Stages of Plot

Objective: SWBAT differentiate between the stages of plot.

• I can identify plot.
• I can identify the stages of plot.
• I can differentiate between the stages of plot.

Essential Skill:
Understand how stories are structured and elements are introduced so students can effectively analyze texts.

IPI Level: 4

Rigor or Level Reached on Bloom's Taxonomy:
Analysis (distinguishing, comparing, differentiating, categorize)

Writing Response: Briefly tell what events usually happen at the beginning of story? What happens in the middle?  The end?

To Do:
1) Independent Reading
2) Reading Journal
3) Discuss the Writing Response and list the students' answers on the whiteboard
4) Show the stages of plot by using Read/Write/Think's Plot Mountain Creator, and discussing each of the five stages
    - make comparisons between the stages of plot and how Shakespeare's five act plays are structured
5) Stages of Plot Handout "Rumpelstiltskin"

Enrichment:
Plot Mountain Graphic Organizer & Quiz