9(A) Plot

Reading /Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
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8(A)retell main event from a story read aloud.	9(A)describe the plot (problem and solution) and retell a story's beginning, middle, and end with attention to the sequence of events.	9(A)describe similarities and differences in the plots and settings of several works by the same author	8(A)equence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events.	6(A)sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events.	6(A) describe incidents that advance the story or novel, explaining how each incident gives rise to or foreshadows future evetns
describe the plot (problem and solution) retell a story's beginning, middle, and end retell a story with attention to sequence of events

Activities:

• After RATT complete the poster with character, setting, problem, solution sections. This can be a whole  class activity by passing a cube with the questions (something like hot potato).

• Introduce Problem Solution with a T - Chart and real life situations:

 

Problem	Solution
broken pencil	sharpen
zipper stuck	wiggle

• Interactive Read-Alouds by Linda Hoyt
• Story Elements- Problem/Solution Structure: Inch by Inch pg. 143 
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