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Story Elements

Jessica Barnes

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Transcript

An Overview of

Story Elements

Standards and Objectives

RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. I can describe how the plot evolves throughout a literary text. I can describe how the characters change throughout a literary text.

RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. I can determine a theme based on details in the text.

RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. I can analyze how a particular sentence, stanza, scene, or chapter fits in and contributes to the development of a text.

Instructions

Complete the requirements for sections 1-6 of the lesson in order.

  1. Setting
  2. Characters
  3. Plot
  4. Conflict
  5. Theme
  6. Final Assessment

Setting

Setting

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Step 2

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Step 4

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Step 3

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Quick Check 1: Setting

Characters

Characters

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Step 2

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Step 4

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Step 3

Watch the video above on characters.

Step 1

Quick Check 2: Characters

Plot

Plot

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Step 2

Complete the quick check. Try your best!

Step 4

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Step 3

Watch the video above on plot.

Step 1

Quick Check 3: Plot

Conflict

Conflict

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Step 2

Complete the quick check. Try your best!

Step 4

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Step 3

Watch the video above on conflict.

Step 1

Quick Check 4: Conflict

Theme

Theme

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Step 2

Complete the quick check. Try your best!

Step 4

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Step 3

Watch the video above on theme.

Step 1

Quick Check 5: Theme

Final Assessment

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Final Assessment

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References

Elements of short stories - nbed.nb.ca. (n.d.). http://blackville.nbed.nb.ca/sites/blackville.nbed.nb.ca/files/doc//y2016/Sep/elements_of_a_short_story_2016.pdf YouTube. (2013, August 11). Plot elements. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH5jlkK4aUI YouTube. (2017, April 6). The importance of setting in a story. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30CPmgVQNks&t=26s YouTube. (2018, July 25). Types of characters in literature. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfs53c7axWk&t=5s YouTube. (2019, March 11). Conflict in literature. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwVnA7d25T0 YouTube. (2020a, April 6). Understanding theme | reading | khan academy. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAu3e5GZo4k&t=15s YouTube. (2020b, April 10). The elements of a story | reading | khan academy. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1xLtSMMLo&t=132s

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