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.

 

Predictions

Prediction Chart

Title:

Author:

  What I predict Will Happen What Actually Happened
Chapter 1

 

 

 

 
Chapter 2

 

 

 

 
Chapter 3

 

 

 

 
Chapter 4

 

 

 

 
Chapter 5

 

 

 

 
Chapter 6

 

 

 

 
Chapter 7

 

 

 

 
Chapter 8

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Predictions web

Title:

Author:

 

Prediction web

 

 

 

Retelling worksheet

Title

 

Author

 

First

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second
Third

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth
Fifth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally

 

Time Travel or Flash Backs

What Time is it?
Main character
Age
Gender
Companions

 

 

 

Place

 

Portal

 

Travel direction

 

Start

 

Next

 

 

 

Historical differences

 

Personal growth from time or place to time or place

 

 

Book Rating Sheet (10 point)

Title

Author

List of major characters:

Character names
 
 
 
 

 

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
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).

 

 

 


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?
Story Little Red Snow    
Main character Red Ridinghood Snow White    

Goal

 

       
Villain        

Villain’s goal

 

       

Helper

 

       

Road Block 1

 

       

Road Block 2

 

       

Outcome

 

       

Ending

 

       

 

Similarities

 

 

Differences.

 

KWL chart

 

What I Know What I Want to Know What I Learned
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KWHL chart

 

What I know What I want to know How I know What I learned
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Literature Log

Name

Date

Title

Author

Illustrator

 


Log starters:

  1. I began thinking that...
  2. I know the feeling ...
  3. I liked the way ...
  4. I could not understand ...
  5. I could not believe ...
  6. I realize ...
  7. I wonder why...
  8. I noticed ...
  9. I think ...
  10. If I were ...

Comments

 

Main Idea Chart

Title

 

Author

 

Possible Main Idea 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Possible Main Idea 2

 

 

 

Possible Main Idea 3

 

 

Supporting information for

Possible main idea 1

Possible main idea 2 Possible main idea 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe the information best supports the Main Idea as being:

 

Gender bias analysis

Author’s 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 I’ve read

Title Author Genre # of pages Goal date Date Started Date Finished

Rating
Great
Ok
Yuk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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