Lesson Focus

Learning Area / Strand

Plot elements of narrative

writing

English

Year
Level
5

Implementatio
n Date:
19/10/2016
Duration: 1 hr

Prior knowledge of learners (What do they already know?)

Students have previously examined setting and characters.
Lesson objective/s
Identify plot elements in a narrative.
Evidence of learning
Students will identify the plot elements in Storm Boy.
Resources
The novel Storm Boy, by Colin Thiele.
Lesson
Introductio
n

Introducin
g the
topic
Engagem
ent of the
learners

Lesson
Body

Delivering
the
content
through
specific
strategies

Lesson
Conclusion

Concludin
g

Explain the topic and outline of lesson (plot elements of Storm

Boy).
Find out what students already know. What are the plot
elements of a narrative? Can you explain what happens in each
of these elements?
View power point.

What happens in the orientation stage of Storm Boy? Start a

mind map using brief key points.
Continue with each element, adding to it and discussing how the
story unfolds.
Find out how much students have read. Suit questions to what
they already know.
What language features are used to set the scene on page 1?
What types of words are used?
Read next chapter shared reading.
Start worksheet and keep in writing books.
Question students for understanding of task.

Students share written ideas.

Why are we completing the plot elements? So that when you do
your assessment task, you already have some organised ideas
written down.

activities
Summariz
ing the
lesson

Dismiss for lunch.

Evaluation / Reflection
Many of the students were quite bored with the discussion before shared reading.
They were not at all interested in pointing out descriptive noun groups. An
alternative may be to copy a page and get students to highlight words in question
next time.
It was hard to keep track of how many students actually got to read during our
shared reading, so I could use the paddle pop sticks to keep a track of this.
We could only complete the orientation part of the organiser, but I think it was
useful to not only recap how the story began, but also to find out the different
perspectives of the characters traits.

Plot elements in Storm Boy

Briefly describe what occurs in the various phases of the plot.
1.

Orientation (How does the novel begin? How does it establish the characters and events?)

2.

Complication (What is the conflict? Why does it occur? How could it be resolved?)

3.

Climax (What is the highest point of tension? What kinds of language features are used to
make the climax exciting?)

4.

Resolution (How is the complication resolved? What happens after the complication is
resolved?)