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A Story Chart is a graphic organizer that outlines the elements of a narrative, such as exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. By using a story chart, students can map out the progression of events and analyze how they contribute to the overall story. This aids in comprehension and retention, making literature more accessible and engaging.
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A book-companion / interactive read-aloud packet built around the picture book 'A Storm Called Katrina' by Myron Uhlberg, covering reading comprehension, story elements, character analysis, plot structure, and text-to-text connections.
A literature companion worksheet set for Eve Bunting's picture book 'How Many Days to America?: A Thanksgiving Story,' building reading comprehension, character analysis, vocabulary, and wants-vs-needs concepts tied to the story of a family fleeing their island home by boat.
A set of ten blank, subject-agnostic graphic-organizer templates for analyzing/reviewing any text (reading comprehension scaffolds).
Free download 10 SPANISH GRAPHIC ORGANIZER | Reading Comprehension This resource have 10 spanish graphic organizers of reading and comprehension. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Laura Educa Publishing brings together creative and effective educational resources…
This companion to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? provides ten cut-apart pictures and ten response boxes across two sequencing-chart pages. Students arrange the pieces to reconstruct the story sequence. The three-page PDF contains the charts and picture sheet; the book is supplied separately.
An anchor chart defines characters as 'the people or animals that the story is about' and then focuses on the main character, describing them as the most important character and the one central to the story's action. The chart is provided in two matching versions: a fully completed reference page for teacher display, and a second page with key words removed as blanks (e.g., 'the ______ or _______ that the story is about' and 'The MOST __________ CHARACTER'), letting a teacher use it as a fill-in-the-blank activity with students during a shared reading or mini-lesson. Once students can identify a story’s main character, the roll a story printable lets them apply that concept by rolling a character, setting, and story-line into an original story idea.
This Compare Two Stories Worksheet can help your students read and compare two versions of the same story. This can be a great way for your students to improve their reading comprehension skills.
A worksheet/chart for comparing similarities between two informational picture storybooks on the same topic.
Ten blank graphic organizers each approach a story's conflict from a different angle. Conflict Dissection has students identify characters, setting, the problem and its solution in four quadrants; a Problems and Solutions Chart and a Cause-Effect-Consequences chart trace how a conflict's causes lead to its effects; an Internal or External Conflict chart and a four-column Conflict Type Chart classify the nature of the conflict, sorting it as character-versus-character, -nature, -self or -society; and a six-stage Conflict Timeline, an Opposing Forces Comparison, and a Conflict Map walk students through sequencing and mapping the conflict's events toward its resolution. A two-page instructional key at the front spells out exactly what to fill into each organizer's fields, and a Conflict Analysis page closes the set with a question-and-answer format leading to a written conflict statement. The templates are meant to be paired with a story or novel the class is reading, since none of the organizers are pre-filled with story content. This Conflict pack is one title in a Five Elements of a Story series that also covers Character, Setting, Plot, Theme and a Combined set.
A set of 10 graphic-organizer story-map templates that build reading comprehension and summary skills by having students record key story elements (characters, setting, problem, events, resolution, theme) from novels, short stories, or informational texts.
Help students choose the important information to include when retelling a text. Fiction worksheets prompt characters, setting, problem, events and solution, while nonfiction pages ask for a main idea, three details and the author’s purpose. Reference charts and two sentence-starter levels let teachers model a response, then reduce written support as learners reuse the structure with new reading.
Free download Read or discuss the story before selecting an organizer. Ask students to support entries with details from the text, using drawing or written responses where the form allows.
Free download Teach reading comprehension (identifying the main idea and supporting details) using a short English narrative about a rabbit named Benny who explores a tunnel, finds a hidden garden, and learns that curiosity leads to discoveries when done safely.
Free download Teach reading comprehension (identifying the main idea and supporting details) using a short English narrative about a fish named Finn who overcomes his fear of exploring far from home with a friend's encouragement and learns adventure brings wonder.
This resource is an anchor chart and writing set for The Gingerbread Man. There are 2 different ways for students to write about the story as they sequence the events that took place. Graphics for students to cut out are included.
A reading comprehension resource built around graphic organizers that teach story structure, character analysis, setting, plot, nonfiction text features, and comprehension skills such as analyzing, comparing, contrasting, sequencing, questioning, cause and effect, and summarizing.
This Hamster Cause and Effect Worksheet is a great way for students to identify cause and effect after reading a story. This is a valuable skill for students to have as they begin to read more complex texts.
Ten plot-focused graphic organizers guide students through mapping a story's five elements — introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution — using formats that range from a classic Plot Pyramid and Story Cycle to a Prediction Tree, a nine-box Sequence Chain, and a two-column Changes-in-Plot chart. Two introductory instructional pages explain how to use the ten templates; the Plot Analysis format, for example, also asks students to identify point of view, foreshadowing, and symbolism alongside the standard plot stages. Because every organizer is a blank template, teachers supply the story or text students will map onto it.
Novel - Film Study Guide: Soylent Green This study guide is designed as a unique teaching resource for educators, particularly those focusing on high school level language arts.
Polar Bear Interactive Chart | Book Companion This interactive sequencing chart makes an engaging companion resource for classrooms reading the children's book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See?
Support early literacy through a repetitive-pattern "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" style story chart pairing animals with the sounds they make.
This resource is a Squirrel's New Year's Resolution Interactive Reading Packet. This is a great component to your early finisher buckets or reading stations during the winter season.
Free download This set of anchor charts helps first graders learn about stories, fables, and folktales. Big, colorful pictures show what makes each one different. The set has four charts. The first chart is about stories.
Anchor charts and assessments teaching kindergarten students (RL.K.3) to identify characters, setting, and major events in a story.