Using Story Elements Organizing What You Read Activity, students use activity worksheets and graphic organizers to describe the characters, setting and events.

UsingCharacters Voice and Point of View Worksheet, students keep track of different types of voice characters use to show their point of view in a story.

Using Endings Worksheet, students write how the ending of each story solves problems and resolves events of the story to compare the two similar stories read.

Using Characters and Story Plots Worksheet, studentsread two stories with similar plots, or characters to compare the elements from the two stories.

Using RL.3.5 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza.

Using Fairy Tales Elements Worksheet, students read several fairy tale stories to find examples of the fairy tale elements.

Using Build a Snowman Sequence Worksheet, students write numbers into the squares to place the sentences in order to show the way to build a snowman.

Using Sequencing Events Organizer Worksheet, students use the planner to write your own story or to write 5 events from a story in order.

Using Sequencing Organizer Worksheet , students use the planner to write your own story or to write 5 events from a story in order.

Using this Fantasy and Realism Story Elements Graphic Organizer, students fill in as many details as you can to show the difference between Fantasy and Realism.

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 How Does The Character Respond Activity, students describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

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

Using Beginning Middle End Plot Activity, students describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Using Character Setting Plot Activity, studentsfind examples of story elements as they read to build their reading comprehension.