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.
Standard:
Literacy.RL.6.5
Description:
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.
Standard:
6.6.A*
Description:
summarize the elements of plot development (e.g., rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, denouement) in various works of fiction
A plot is the events in a story. The author puts different events in an order based on the plot.
A plot is made of different parts and events. Understanding a character and what he or she does is easier when we understand the plot and its different parts.
Rising action: the events that happen at the beginning, before the turning point
Conflict/problem: the problem that is faced by a character or characters
Climax/turning point: the part of the plot in which the events are the most exciting
Resolution: the final part of the plot in which the problem is solved
Falling action: the final part of the plot which takes place after the climax
6th Grade Reading - Plot Lesson