Encourage your students to write and draw about various story elements with this set of differentiated graphic organisers.
Explore the Key Elements of a Story
Once upon a time, in a classroom not dissimilar from your own, there was a teacher exploring story elements with their students!
Sound familiar? Of course, it does! And the Teach Starter team is here to save you time with your lesson preparation when it comes to exploring story elements with your students.
This set of three differentiated graphic organisers has been designed to support you in teaching story elements to your little learners using a combination of words and pictures. Each graphic organiser is slightly different to help you cater to the individual needs of the students in your class. And the beauty is, these templates can be used with any picture book, guided reader or comprehension text!
The graphic organisers included in the resource download are:
- Draw or write about the characters, setting, problem and solution.
- Draw or write about the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution (Version 1).
- Draw or write about the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and solution (Version 2).
Choose the graphic organiser that best meets the needs of your lesson and your class, or provide different graphic organisers to different groups of learners based on their ability.
Multiple Uses for These Story Elements Graphic Organisers
This versatile resource can be used in various ways in your early years classroom. Why not try some of the following activities:
- Whole-class activity (via smartboard)
- Reading group task
- Individual practice
- Homework task
- Summative assessment
Download to Get Started!
Use the dropdown arrow next to the Download button to choose between the editable Google Slides file or the easy-print PDF.
This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a Teach Starter collaborator.
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