Plot Elements

Elements of Fiction Posters {Plot Vocabulary} I created these simple bright and colorful posters for many of the common elements of fiction (I call them "lit terms") that my middle school students learn throughout the year. All posters are high resolution 8.5X11 and look beautiful when printed. Here are the posters included: plot setting, protagonist, antagonist, suspense, flashback, foreshadowing, dialogue, irony, theme, symbolism, mood, tone. $3

I love teaching the Elements of Literature! I think it's vital to students understanding what it takes to make a good story (long or short) so they are able to add it to their own stories. Today we expanded from Monday's foldable for PLOT. See the EofLit foldable. We created a page for the basic steps of PLOT: PLOT: sequence of events, cause/effect, conflict, relationships. *the storyline* EXPOSITION: meet the characters; learn about the setting (time & place; where/when); conflict/problem...

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Review the elements of a plot with Flocabulary's educational rap song and lesson plan. Students will learn to identify the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and conclusion of a story.

A blog about a nomadic 'Piwi' family who choose to home school & travel with Daddy's employment rather than be apart. Piwi is Kiwi + Pinoy

This story elements activity is a whole class game for reviewing story elements. The terms in this card game include: characters, setting, plot, theme, conflict, character traits, exposition, rising action, climax, static character, dynamic character, first person, third person, foreshadowing, and more for a total of 28 questions. Four blank cards are included so that you can customize the game to suit your classes. Directions and an answer key are included. The cards are arranged four to a...

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Mapping out the plot line means referencing all the elements of fiction. The Story Mountain graphic organizer helps students to envision rising action and falling action with a visual.

Lesson about the elements of a plot - Plot Mountain. Next step is to fill in the internal and external conflict/problem piece.

Teaching plot with picture books. A shared reading lesson that includes a free printable story map.

Teaching plot with picture books. A shared reading lesson that includes a free printable story map.

We've got a pumpkin patch growing in the classroom ... and I'm loving it! We took a few minutes this morning and made our pumpkins. You can find instructions on how to make them HERE at First Palette. The only difference was that we used 6 sections instead of the 10 shown on the website. We turned our pumpkins into a seasonal language activity by incorporating the story elements we've been studying in class. Using our read aloud, Wonder, we wrote about the story elements on each of the...