5th Grade Other (ELA) Interactive Notebooks (by date, latest first)

This comprehensive resource is designed to engage students in exploring characterization, setting, plot, conflict, and theme through detailed mini lessons, interactive notebooks, and graphic organizers.

This bundle is perfect for teachers looking to enrich their students' literary analysis skills during any novel study or independent reading book. It provides all the tools needed to delve into essential story elements such as characterization, setting, plot, conflict, and theme.

What's Included:

Characterization:

• Mini Lesson (Google Slides): An engaging presentation that introduces the concept of characterization and the STEAL method.
• Interactive Notebook Foldable: A hands-on activity to reinforce the STEAL method.
• Common Character Traits List: A reference sheet with 96 traits for students to use in identifying and describing characters.
• Graphic Organizers (3 Choices): Templates for students to apply the STEAL method in analyzing characters.
• Characterization Note Page: A worksheet for students to record their observations about characters as they read.

Setting:

• Mini Lesson (Google Slides): An engaging presentation introducing the concept of setting and its significance in a story.
• Interactive Notebook Foldable: A hands-on activity to help students explore and reinforce their understanding of setting.
• List of Words to Describe Setting: A comprehensive reference sheet with vocabulary to help students vividly describe various settings.
• Graphic Organizers (3 Choices): Templates for students to analyze and organize information about the setting in a story.
• Setting Note Page: A worksheet for students to record their observations and analyses of settings as they read.

Plot:

• Plot Mini Lesson (Google Slides): An engaging presentation introducing the concept of plot and its significance in a story.
• Interactive Notebook Foldables (2 Choices): Hands-on activities that help students explore and reinforce their understanding of plot elements.
• Graphic Organizers (3 Choices): Templates for students to summarize and organize information about the plot in a story.

Conflict:

• Mini Lesson (Google Slides): An engaging presentation introducing the concept of conflict and its various types, helping students grasp how conflicts drive a story's plot.
• Interactive Notebook Foldable: A hands-on activity that reinforces students' understanding of different conflict types.
• Conflict Analysis Worksheets (5 Choices): Graphic organizers that guide students in applying their knowledge to analyze conflicts in stories, suitable for independent reading or class novel studies.

Theme:

• Mini Lesson (Google Slides): An engaging presentation that introduces the concept of theme, guiding students in distinguishing it from the main idea and exploring its significance in storytelling.
• Common Thematic Topics List: A curated list of thematic topics to help students recognize and connect recurring themes across different texts.
• Graphic Organizers (3 Choices): Versatile templates for students to organize their thoughts and evidence when analyzing themes, supporting deeper engagement with the texts they read.

Get your students excited about literature and enhance their analytical skills with the Complete Story Elements Bundle: Mini Lessons, Interactive Notebooks & Graphic Organizers!

This product contains four beginning of the year writing prompts. Cut out each prompt, fold on the dotted line, and glue in writing journal. Students will write response under each folded question.

Teaching grammar (parts of speech) has never been more engaging! This product contains four versions of a parts of speech foldable perfect for grades 3, 4, and 5.

• Version 1: noun, verb, adjective, adverb
• Version 2: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb
• Version 3: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction
• Version 4: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection

Examples and definitions included!

Characterization (STEAL), character traits, and character analysis made simple! Designed for any unit or novel study, this product offers a comprehensive mini lesson on characterization using the STEAL method.

The resource comprises the following components:

• Mini Lesson (Google Slides): An engaging presentation that introduces the concept of characterization and the STEAL method.
• Interactive Notebook Foldable: A hands-on activity to reinforce the STEAL method.
• Common Character Traits List: A reference sheet with 96 traits for students to use in identifying and describing characters.
• Graphic Organizers (3 Choices): Templates for students to apply the STEAL method in analyzing characters.
• Characterization Note Page: A worksheet for students to record their observations about characters as they read.

Ideal for any unit or novel study, this resource supports a deeper understanding of character development!

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Doing a novel unit on The Outsiders? Don't know where to get started? This bundle is for you! It includes a flip book study guide, Characterization flip book, and Introduction power point.

This flip book goes through all 12 chapters of the novel The Outsiders. It also include a character map and Information on the author to help your students successfully navigate through the text. Answer key is included and the questions are easy to answer while reading the chapters or after the novel is done. Easy to use and easy to grade. It makes a great study guide for students. UPDATE: Google Drive Version Available