Plot Diagram

Last week you researched a historical figure and wrote a short informational paragraph. And just how each historical figure's life has a beginning, middle, and end so do the fictional stories that we read.

This week you will be discovering how an author sets up a story with a device called the plot diagram. You will complete a Nearpod to learn about Plot Diagram. Then you will map a plot diagram for a nursery rhyme. Explore through the different videos about plot diagram and then complete the movie plot assignment. Last, take the quiz showing us your knowledge!

Don't forget to open your INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK! You will want to take notes!! (remember: it is in your Google Drive)

Learning Intentions

This week I will learn what a plot diagram is so I can better understand how a story works and why all the elements are important.

I will be able to identify and explain conflict, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

Standards:

RL.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text

RL.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text

RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

L.6.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

L.6.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when wrong

Success Criteria

I know I am successful when

- I can watch or read a story and break it down into a plot diagram which includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
- I am able to identify and define the 5 elements of plot.
- I am able to demonstrate how each of the 5 elements of plot help create and maintain a story.

TO DO LIST

After completion of this week's lessons, students will be submitting the following:

Plot Diagram Nearpod
Nursery Rhymes Assignment
Movie Plot Diagram Assignment
Quiz