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Literature Task Cards

Updated: 12 Jun 2023

A set of 30 literature tasks to assist your students with examining and responding to literature.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 15 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Curriculum

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3

Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3

Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

teaching resource

Literature Task Cards

Updated: 12 Jun 2023

A set of 30 literature tasks to assist your students with examining and responding to literature.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 15 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

A set of 30 literature tasks to assist your students with examining and responding to literature.

Generic Story Elements Task Cards

Are you looking for a set of literature activities that can be used with any picture book, reader or class novel? Teach Starter has the answer!

This set of 30 literature task cards has been designed to help your students engage with and personally respond to literature by analyzing the text’s features. The tasks have been specifically designed to be used in conjunction with any literary text, making life easier when it comes to literacy planning!

There are five literature tasks for each of the following categories:

Plot
Setting
Characters
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Reflection

Scaffolding and Extension Tips

The beauty of these tasks is their open-ended nature! Students have the ability to engage with the tasks at their own level. More-capable students in particular have the option of taking these tasks as far as they are able to!

In addition to individual work, these cards can also be used for:

Guided reading groups
Whole-class reviews (via smartboard)
Summative assessment

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Curriculum

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3

Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3

Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

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