Story focus pages - work book or tool box: worksheets
Introduction
Ideas to help learners analyze books & stories:
Each example is styled to be print on a single page.
See also worksheets for story elements.
- Prediction chart - predict what will happen & what actually happened
- Prediction web - topic with related predicted events
- Retelling Worksheet - boxes for six events
- Time travel & flash backs
- Book Rating Sheet 10 points
- Book Rating page 50 point
- Author of the week
- KWL chart
- KWHL chart
- Main idea chart
- Gender bias analysis
- How was your journey? Trip log. I like to use to compare fairy tales
- Literature log with starters
- Book's I've read chart
- Story retelling with analysis
Predictions
Prediction Chart
Title:
Author:
What I predict Will Happen | What Actually Happened | |
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Chapter 2 |
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Chapter 3 |
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Chapter 4 |
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Chapter 5 |
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Chapter 6 |
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Chapter 7 |
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Chapter 8 |
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Predictions web
Title:
Author:
Retelling worksheet
Title
Author
First
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Second |
Third
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Fourth |
Fifth
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Finally |
Time Travel or Flash Backs
What Time is it? |
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Main character |
Age |
Gender |
Companions
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Place
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Portal
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Travel direction
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Start
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Next
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Historical differences
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Personal growth from time or place to time or place
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Book Rating Sheet (10 point)
Title
Author
List of major characters:
Character names |
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Description of the setting.
Summary of the plot.
What I liked best in the book and why.
What I disliked most in the book and why.
Book Rating:
Bad News | Pretty Average | Great Book | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
The kind of person that would like this book is?
Book Rating Sheet (50 point)
Title of book:
Author:
Evaluation of the quality of the title.
Statements to support your rating
Quality of title points _____ (10 possible)
List of major characters:
Character | Evaluation of character's development. Include examples to support your rating. (Can reference page numbers or video time). |
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Quality of character development points _____ (10 possible)
Author's description of the setting.
Statements to support your rating.
Quality of setting description points _____(10 possible)
Selection and development of the theme.
Statements to support your rating
Quality of theme description points _____(10 possible)
Selection and development of style and
tone
Statements to support your rating
Style and tone description points _____ (10 possible)
Overall score __ out of ten (add the 5 scores = __ double __ divide by 10
and round __)
Statements to support your rating
Describe the kind of person that would like this book?
Author of the Week
Author:
Books
My favorite book by this author is:
What I liked about the book is:
Some words I liked are:
What I tell my friends about this book:
By
How was your journey?
Think of what happens to a main character in a story as their journey, then select some stories and their characters and complete the chart.
How was your Trip? | ||||
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Story | Little Red | Snow | ||
Main character | Red Ridinghood | Snow White | ||
Goal
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Villain | ||||
Villains goal
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Helper
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Road Block 1
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Road Block 2
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Outcome
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Ending
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Similarities
Differences.
KWL chart
What I Know | What I Want to Know | What I Learned |
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KWHL chart
What I know | What I want to know | How I know | What I learned |
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Literature Log
Name
Date
Title
Author
Illustrator
Log starters:
- I began thinking that...
- I know the feeling ...
- I liked the way ...
- I could not understand ...
- I could not believe ...
- I realize ...
- I wonder why...
- I noticed ...
- I think ...
- If I were ...
Comments
Main Idea Chart
Title
Author
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Possible Main Idea 1
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Possible Main Idea 2
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Possible Main Idea 3
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Supporting information for | ||
Possible main idea 1 |
Possible main idea 2 | Possible main idea 3 |
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I believe the information best supports the Main Idea as being:
Gender bias analysis
Authors attitudes towards males and female
+2 Strongly Agree | +1 Agree | 0 Neutral | -1 Disagree | -2 Strongly Disagree |
The author suggests that females or males are more important than the other. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
The author suggests that males or females are more often leaders or followers than the other. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
The author treats females and males equally. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
There are equal numbers of male or female characters. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
The author suggests that females or males are more often leaders or followers than the other. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
There are more males or females than the other portrayed as silly or stupid. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
There are less females or males than the other portrayed as smart or wise. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
There are less males or females than the other in a specific job. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
There are less females or males than the other presented as brave. | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
Other: | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
Other: | +2 | +1 | 0 | -1 | -2 |
Reasoning
Books Ive read
Title | Author | Genre | # of pages | Goal date | Date Started | Date Finished | Rating |
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Story retelling summary as a journey
Title:
Author:
Favorite Character:
What is she or he like?
Where did the story happen?
When
What happened?
Beginning
Middle
End
What do you think happened after the story ended?
What was your favorite part?
What was something you learned?
How well did you like the story?
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