C.009

Objective
The student will identify story elements.

Comprehension
Narrative Text Structure
Story Mapping

Setting

Materials
Narrative text
Choose text within students’ instructional-independent reading level range.
Student sheet (Activity Master C.009.SS1) Pencil

Activity
Students record information related to story elements on a graphic organizer.
Provide the student with a copy of the text and a student sheet.
The student reads or reviews the text.
Writes the title and author of the story on the student sheet.
Reads the prompts and records the answers until the sheet is complete.
Teacher evaluation

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Solution:

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Extensions and Adaptations
Use different colored highlighters to mark story elements on a copy of the text. Use other story maps (Activity Masters C.009.SS2 and C.009.SS3).
Write other questions about the story and exchange with a partner who answers (Activity Master C.009.SS4).
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Name	 	
Story Mapping	C.009.SS1

Title and Author

  

Character

Character

Character

Setting

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Name	 	
C.009.SS2	Story Mapping
Title: 	Author:  	

Setting
Where:
When:

Characters

Problem

Event

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Solution

4-5 Student Center Activities: Comprehension	2007 The Florida Center for Reading Research

Who are the important characters in the story?	Who is your favorite character and why?

What is the setting of the story?

What is the problem in the story?

What is the plot of the story?

Title/Author

What is the theme of the story?

Name
Story Mapping

 	
C.009.SS3

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4-5 Student Center Activities: Comprehension

What is the solution to the problem?	What is another way the problem could have been solved?

Name	 	
C.009.SS4	Story Mapping

4-5 Student Center Activities: Comprehension	2007 The Florida Center for Reading Research