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Stories, characters, and ideas. Open a lesson below, then check the resources or try the quiz.
Most stories share the same building blocks: characters, setting, plot, and theme.
Who, where, what happens, and what it teaches us.
The main idea is the most important point a paragraph is making. Supporting details back up that main idea.
Main idea = the big point. Details = the proof.
Good readers pause to guess what might happen next, using clues from the title, pictures, and events so far.
What do you think happens next — and why?
Authors show feelings through actions, words, and thoughts, not just by saying 'she was sad.'
Actions and words are clues to feelings.
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