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Analyzing Story Structure
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Be a Text Detective
Be a Text Detective
Workbook
Be a Text Detective
Take reading a piece and a clue at a time to help your child improve his reading skills. Ask and answer questions like who, what, where, when and why, about details, key info and using text evidence.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.
4th grade
Math
Lesson Plan
First vs. Third Person Narration
First vs. Third Person Narration
Worksheet
First vs. Third Person Narration
Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Read Between the Lines
Read Between the Lines
Workbook
Read Between the Lines
When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
Worksheet
Graphic Organizer: Author’s Point of View
This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
Worksheet
Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.
6th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Timeline Organizer
Timeline Organizer
Worksheet
Timeline Organizer
Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Shifting Points of View
Shifting Points of View
Worksheet
Shifting Points of View
Students will rewrite the narration and point of view of various texts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant
Worksheet
The Selfish Giant
Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Character Trading Card
Character Trading Card
Worksheet
Character Trading Card
Why do athletes get their own cards but not book characters? Change all that with this fun, reusable worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Shifting Points of View
Shifting Points of View
Lesson Plan
Shifting Points of View
This lesson gives students practice identifying first person and third person narration in fiction and nonfiction texts. It could be taught as a stand-alone lesson or as a precursor to the lesson Fiction vs. Nonfiction.
4th grade
Math
Lesson Plan
Glossary: Who Is Telling the Story?
Glossary: Who Is Telling the Story?
Worksheet
Glossary: Who Is Telling the Story?
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Glossary: Shifting Points of View
Glossary: Shifting Points of View
Worksheet
Glossary: Shifting Points of View
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Re-imagining Dialogue with Guest Characters
Re-imagining Dialogue with Guest Characters
Worksheet
Re-imagining Dialogue with Guest Characters
Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Re-imagining Narratives with Guest Characters
Re-imagining Narratives with Guest Characters
Worksheet
Re-imagining Narratives with Guest Characters
Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Re-imagining Conclusions with Guest Characters
Re-imagining Conclusions with Guest Characters
Worksheet
Re-imagining Conclusions with Guest Characters
Use this graphic organizer with your students to reflect and re-imagine story endings with characters from their favorite tales.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Who Is Telling the Story?
Vocabulary Cards: Who Is Telling the Story?
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Who Is Telling the Story?
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Who Is Telling the Story?
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Shifting Points of View
Vocabulary Cards: Shifting Points of View
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Shifting Points of View
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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