Identifying Literary Elements Activity
Literary elements task cards ask students to pick a poem, a play and a story, record details such as setting, meter, stage directions and dialogue, then cut out and sort the cards by type of writing.
- Grades
- Pre-K–K, Grades 3–5, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading
- Topic
- Story Elements, Text Features
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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Identifying Literary Elements Activity helps students to find examples of text features and story elements to improve their reading comprehension. This activity is great for students who are struggling with reading comprehension, or for students who need extra practice identifying literary elements.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify literary elements in a poem, a play and a story
- Compare the structural elements of poetry, drama and prose
Teaching tips
- Choose the poem, play and story in advance, or approve student choices, since the cards are filled with details from those three texts.
Skills covered
- Citing text details — students record a detail from each text on its element card
- Classifying by genre — students sort completed cards under play, story or poetry labels
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Literary elements
- Poetry
- Drama
- Prose
- Stage directions
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