understanding the major themes and symbolism in
Grades:
6th - 8th
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