Exploring literary elements such as character, plot, setting, theme, point-of-view, metaphor, imagery, symbolism, and more, is easy with these creative and exciting mini-lessons and activities. This time-saving resource includes four ready-to-use short stories that allow you to easily focus on the literary elements you want to teach. By sharing and analyzing the short story models, students find exemplars they can follow as they plan and write their own stories. Includes more than 25 reproducibles! For use with Grades 4-8.