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Alabama 4 Identify literary elements and devices, including characters, important details, and similes, in recreational reading materials and details in informational reading materials.
4.1 Identifying main idea
- Book Week Celebrations
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- Literature: "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" by Louis Sachar
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- Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Literature: Book Activities
- Literature: Online Stories for Children
- Literature: Story Elements
- Reading Skills: Main Idea and Supporting Details
- Writing: Similes and Metaphors
