This lesson takes advantage of that interest by asking students to create a soundtrack for a novel that they have read. Students begin by analyzing how specific songs might fit with a familiar story. Students then create their own soundtracks for the movie version of a novel they have read. They select songs that match the text and fit specific events in the story. Finally, students share their projects with the class and assess their work using a rubric. Examples in this lesson focus on The Beast by Walter Dean Myers, but any piece of literature can be used as the basis of students' soundtracks.

In this lesson, students read the novel "Freak the Mighty" and identify and explain the setting, character development, and plot elements in a graphic organizer.

In this lesson, after reading a short story, students will use the note taking strategy of outlining to reinforce an understanding of setting, character, plot, and theme.

This retelling of the Greek myth "Pandora's Box" includes accompanying audio and graphic illustrations. This resource can be used as scaffolding for reading comprehension, as differentiation for a multileveled classroom, and can build listening comprehension skills and vocabulary development. This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners.

Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea was a breakthrough novel when it was first published in 1968, pushing the boundaries of fantasy in literature. Explore how Earthsea paved the way for this beloved genre in this video from the American Masters film Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin. Support materials help students examine elements of fantasy and discover why coming-of-age stories continue to draw readers to young adult fantasy fiction.

After completion of the novel, students will explore the different settings in the novel and analyze what major plot event happened at each setting. They will code their Dash robot to move across the map to locate the settings. 

Students will practice visualizing and understanding that visualization is an important comprehension strategy. Students will share their visualization of the story through original artwork.

In this lesson, students learn about foreshadowing and how it contributes to plot development in a text.

This lesson is one part of a four lesson unit on Shakespeare Stealer. This theater and language arts lesson offers intellectual, creative and interpretive opportunities. Students will analyze and compare the puns and word play in selected scenes from the plays, The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Students will then read scenes from each play in groups and interpret their meanings to prepare for a performance of the scene. The lesson culminates with students writing a short essay explaining how the playwrights used puns and word play to give their characters wit.

This is a Google Forms quiz on putting the elements of plot into correct order.

This lesson plan provides a basic introduction to Freytag's Pyramid and to the literary element of plot. After viewing a brief presentation about plot structure, students brainstorm the significant events in a story with which they are all familiar and place those events on Freytag’s Pyramid. They work in small groups to map the plot of another story.

In this lesson, students seek supporting proof of major conflicts and themes in the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton

This lesson uses the postmodern picture book Black and White, by David Macaulay, to engage students in a deep analysis of writer's craft. Macaulay's book presents four separate story lines that playfully interact with one another throughout the text. Students explore ways in which authors use words and illustrations to create unexpected plots and connections within a text.

This lesson will be completed once students have read the script of the play A Raisin in the Sun and watched the film adaptation. Students will complete a learning menu that includes an appetizer, entree, and dessert. All students will complete the same appetizer and entree but will then have a choice for their dessert.   

For this lesson, students create their own booklets to provide information on the elements of a novel, including plot, setting, character, major and minor conflicts and theme.

Reading Guides help students navigate reading material, especially difficult textbook chapters or technical reading. Students respond to a teacher-created written guide of prompts as they read an assigned text. Reading Guides help students to comprehend the main points of the reading and understand the organizational structure of a text.

Refugee by Alan Gratz focuses on the survival of three characters who flee their homelands during a period of war. The novel follows their journies to freedom and safety. While students read they would follow the characters' stories using 3-column notes focused on standard-based comprehension questions.

Refugee by Alan Gratz focuses on the survival of three characters who flee their homelands during a period of war. The novel follows their journies to freedom and safety. While students read they would follow the characters' stories using 3-column notes focused on standard-based comprehension questions.

Refugee by Alan Gratz focuses on the survival of three characters who flee their homelands during a period of war. The novel follows their journies to freedom and safety. While students read they would follow the characters' stories using 3-column notes focused on standard-based comprehension questions.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade English Language Arts.