Teaching Plot.. bahaha I love it!
Plot Map... What on Earth is that?!?!
So yesterday I introduced the plot map and we added it into our reading spirals. I also read one of my FAVORITE picture books... Grandpa'...
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Resource for teaching sequence and plot
Teach Plot Three Ways
This pack includes three handy worksheets that you can use to teach and practice understanding of plot. Also includes a plot diagram, a plot visualization storyboard page and a plot summary sheet.
Plot Graphic Organizer (using a Roller Coster)
This is a graphic organizer for the skill: plot. We use this graphic organizer in class after we have read a story. Using the graphic organizer we can then retell the story! Check out my Anchor Chart using the Roller Coast as a tool for students to remember plot. http://firstgradefresh.blogspot.co...
Teaching Plot and Mood Using Sophie's Masterpiece
Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli is a lovely picture book that students enjoy listening to and discussing. This mini-lesson focuses on the identification of the elements of plot and how the setting can impact the mood of a story. If you don't have a copy of the book, you are in luck! Just go ...
Plot anchor chart for problem and solution
Plot Anchor Chart
Plot Activity and Rubric
This packet is intended to help teach and assess the Common Core Reading Strategy of Plot for Literature. Included in the file is: -Strategy cards for plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) -An activity sheet for the students to complete -An assessment rubric (2 pe...
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What "Finding Nemo" Can Teach Us About Story Tension - Kristen Lamb
Storytelling is in our blood, it binds us together as humans. On some intuitive level, everyone understands narrative structure, even little kids. All good stories have a clear beginning, middle and end. Ever try to skip parts of a story with a toddler? Even they can sense on a gut level that something is wrong if we miss a fundamental part of the story.
Plot Structure
Understanding the Structure of a Story
Bunny Cakes: A Language Arts Mentor Text and a Free Graphic Organizer
I'm still playing a bit of catch up from being gone all last week. On my still to do list is laundry and my mentor text post. H m m m decisions, decisions. I think I'll choose mentor text. Collaboration Cuties is hosting an ongoing mentor text link up with rotating topics. This week's topic is fab books for ELA skills. My mentor text this week is Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells. This book is part of the Max and Ruby series. I chronicles Ruby and Max's efforts to make two very different…
Teaching Plot with Picture Books
Teaching plot to elementary or junior high students with picture books is fun and effective. Plot: Exposition (introduction of characters, setting, problem) Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution If you use your hand as a graph, it's a handy (pardon the pun) visual to reinforce and 'graph' plot. Plot Gestures: Exposition: Introduces characters and problem. Have students cross arms in an X position in front of their faces and rest their chins on their X. Then, have them turn their…