2. Students with such disabilities can benefit from the method’s support and guidance, while ensuring they grasp both specific details and the “big picture.”
3. Story pyramids force students to read an assigned story, comprehend the story enough to formulate key words for each line, and also to use critical thinking to be succinct and concise while still getting their point across.
4. The flexibility of this method allows it to be used at an individual level, for students who prefer to work on their own, at a group level, for those who prefer to work with classmates, or with the classroom as a whole.
5. Furthermore, the information required for each line can vary based on assignment or subject, and can be expanded for use with a story as a whole (as shown above) or condensed to be conflict, relationship, or character specific. Citation:<br />Calder, D. (1994). Story pyramid. Informally published manuscript, The Educator’s Reference Desk, The University of Syracuse, Syracuse, New York. Retrieved from http:// www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Whole_Language/WLG0007.html<br />
![2476500-352425<br />By Martha Puthota<br />Purpose:The purpose of this strategy is to ensure that students thoroughly comprehend a variety of different aspects of a story by closely analyzing the main character(s), setting(s), problem(s), event(s), and solution(s).<br />Grades:Kindergarten to Grade 12<br />Subjects:English/Language Arts, Social Studies<br />Procedure:Have students fill out the pyramid using the information requested below.<br />Story Pyramid <br /> 1. _________Name of the main character <br /> 2. _____________Two words describing the main character <br /> 3. _________________ Three words describing the setting<br /> 4. _____________________ Four words stating the story problem<br /> 5. _________________________ Five words describing one event in the story<br />6. _____________________________ Six words describing a second event<br /> 7. _________________________________ Seven words describing a third event<br /> 8. _____________________________________Eight words describing the solution to the problem <br />Benefits:<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/storypyramidhandout-110315021421-phpapp02/85/Story-Pyramid-handout-1-320.jpg)
