Exploring Story Elements Through Keynote Presentations

To wrap up our unit on narrative elements, fifth graders created Keynote presentations in small groups.  Students were able to choose a short story that they had previously read in class.  Groups created slides that analyzed each of the narrative elements in that story, including setting, characters, plot, conflict, resolution, and theme.  The presentations incorporated original artwork, photographs taken with the iPad, and online images.  Groups presented their work to the class to review what they had learned.