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Showing Results for identifying the main topic in non fiction texts

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

Fan Fiction

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

The Main Event

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Fiction Travel Brochure

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.

Fan Fiction Finales: Alternate Story Endings

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.

Vocabulary Cards: Making Connections in a Fiction Text

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Glossary: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Vocabulary Cards: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Part 1: Making Connections with Texts

Use this resource to practice close reading in a fictional text. Your students will look at the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs that give more details about the important story elements.

Close Reading in Fiction

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Protagonists and Supporting Characters

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Understanding Plot by Creating Your Own Story

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

After-Reading Response Choice Board: Fiction Text

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Compare and Contrast Elements of a Story

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Identifying Characters and their Dialogue

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

During-Reading Response Choice Board: Fiction Text

Give students a chance to engage with a classic science fiction story while practicing crucial reading comprehension skills!

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From “Youth” by Isaac Asimov

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Characters in Books

Students will read an excerpt from The Hound of the Baskervilles to discover the great mystery of Baskerville Hall, answering “Stop and Think” fiction comprehension questions throughout the text.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Reading Comprehension: Lost and Found

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain&rsquo;s <em>The Prince and the Pauper</em>!

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Prince and the Pauper

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Who, What, Where 

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Story Elements Map

Explore characters in literature by extracting clues from this paragraph about one of the main Secret Garden characters: Miss Mary Lennox.

The Secret Garden Characters

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Reading for Comprehension: Alexis and the Game Show

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s <em>The One and Only Ivan</em>.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Analyze the Characters

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

Compare & Contrast Supporting Characters

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Sum it Up: Grandpa's Boat

Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.

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Showing Results for identifying the main topic in non fiction texts