Teaching Literary Elements with Short Stories Ready-to-Use, High-Interest Stories with Mini-Lessons and Activities That Help Students Understand Literary Elements and Use Them Effectively in Their Writing,9780439098434

Teaching Literary Elements with Short Stories Ready-to-Use, High-Interest Stories with Mini-Lessons and Activities That Help Students Understand Literary Elements and Use Them Effectively in Their Writing

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ISBN13: 9780439098434
ISBN10: 0439098432
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Teaching Resources
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Summary

Exploring literary elements such as character, plot, setting, theme, point-of-view, metaphor, imagery, symbolism, and more, is easy with these creative and exciting mini-lessons and activities. This time-saving resource includes four ready-to-use short stories that allow you to easily focus on the literary elements you want to teach. By sharing and analyzing the short story models, students find exemplars they can follow as they plan and write their own stories. Includes more than 25 reproducibles! For use with Grades 4-8.

Table of Contents

Overview 5(85)
Rationale
5(1)
Book Highlights
6(1)
General Procedures
7(1)
Time Management
8(1)
Reading the Stories
8(2)
Summing Up
10(1)
Character
11(18)
``La Bamba''
12(6)
Gary Soto
Present the Story
18(1)
Contrast Chart
18(1)
Distribute Copies of the Story
18(1)
Read the Story
18(2)
Analyze the Story---As a Group
20(2)
Affective Response
20(1)
Literal Response
21(1)
Challenge: Write a One-Sentence Story Summary
21(1)
Analyze the Story---On Their Own
22(4)
Retell the Story---Plot Points
22(1)
Retell the Story---Another Format
22(1)
Expand the Story
23(1)
Plan an Original Story
23(2)
Share Your Writing
25(1)
Reader/Writer Notebook
25(1)
Reproducibles: Personal Responses
26(3)
Organizing Literary Elements
27(1)
Developing a Main Character
28(1)
Setting
29(18)
``A Secret for Two''
30(5)
Quentin Reynolds
Present the Story
35(1)
Contrast Chart
35(1)
Distribute Copies of the Story
35(1)
Challenge: What's the ``Secret''?
35(1)
Read the Story
36(2)
Analyze the Story---As a Group
38(2)
Affective Response
38(1)
Literal Response
39(1)
Challenge: Setting-the-Stage Outline
39(1)
Analyze the Story---On Their Own
40(4)
Retell the Story---Plot Points
40(1)
Retell the Story---Another Format
41(1)
Expand the Story
41(1)
Plan an Original Story
42(1)
Share Your Writing
43(1)
Reproducibles: Personal Responses
44(3)
Exploring Story Setting
45(1)
Developing Story Settings
46(1)
Symbols, Similes, and Metaphors
47(18)
``How Many Stars in My Crown?''
48(6)
Rosemary Wells
Present the Story
54(1)
Story Background
54(1)
A ``Feelings'' Web
54(1)
Distribute Copies of the Story
55(1)
Look for Symbolism
55(1)
Read the Story
55(2)
Analyze the Story---As a Group
57(2)
Affective Response
57(1)
Literal Response
58(1)
Challenge: Focus on Symbolism
58(1)
Analyze the Story---On Their Own
59(3)
Retell the Story---Plot Points
59(1)
Retell the Story---Another Format
60(1)
Expand the Story
60(1)
Plan an Original Story
60(1)
Share Your Writing
61(1)
Reproducibles: Personal Responses
62(3)
Understanding Similes and Metaphors
63(1)
Practicing Characterization
64(1)
Plot
65(25)
``The Circuit''
66(6)
Francisco Jimenez
Present the Story
72(1)
Charting Motivation
72(1)
Distribute Copies of the Story
72(1)
Read the Story
73(2)
Analyze the Story---As a Group
75(3)
Affective Response
75(1)
Literal Response
75(2)
Challenge: Comparing Themes
77(1)
Analyze the Story---On Their Own
78(2)
Retell the Story---Plot Points
78(1)
Retell the Story---Another Format
78(1)
Plan an Original Story
78(1)
Share Your Writing
79(1)
Reproducibles: Personal Responses
80(3)
Plot Wheel
81(1)
Developing a Story Plot
82(1)
Reader/Writer Notebook (reproducibles)
Story Summaries
83(1)
Personal Responses
84(1)
Story Planning
85(1)
Story Drafts
86(1)
Writing Partner Conference
87(1)
Completed Stories
88(1)
Comments About Other Short Stories
89(1)
Glossary of Literary Elements 90(3)
Bibliography 93

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