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Subject

English Language Arts (2005), English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Duration

Two 46-minute class periods.

Description

In this lesson, students will analyze some of the different elements of plot. This lesson can be used as a pre-reading activity for a story, during reading or post-reading activity. The lesson is interactive.

Learning Objectives

• Students will analyze the plot of a short story that they have read by placing the events in the correct sequential order based on the plot diagram.

• Students will analyze the characteristics of the main characters in the short story that they have read.

• Students will analyze the aspects of setting from a short story that they have read in class.

Materials

• SMART Board lesson-Story Elements created by Brooke Filippini

• Connection to the Internet

• Plot Diagram Worksheet-from Scholastic

Plot diagram

Story Elements.notebook

Step-by-Step Procedure

• Open up the SMART Notebook file Story Elements

• Each page is self explanitory and will link you to the description of the elements of plot-setting, and characters.

• Each element will link you to a practice page which is interactive.

• The assignment is on the last page, along with the rubric for assessment.

NETS Standards for Students

Standard 5
Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
Students:
a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

Assessment

Students will assessed through teacher observation as well as a rubric for the written assignent.

Rubric for Story Elements

Related Academic Standards

New York State

5R3 

• In literary texts, compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, and events, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL)
• In informational texts, explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts based on specific evidence from the text. (RI)

5W3a Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.

6R1 Cite textual evidence to support an analysis of what the text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences. (RI&RL)

6R2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is developed by key supporting details over the course of a text; summarize a text. (RI&RL)

6R3 

• In literary texts, describe how events unfold, as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. (RL)
• In informational texts, analyze how individuals, events, and ideas are introduced, relate to each other, and are developed. (RI)

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