North Thurston Public Schools
Grade 6
Reading Power Standard 6: 2.2.3
2.2.3 Understand and analyze story elements
CONCEPTS: What students need to know about
Story Elements
o Character traits
o Character development
o Plot
o Setting
o Point of view
o Conflict
o Resolution
o Theme
BIG IDEAS: What students need to understand –
Enduring ideas.
SKILLS: What students need to be able to do
Describe (character development)
Identify (the major actions that define the plot)
Identify (how actions lead to conflict or resolution)
Explain the influence of setting on character and
plot.
Identify the point of view used in a story.
Compare and contrast the same conflict from the
point of view of two different characters.
Identify the stated themes in text and support with
evidence from the text.
Identify common recurring themes in books by the
same or different authors and support with evidence
from the text.
ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS:
Teacher’s guiding questions
for understanding.
I can identify and analyze story elements to better
understand the narrative text.
What can students do to better understand narrative
text?
RELATED GLEs:
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:
RESOURCES: Harcourt Lessons to Support this Standard:
*Theme 1, Story 3, “Knots in My Yo-Yo String”, (point of view)
T102,
North Thurston Public Schools
Grade 6
Reading Power Standard 6: 2.2.3
*Theme 2, Story 2, “The Summer of the Swans”, (character development)
T296, Student Workbook 47 and 48
*Theme 2, Story 3, “Old Yeller”,
T347, Student Workbook 52
Theme 5, Story 1 “Seventh Grade”, (plot, character, setting)
T96B
Theme 1 and Theme 2 with the exception of “Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi” are quality
narrative resources for teaching story elements.
*Preview the Theme – Themes 1-6 See Teachers Manual
*Lessons listed are aligned with the power standard. Alone, these lessons will not adequately
allow students to reach the standard.