Title: Reading Lesson, Story Map
Description: This website uses a story map to chart the events in a story.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (1) 2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. [RL.1.2]
[ELA2010] (1) 3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. [RL.1.3]
[ELA2010] (2) 2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. [RL.2.2]
[ELA2010] (2) 3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. [RL.2.3]

Title: Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
Description: This site focuses on books by Leo Lionni. These lessons teach literary elements and comparing characters and plots. A matrix is included that helps students review and retell each story.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (0) 3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. [RL.K.3]
[ELA2010] (0) 8: With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. [RL.K.9]
[ELA2010] (1) 2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. [RL.1.2]
[ELA2010] (1) 3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. [RL.1.3]
[ELA2010] (1) 8: Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. [RL.1.9]
[ELA2010] (2) 2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. [RL.2.2]
[ELA2010] (2) 3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. [RL.2.3]

Title: Graphic Organizers - Literary Elements
Description: This page provides graphic organizers for setting and character.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (2) 3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. [RL.2.3]
[ELA2010] (2) 5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. [RL.2.5]
[ELA2010] (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. [RL.3.3]
[ELA2010] (3) 8: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series). [RL.3.9]
[ELA2010] (4) 3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). [RL.4.3]
[ELA2010] (5) 3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). [RL.5.3]

Title: Graphic Organizers - Literary Elements
Description: This page provides graphic organizers for setting and character.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (2) 3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. [RL.2.3]
[ELA2010] (2) 5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. [RL.2.5]
[ELA2010] (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. [RL.3.3]
[ELA2010] (3) 8: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series). [RL.3.9]
[ELA2010] (4) 3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). [RL.4.3]
[ELA2010] (5) 3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). [RL.5.3]