Plot Structure Lesson Plan VA SOL 6.

5 a, b

Objective: ​Students will be able to correctly identify the elements of a narrative structure, including setting, character,
plot, conflict and organize them according to plot structure.

Anticipatory Set:
Slide 2 ​recall: what is the relationship between conflict and story? (Cause and effect)
*After ​the Plot Structure Presentation, rewatch ​Lou​ to identify the elements of its plot.

Direct Instruction:
Plot Structure Presentation
Students will know that ​plot​​ refers to the sequence of events in a story that occur as a result of conflict.

Students will glue ​Plot Structure Graphic Organizer​ (slides ½) into their notebooks after presentation slide 2. (Document
includes reference organizer for notebook ​and​ printable organizer for fairy tales/tall tales.)

Guided Discussion/Practice:
Day 1
1. Use masking tape (Partridge)/dry erase marker (Liebner) to create a plot map on students’ tables ​before class
2. Hand out ​Lou ​plot map pieces​ (print pieces on different colored paper for each component of plot structure, e.g.
setting/protag/antag red, rising action blue, resolution orange, etc.)
3. Students sort; check desk pairs and go over answers as class

Independent/Group Practice:
Day 2
● Students will complete plot maps for fairy tales/tall tales using 11” x 17” paper.
Day 3
● Students will complete and turn in plot maps for TAS books using printable half-sheet graphic organizer (in TAS
#3 discussion)

Activity/Project:
Students will apply what they learn about plot structure to their summative assessment. They will map out their plots
for their children’s stories as part of the drafting process.

Closure:
Link to TAS: students will have only read about ⅓ of their book so far, so which elements of plot will they have
encountered already? (Exposition, some rising action, conflict)