This document discusses the elements of a story and how to identify them using the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" as an example. It explains that a story has an author, main characters, setting, conflict, and plot. It provides definitions for each of these story elements and encourages identifying them in the book. Readers are instructed to fill out a story web graphic organizer to map out the parts of the story.
Intro to Visualizing - a great reading strategy to teach students. Visualizing involves students creating a mental image or make a drawing or movie in their head about what they've just read to help them remember and understand the text.
Intro to Visualizing - a great reading strategy to teach students. Visualizing involves students creating a mental image or make a drawing or movie in their head about what they've just read to help them remember and understand the text.
The Narrative Writing Pack is bursting with educational posters, activities and display resources to help your children to write amazing stories!
Download this teaching resource pack today from http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/the-narrative-writing-pack/
Designed for level 2 ESOL learners to teach them the requirements to pass the Trinity writing exam and get them practicing the skills through creating a group digital story
Writing The Science Fiction Film: Where do you get your ideas from?robgrant
The lazy way of coming up with science fiction film ideas is to take any an existing movie title and add ..in space! to it. Like High Noon ..in space! (Outland) or Jaws ..in space! (Alien). It’s become a tried and trusted method, but while it has led to the occasional classic - no-one is going to argue against Alien being a sci-fi classic - there are a lot more films in the mediocre pile.
So where do we find new ideas ripe for science fiction?
Well as you might expect they’re all around you, all you have to do is start looking, but it requires that you leave your SF prejudices at the door and open your eyes to the wider world of sci-fi storytelling.
This workshop looks at sources of new ideas, basic tools to gather and store them, explores exercises for taking an idea and turning it into a story and we’ll actually take an idea and break a story with the audience in the room.
This presentation shows readers how to find the theme of a text. For a study guide for students, and stories and activities for finding themes, purchase my Teaching About Theme unit on TeachersPayTeachers:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teaching-About-Theme-342213
The Narrative Writing Pack is bursting with educational posters, activities and display resources to help your children to write amazing stories!
Download this teaching resource pack today from http://www.teachingpacks.co.uk/the-narrative-writing-pack/
Designed for level 2 ESOL learners to teach them the requirements to pass the Trinity writing exam and get them practicing the skills through creating a group digital story
Writing The Science Fiction Film: Where do you get your ideas from?robgrant
The lazy way of coming up with science fiction film ideas is to take any an existing movie title and add ..in space! to it. Like High Noon ..in space! (Outland) or Jaws ..in space! (Alien). It’s become a tried and trusted method, but while it has led to the occasional classic - no-one is going to argue against Alien being a sci-fi classic - there are a lot more films in the mediocre pile.
So where do we find new ideas ripe for science fiction?
Well as you might expect they’re all around you, all you have to do is start looking, but it requires that you leave your SF prejudices at the door and open your eyes to the wider world of sci-fi storytelling.
This workshop looks at sources of new ideas, basic tools to gather and store them, explores exercises for taking an idea and turning it into a story and we’ll actually take an idea and break a story with the audience in the room.
This presentation shows readers how to find the theme of a text. For a study guide for students, and stories and activities for finding themes, purchase my Teaching About Theme unit on TeachersPayTeachers:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teaching-About-Theme-342213
2. Home Slide
• Getting Ready For Story time
• Parts of a Story
-Using a Story Web
-Author/Illustrator
-Main Characters
-Setting
-Conflict
-Plot
• Where the Wild Things Are
• Identify Parts of the Story
• References
• About the Author
3. Getting Ready For Story Time
• What do you need?
–Your Book
–Writing Utensils
–The worksheet I have handed
out
4. Parts of A Story
Has anyone ever made a Peanut Butter and Jelly
Sandwich?
How do you make it?
Lets watch this video to think about it
Just like how you make and eat this Sandwich, stories
have different parts and go in a certain order to help
make everything perfect! Those are Parts of a Story!
Today we will be reading the story Where the Wild
Things Are to help us identify the parts of a story!
5. Story Web
To Help us keep track of the different parts of a
story we use something called a
Story Web
A story web is a map that helps us break up the different parts
of a story by filling in blanks. We will be using one today to
help us with the parts of Where The Wild Things Are
It Looks Like this..
setting characters
Title
My big dog
6. First thing you need..
Author Illustrator
• The Author writes the story • The Illustrator draws the
• His or her name is usually pictures
found on the first page or • Their name is also found on
on the cover the first page or on the
• Usually says Written By, or cover
just their name so you • Usually Says Illustrated by..
know who wrote it
7. Main Characters!
• What are main characters?
– People or creatures that are important to the
story
They are talked about and described the most.
Ex. In Cinderella who is the most important?
Or how about in The Cat and The Hat?
Its Its easy when you think about it!
8. Setting
• The Setting is where the story takes place
Or in other words where is it happening
For instance is the story on a beach? At your
house? In a far away kingdom or planet?
You Decide!
What are some other ideas?
9. Conflict
• Conflict what makes the story
• It can be a problem or a situation that the
character(s) have to work through.
• It can be as simple as an argument with
friends, losing your puppy
The conflict doesn’t have to be a bad thing, it can
be about learning, solving a problem, or
anything else that makes the story move
forward
Can you think of any ideas? Ex. The Cat came to
town, Dorothy needed to see the wizard.
10. Plot
• The Plot is how the Author arranges the
story. It is the sequence of events and
happenings that make the story what it is.
• Just like when we watched the sandwich
video things had to go in a certain order
• Example. In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, if the
bears would have found her in their bed right
away, the story would end right on the first page!
11.
12. What Do You Think?
• ( write your answers ( or draw) into your story
web )
• Who were the main Characters?
• Where did the story take place? ( the setting)
• Did Max have any conflicts?
• What do you think the plot of the story was?
What else did you like about the story?
GREAT JOB!
14. All About Me
• My Name is Chelsea Bashore. I am a English
(focusing on Language Arts) Major with an
emphasis in Elementary Education. I enjoy
reading, volunteering in local schools,
spending time with my friends and family, and
getting involved with my community.
Someday I hope to become a reading
specialist to help kids with the same reading
problems I had as a kid.