Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Use an open-ended graphic organizer to help your students identify the problem and solution in three stories.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Use this resource with your students to practice not only identifying the problem and solution in a text, but also the character’s attempts at solving the problem.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Use this resource to organize the different ways a character tries to solve a problem in a fiction text.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.