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    • Bartlett, Elizabeth
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    Student Resources: 
     Plot Diagram
    Great "Plot" Website: http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/read/plot1.html 
     
    Plot Diagram Tool from "ReadWriteThink":http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/ 
     
    Plot Structure 
     
    Plot and Story Structure Pixar Animated "Short" Films used for Identifying elements of plot and story structure:
     
     
     1. Mike's New Car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u89fttIdWhM&index=8&list=PLNNU0eXUU15ogFo7zrya3Hd4-_Oftg_wD  
    2. Lifted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYcK3z5Go4
    3. Geri's Game: http:////www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OXJj-pSTvo
    4. Partly Cloudy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0JPTMOQA8
    5. Burn-E:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZodeMYYWfvs&index=16&list=PLNNU0eXUU15ogFo7zrya3Hd4-_Oftg_wD
    6. Presto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB1Pukr0nFQ&index=15&list=PLNNU0eXUU15ogFo7zrya3Hd4-_Oftg_wD
    7. Dug's Special Mission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3KZQO1Wp3Q&index=18&list=PLNNU0eXUU15ogFo7zrya3Hd4-_Oftg_wD
     
     
     
     
    Comprehension Strategies to Practice at Home
    Questions to ask before reading:
    • What is the title of the book?
    • What does the cover tell you about the book?
    • What do you think the book is about?
    • What are you curious to find out about this book?
    • What do you want to learn?
    • Why are you reading this book?
     
    Questions to ask during reading:
    • What do you think will happen next?
    • What is the problem in the book?
    • Why do you think the character did that?
    • When you were reading this part, what were you picturing in your mind?
     
    Questions to ask after reading:
    • Describe the setting of the story.
    • Describe how a character changed throughout the book.
    • Which of the characters did you like best? Why?
    • What were some of the problems or situations the characters encountered?
    • Tell about a part that you liked or disliked and tell why. 
Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School

446 Snyder Ave.

Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922

P: (908) 464-1717

F: (908) 464-1783

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