Cooking Up A Plot
3rd Grade, Language Arts Mary Ruebusch, McCurdy School
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Objective: The students will practice using a graphic to make a story plot.
Summary: • Plot development involves creating a problem and a solution. • Developing a plot will help a story to have a beginning, middle, and an end.
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Procedure: 1. The teacher will click through the slides, reading and discussing the content. 2. The students will plot a story on a graphic. 3. They should then share their story plot with a partner.
Putting a plot together is a little like cooking.
If you put the pieces together well, the result is wonderful.
You can use a plot chart to plan your story.
Plot Chart
Story title
Beginning
Middle
Ending
Beginning
• The story beginning should show the character, the setting, and set up the action.
Middle
• The middle of the story is where the problem is established. • The action happens in the middle.
Ending
• At the end of the story the problem is resolved.
Plot your own story.
___________ Title here
Story Beginning
Story Middle
Story Ending
Copy this graphic on your paper.
Hint: A Story Middle may have many parts.
Share your story chart with a partner.
It is easier to write a well planned story.
The end