Story Elements
Third Grade Reading Elements of Story
Correlated to: CCSS
PPT URL Handout URL
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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
What are story elements?
 A good story contains several key
ingredients…
1. Plot
2. Character
3. Problem/Conflict
4. Theme
5. 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.
PPT URL:
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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
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Using Your Senses to Determine Setting
Sense 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.
PPT URL:
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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/Re
adToMe.php?vid=CliffordFirehouseDog&
iP=IndexCategory.php&t=Short&p1=&p
2=
PPT URL:
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ymaiorano/3-story-elements
Independent Practice using Story
Maps
• Pass Out “Using
Your Senses to
Determine Setting
URL” Template
• Watch “Cinderella”
and fill in while you
watch
PPT URL:
http://www.slideshare.net/anthon
ymaiorano/3-story-elements
 Cinderella Story URL
 URL: http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html
 Flocabulary: Five Elements URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps
Instructional Video(s)
PPT URL:
http://www.slideshare.net/anthon
ymaiorano/3-story-elements

3 - story elements

  • 1.
    Story Elements Third GradeReading Elements of Story Correlated to: CCSS PPT URL Handout URL PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 2.
    Common Core StateStandards (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
  • 3.
    What are storyelements?  A good story contains several key ingredients… 1. Plot 2. Character 3. Problem/Conflict 4. Theme 5. Setting PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 4.
    Plot  Plot isthe main events of the story or passage. PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 5.
    Characters  Characters arethe people, animals, or things the story is about. PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 6.
    Problems/Conflict  Problems arethings that happen to the main character that changes the story. PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 7.
    Setting  The settingis where and when the story takes place. PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 8.
    CHARACTER  What thecharacter 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 PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 9.
    Using Your Sensesto Determine Setting Sense 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. PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 10.
    Guided Practice usingStory 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/Re adToMe.php?vid=CliffordFirehouseDog& iP=IndexCategory.php&t=Short&p1=&p 2= PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 11.
    Independent Practice usingStory Maps • Pass Out “Using Your Senses to Determine Setting URL” Template • Watch “Cinderella” and fill in while you watch PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements
  • 12.
     Cinderella StoryURL  URL: http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html  Flocabulary: Five Elements URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps Instructional Video(s) PPT URL: http://www.slideshare.net/anthon ymaiorano/3-story-elements