This lesson reviews plot terms and how to identify the climax of a story. Students will use "Scout's Honor" to analyze plot.

1. Plot
Objectives: Students will be able to identify the
elements of plot and apply them when reading
a story.
Key Terms: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax,
Falling Action, Resolution

2. Objectives: Students will be able to identify the elements of plot
and apply them when reading a story.
Read pages 22-24 in your text book.
Define the following terms in your reader’s
notebook:
– Plot
– Exposition
– Rising Action
– Climax
– Falling Action
– Resolution

3. Plot
The sequence of events that make up a story.
Exposition
Introduces the: conflict, characters, and setting
of the story. The Beginning.
Rising Action
When the conflict grows and the energy builds.
The events in the story that lead to the climax.
Climax
The point in the story when the protagonist and
the antagonist clash and are forever changed
because of it.
Falling Action
The conflict is resolved and the events of the
climax are presented.
Resolution
Wraps up loose ends, and the final outcome of
the story.

4. Objectives: Students will be able to identify the elements of plot
and apply them when reading a story.

5. Objectives: Students will be able to identify the elements of plot
and apply them when reading a story.
As you listen to the short story “Scout’s
Honor” (pg 53) by Avi, complete the plot chart
with the information from the text.

7. Review
• How do you find the climax of a story?
• What are the elements of the exposition?
• How are the falling action and the resolution
different?