Description
Kick off ANY short story, fiction or literature unit with this comprehensive and engaging Elements of Fiction PowerPoint, guided notes and activity bundle intended for high school or middle school ELA. Great for introduction, reinforcement, and/or story element review, this package guides students through the key elements of literature and includes plenty of engaging, rigorous activities for practice and review—all Common Core aligned. It even includes fun self-assessment activities and a Kahoot! game your students will LOVE!
This Elements of Fiction resource, now in PRINT & DIGITAL FORMATS, includes:
• Fully editable 26-slide PowerPoint that walks students through the key elements of fiction (see full list below), including definitions, examples, video links, and fun self-assessment practice
• Guided Notes Handout to encourage active student engagement during instruction and support struggling students who may need help capturing key details
• 21-Page Activity Packet –IN PRINT AND DIGITAL FORMATS–with fun, rigorous, Common-Core aligned activities to practice identifying and analyzing the full range of literary elements in ANY short story or work of fiction.
• Kahoot Review Game so that students can practice and learn through a friendly, technology-based competition game they LOVE! And YOU can assess what they know and where they need more help.
Previously titled “Introduction to the Short Story,” this resource is great for the start of the year, the beginning of a short story or literature unit, or as individual lessons throughout the year, this comprehensive resource covers:
• Plot Structure
• Point of View
• Characterization
• Conflict
• Setting
• Mood
• Tone
• Text Structure
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• Theme
• Irony
• Symbolism
• Vocabulary
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WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Probably my most used resource I’ve purchased on TPT”—Karlei B.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is a must-have! I introduced our fiction unit with this lesson, it was wonderful as a start to the year-it possessed a great set of notes and now, I have a ton of resources for each story that I do with my class.”—Ariana G.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I love that these go beyond standard worksheets. They still require student thought and individuality, and the kids love them!”—Kaitlyn B.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Love this resource! The slideshow and guided notes are really helpful, and I love that there is a Kahoot ready for me to use at the end! The worksheets are great and can also work with novel study units as well.” –Rebecca H.