Reading - Literary Text

Students learn comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading text.

The Fundamentals of Reading (Fiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards.

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The Fundamentals of Reading (Fiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards.

Wiiliam Wilder | Inside Storytelling
Wiiliam Wilder | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

William Wilder is a full-time storyteller and professional speaker. His style is a blend of drama, comedy, and inspirational speaking. He is known for his animated style and use of audience...
Chetter Galloway | Inside Storytelling
Chetter Galloway | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Storyteller Chetter Galloway, of Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in African and African American stories. His renditions are energetic and animated. He blends his stories with music, drumming, sound...
Willy Claflin | Inside Storytelling
Willy Claflin | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Willy Claflin resides in San Francisco, He grew up in New Hampshire. He is a former classroom teacher. While at Harvard, he performed music and comedy. He knows hundreds of folk songs. His stories...
Connie Regan-Blake | Inside Storytelling
Connie Regan-Blake | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Connie Regan-Blake is considered a pioneer in bringing storytelling to a national audience. She helped to shape and ignite the American storytelling revival. She is a founding member of the National...
Darion McCloud | Inside Storytelling
Darion McCloud | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Darion McCloud is a storyteller who works in the children's room of the Richland Library in Columbia, S.C. He is also an actor and director of theater productions. Most notably, he is the artistic...
Kelly Swanson | Inside Storytelling
Kelly Swanson | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Kelly Swanson combines the art of theater, standup Southern comedy, and storytelling. Her wholesome stories, centering on the fictional town of Cedar Grove and its inhabitants, often offer a poignant...
Emily Smith Pearce | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Emily Smith Pearce | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In her interview, Emily Smith Pearce discusses the importance of having an outline, sharing your writing with others, and fitting writing into your daily life. She says that she often thought about...
Karen Petit | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Karen Petit | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This program features Karen Petit who is the author of Shandon’s Ivy League Mystery Series for children. In 2008, she published her first book for adults. A Paw on My Heart tells the author’s true...
Jealous Bragging Turtle in English | Gullah Tales
Jealous Bragging Turtle in English | Gullah Tales

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Students will read and listen to Aunt Pearlie Sue’s animated English version of the traditional folktale "The Jealous Bragging Turtle." Stories teach a moral or explain the origin something in nature...