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Plot 4th Grade Unit

Lessons

Lesson 1 Climax of a Story Identify and describe the climax in a story.Identify and describe the elements of plot including rising actions, the problem, falling actions and the resolution.

Stone Soup

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

Lesson 2 Making Predictions about the Climax Make a prediction about the climax of the story using the rising actions.

Lily and the Wooden Bowl

Lesson 3 Making Predictions about Resolution Make a prediction about the resolution of the problem using the falling actions.

Lily and the Wooden Bowl

Unit Extension Ideas

As students read independently, have them identify the rising actions, problem, climax, falling actions, and resolution in the story and fill out a Plot Graphic Organizer. (See Independent Practice for Lesson 1.)

Use Plot Concepts of Comprehension Reading Passages (available on website) to assess students’ understanding of identifying plot within a short story.

Have students read a book, identifying and stopping at the climax. Then, students should write the ending to the story. After they have completed writing their endings, have them finish reading the story and compare the two endings.

Students can write a story, stopping at the climax. Then have students trade stories with a partner and write a prediction of how their partner will end the story. Have students write an ending to their partner’s story.

As students read books independently or in their Literature Groups, have them keep a reading journal. They should include predictions about the problem’s resolution, and identify the rising action, climax, and resolution.

Have students identify the rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in their favorite movies. Students can fill out the Plot Graphic Organizer. (See Independent Practice for Lesson 1.) How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a good example of a movie with a clear climax—when the sleigh starts to fall over the mountain.