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Literary Elements Advance Organizer
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Title - Literary Elements Advance Organizer
By - Kimberly Steele
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - 4-8
Duration: 20 minutes

Description: This is an advance organizer I created for a unit on literary elements

Goals: The goal is to familiarize students with the correct terminology of literary elements before starting the unit.

Objective(s): The students will become familiar with literary elements, drawing on previous experience and knowledge (schema) while looking at and discussing an advance organizer.

Materials:
  1. Literary Elements Advance Organizer at http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements/literary_elements.pdf
    (Transparency and/or a copy for each student)
  2. Overhead projector
  3. Vis-à-Vis pens
Procedure:
  1. Show the students the transparency of the Literary Elements Advance Organizer.
  2. Discuss each literary element, encouraging participation from the class -- draw on their prior knowledge and experience.
    1. Characters
      1. Main character(s)
      2. Minor characters
    2. Setting
      1. When
      2. Where
    3. Conflict
      1. Person vs. person
      2. Person vs. nature
      3. Person vs. society
      4. Person vs. self
    4. Theme
      1. Central idea or message
      2. Possibly a lesson or moral
      3. Sounds like a fortune cookie message
  3. Keep a copy of the Literary Elements Organizer visible in the classroom and refer it to throughout the unit.
Assessment: The assessment will not come until the end of the unit when students are asked to identify the literary elements of a piece of literature.

Useful Internet Resources:

Literary Web made with Inspiration software at Synapse Adaptive
(I chose this to share this site rather than the official Inspiration site because the page loads faster and in a larger screen.)
www.synapse-ada.com/inspiration/diagrams/theory/literary.htm

Advance Organizers at ABC (Always Be Scientific)
www.umit.maine.edu/~herman_weller/advorg.html

Literary Terms: Elements of Fiction: Components of Literature at Once Upon a Time
nova.bsuvc.bsu.edu/~00mevancamp/litterms.html

Glossary of Literary Terms at Bedford/St. Martin's Literature and Linguistics site
www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm

A Glossary of Literary Terms at Oregon Department of Education
www.ode.state.or.us/tls/english/reading/resources/readingglossary.pdf

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