Using Characters Sketch Activity, students describe in depth a character,setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

Using this Determining Theme Graphic Organizers Activity, students determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text using Graphic Organizers.

Using Identifying Theme Activity, students determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text in order to apply to their own life.

Using this Guess Who Point of View Activity, students identify their partner's "secret narrator" as the partner reads a text card.

Using this Finding Story Elements Activity, students help three superheroes defeat the evil villain Story Weaver and crack the code in a story. Use the boxes on the next pages to help them do their job!

Using Determining Theme Activity, students determine the theme of a story or poem from details in the text to learn a lesson that can be used in their life.

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Using the Comparing Themes of Two Stories Activity, students use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the theme of two passages.

Using this Whose Point of View Compare and Contrast Activity, students identify whether a story is being told in a first- or third-person POV, while comparing and contrasting the two.

Using Animal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity, students read animal myths to explain how an author uses evidence to support points in a text.

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

Using Identifying Literary Elements Activity, students find examples of text features and story elements to build their reading comprehension.

Using Comparing Points of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Using Looking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity, students acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters to gain a different perspective.

Using Point of View Activity, students identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.