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Read, Talk, Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction

by Laura Robb

Student Resources

  1. Talking About Texts: Getting Started
  2. Lessons for Teaching Six Types of Talk
  3. Lessons That Build Comprehension Skills in Any Genre
  4. Taking the Plunge: How to Talk and Write About Fiction
  5. Going Deeper: How to Analyze Literary Elements
  6. Taking the Plunge: How to Talk and Write About Nonfiction
  7. Going Deeper: How to Analyze Nonfiction

Going Deeper: How to Analyze Literary Elements

Understanding Five Types of Conflict

The Protagonist and External Antagonists

The Protagonist and Internal Antagonists

Examples of Protagonists and Antagonists

Teacher’s Checklist for Literary Elements

Prompts That Support Understanding Protagonists and Antagonists

Conflict, Plot, and Setting

Applying Five Types of Conflict to Texts

Prompts for Setting, Plot, and Conflict

Composing Theme Statements

Somebody-Wanted-But-So Summary: Fiction (for grade-level and above students)

Somebody-Wanted-But-So Summary: Fiction (for ELL and special education students)

Rubric for a Somebody-Wanted-But-So Summary: Fiction

Compare and Contrast: Venn Diagram

Compare and Contrast in Two Parts

Teacher’s Checklist for Compare and Contrast

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