Reading Story with Story Elements and Writing Prompt ELA "Gifts for Jace"

“Crack the Case” makes finding “evidence” to support text a fun learning adventure! Check out the Table of Contents below to view a highlight of the quality resources you will receive:

Page 1-2: Quality Short Story
• Written by three-time Chicken Soup for the Soul coauthor, Angela Abbott
• Character building passage, Gifts for Jace
Page 3: Character
• In-depth activity to help students use text to identify character such as
• Character age
• Physical features
• Personality
• Thoughts/feelings
Page 4: Setting
• Step-by-step breakdown of discovering all the variables that make up setting of a story such as
• Location
• Time
• Season
• And more
Page 5: Conflict/Resolution/Climax
A simple breakdown of identifying conflicts in a story and determining the overall conflict, resolution and climax.
Page 6: Character/Setting Sketch
An opportunity for students to physically and visually apply his/her detail ideas to a character and setting sketch.
Page 7: Plot
A simple and easy method to summarize the story helping reveal the most important parts.
• Somebody
• Wanted
• But
• So
• Then
Page 8: Digging Deeper
• A look at identifying…
• Point of view
• Author’s intent
• Reference sources
Page 9: Digging Deeper Continued
• A look at identifying…
• Fact/opinion
• Similes
• Proofreading work
Page 10: Interactive Journal Diagram
A visual of how to set up an effective interactive journal.
Page 11: Interactive Journal Labels
A Journal prompt conveniently prepared to print on label paper for easy use.
• Text-to-Self connection
• Easy to use prompt ready for each student