1. The lesson plan aims to teach students about story plots by defining the key elements of a plot and their significance to comprehending texts. 2. Students will review plot elements through a PowerPoint, reading short stories, and creating their own graphic organizers to diagram plots. 3. The lesson emphasizes that understanding the five major parts of a plot - opening, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution - helps with comprehending how each part contributes to the overall meaning.

1. Fannie C. Williams School Lesson Plan “Failure is NOT an Option “…The Road to College Begins Here!!
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Defining Success
GLE/OBJECTIVES: What will your students be able to do by the end of this lesson?
GLE E4-7 - Students will be able:
1. to understand the order or events in a story.
2. to generate the short vowel sound of a
3. to build words using known letters and sounds
4. to read simple, regular words
5. to blend sounds into words
6. to read and write Spelling Words.
CONNECTION to past learning: CONNECTION to future learning:
What connection to past learning will What connections will you make between this week’s lesson
you use to engage students? and future lessons?
Students will play a “refresher” game to I will discuss, with students, the need to understand the parts of a
review the concepts of foreshadowing, plot because of the significance to the overall meaning of the text.
mood, tone, and characterization, as a Students will learn that understanding the various parts of a plot
means of establishing the purpose for the will help them with comprehension as they analyze and answer
need to know the various elements of a questions from reading passages in class and on iLEAP.
story plot.
Students will also be refreshed on the
usefulness of graphic organizers.
QUESTIONS: What questions will you KEY POINTS: What three to five main ideas or steps will
ask to facilitate learning? you emphasize in your lesson?
Where does this story take place? How does it -The definition of a story plot
begin? Who are the characters? What is the - The importance of understanding the pieces of a plot and how it
main conflict in this story? How is the conflict contributes to the overall meaning of a text
resolved? How does the author’s depiction of -The five major parts of the plot are: the opening, the rising
plot, setting, character and theme, reinforce the
action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.
story’s meaning and tone?

2. Lesson Cycle
Power Up: Brief learning activity that will be presented at the beginning of each lesson.
Monday –Thursday-As a Daily Oral Language activity, students will edit two MATERIALS
incorrect sentences that will be written on the board. Once they are done
students will check each other’s papers, and record the grade on the DOL
tracker.
Friday- Students will write a reflection to a current events topic in their journal.
Content Focus/Engage: Teacher explains the purpose and relevancy of the
lesson.
Monday- Powerpoint that will emphasize plot structure and all of its elements. *Rikki-Tikki- Tavi story
Students will take Cornell notes as the view the Powerpoint. Following the *Chart Paper
Powerpoint, I will read aloud, Rikki-Tikki-Taavi as students listen. *Markers
*Diagramming that Works
Teacher Modeling /I Do: Teacher models lesson/activity. book
Monday-After students listen to Rikki Tikki Tavi, I will review the various *Elements of Language
parts of the story including the opening, the rising action, the climax, the falling Book
action, and the resolution. *Various Short Stories
Guided Practice/We Do: Teacher and students practice new learning together. *Audio Disc
Tuesday- Students will listen to the audio of Isaac Asimov’s “The Fun They *CD Player
Had” from Elements of Literature (pg 205, disc 10). The students and I will
then complete a graphic organizer (Diagramming That Works. pg 325) that
helps us to clearly label the parts of a story.
Independent Practice/You Do: Students work independently or in small groups.
Wednesday- Students will work in groups of 4. Each group will be given a
grading rubric, and a short story or passage and asked to read it. Then using
markers, colored pencils, scissors, and chart paper, students will create their
own graphic organizer that includes all the parts of a plot. They will then
present it to the class and I will grade them on it using the rubric.
Thursday-Word Wall vocabulary introduction and charades game.
Closure: Teacher “wraps” up the lesson.
Monday-Thursday- popcorn or cold call strategy review of the day’s key
concepts.
Friday- D.E.A.R- Drop everything and read
Assessment
Monday-Thursday- Exit Tickets- to check for understanding of parts of a plot.
Friday- Story Plot Assessment and Review