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Story Elements

Third Grade Reading Elements of StoryCorrelated to: CCSS

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Common Core State Standards (CCSS) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis

for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.A: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.C: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.A: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5B: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. Identify real-life connections between words and their use.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships

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What are story elements?

A good story contains several key ingredients…

1. Plot2. Character3. Problem/Conflict4. Theme5. Setting

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Plot

Plot is the main events of the story or passage.

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Characters

Characters are the people, animals, or things the story is about.

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Problems/Conflict

Problems are things that happen to the main character that changes the story.

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Setting

The setting is where and when the story takes place.

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CHARACTER What the character looks like

   

How the character acts    How the character changes   

SETTING (Using Your Senses to Determine Setting) When   Where  

PROBLEM What is the characters problem?   

Event 1       

Event 2 Event 3

Lesson   

Using Your Senses to Determine SettingSense Evidence from the Text

Sight What do I see 

Hearing  What do I hear

Smell  What do I smell

 

Taste  What do I taste

Touch  What can I touch

Other Information Scrunched together under an umbrella Last week she could go out without a coat, but

now it is too cold. It wouldn’t be too long before it was too cold to

play in the park. 

Guided Practice using Story Maps

• Pass Out “Elements From Story 3 & Elements From Story 8

• Watch “Clifford the FireHouse Dog” and fill in while you watch

• URL: http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/ReadToMe.php?vid=CliffordFirehouseDog&iP=IndexCategory.php&t=Short&p1=&p2=

Independent Practice using Story Maps

• Pass Out “Using Your Senses to Determine Setting URL” Template

• Watch “Cinderella” and fill in while you watch

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Cinderella Story URL URL: http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html

Flocabulary: Five Elements URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps

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