Story elements work book or tool box: frameworks & worksheets
Introduction
Ideas to help learn and analyze story elements: characters, setting, plot, point of view, theme, tone, & style.
Each example is styled to be print on a single page.
Organized by story elements:
- Characters
- Plot
- chain of events
- plot - start ... final
- plot & 1 character
- plot with 1 character
- Story maps - plot and more
- Setting
- Point of view
- Theme
- Style
- Tone
Multiple story elements
- Comparison
- Story Comparison Chart - setting, characters, plot
- Story Comparison Chart - 7 story elements
- Story pyramid - character, setting, plot ... resolutions ... plus choice
More activities not centered on story elements
Character
Character trait chart
Title of Book:
Author:
Character:
| Trait | Very | Quite | Neither | Quite | Very | Trait |
| Good | Bad | |||||
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| Powerful | Weak | |||||
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| Content | Worried | |||||
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| Brave | Cowardly | |||||
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| Harmless | Dangerous | |||||
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| Confident | Self-conscious | |||||
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| Adventurous | ||||||
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Character Picture Frames
Title of Book:
Author:
Draw a picture of the characters in your book.
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Character Portraits
Title of Book:
Author:
Draw a picture of three characters in your book and write their name in the oval.
Character Report Card
Title of Book:
Author:
| Report Card | ||
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| Student's name | ||
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
| 1. | ||
| 2. | ||
| 3. | ||
| 4. | ||
| 5. | ||
| 6. | ||
| 7. | ||
| Honesty | ||
| Carefulness | ||
Character Venn Diagrams
Title of Book:
Author:
Character Venn Diagrams
Title of Book:
Author:
Character's story as a trip
Title
Author
Characters
How was your Trip?
| Story | Little Red | Snow | ||
| Main character | ||||
| Goal | ||||
| Villain | ||||
| Villain's goal | ||||
| Helper | ||||
| Road Block | ||||
| Road Block | ||||
| Outcome | ||||
| Ending |
Character comparisons
Title
Author
The characters I will compare are:
1 -
2 -
They are similar in that
For example one did
While the other did
They are different in that
For example one did
While the other did
Other times
Plot
Chain of Events Chart
| Event 1 |
| Caused |
| Event 2 |
| Caused |
| Event 3 |
| Caused |
| Event 4 |
| Caused |
| Event 5 |
| Caused |
| Final Event |
Plot
The problem started when
After that things
for example
then,
Finally, The story ended when
Plot and one character
The story is about
The character is
This character tried to
The story ended when
Plot with one character
The most very important character is
The one thing this character did to convince me they were important is
Aanother thing the character did to convince me of their importance is
Some qualities the character had that are important or unique are
Setting
The place where the story happened was
I know this because the author said
Another clues was
The time when the story happened was
I know this because the author said
Another clues was
Point of view
Title
Author
The point of view in the story was
I know this because the author used these words in the beginning
these words in the middle
these words in the end
The point of view was the same for the whole story because
or the point of view changed in the story because
Predictions
Prediction Chart
Title:
Author:
| What I predict Will Happen | What Actually Happened | |
| Chapter 1 | ||
| Chapter 2 | ||
| Chapter 3 | ||
| Chapter 4 | ||
| Chapter 5 | ||
| Chapter 6 | ||
| Chapter 7 | ||
| Chapter 8 |
Predictions diagram
Title:
Author:
Retelling worksheet
Title
Author
First
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Second |
| Third
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Fourth |
| Fifth
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Finally |
Comparisons
Story Comparison Chart - setting, characters, plot
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Story Title Author |
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Setting
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Characters
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Plot Events
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Ending
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Story Comparison Chart - 7 story elements
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Story Title Author |
Story Title |
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Story maps
Story Map
Title
Author
Beginning
What happened first?
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Middle
What happened next?
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End What Happened Last? |
Story Map
Title
Author
Setting
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Characters
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Conflict/Problem
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Action/ Events
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Resolution
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Story Pyramid
Title
Author
Directions
Take notes below and then use a blank sheet of paper to make your pyramid.
Main Character - one word
Two words - describing the main character
Three words - describing the setting
Four words - stating the problem
Five words - describing one event
Six words - describing another event
Seven words - describing a third event
Eight words - describing the resolution
Nine words describing (use your idea)
Ten words describing (use your idea)
Style
What's my style?
Title
Author
I liked it when the author wrote
because
I also liked it when
because
I also liked it when
because
All of these are the same in that
Theme
What's my theme?
Title
Author
The most important message the author told was
I know this because the author wrote
A character that demonstrated this was
What the character said or did to cause me to believe this was
Another clue was
Tone
What's my tone
In the beginning the author made me feel
The author used writing like this
to cause these feelings
In the middle the author made me feel
The author used writing like this
to cause these feelings
In the end the author made me feel
The author used writing
like this to cause these feelings
The tone for the story was
Wanted poster
Title
Author
Character
Who
Why
Appearance
Habits
Action if see
Cautions to take
Reward
Who authorized
Date
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