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Do stories follow a specific path?

Do stories follow a specific path?. In this lesson you will analyze the structure of a story by plotting the story on a story mountain. . We’ve finished reading “Saved by a Seal”. We’ve finished reading “Saved by a Seal”. Two Key Things To Remember:. Resolution:

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Do stories follow a specific path?

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  1. Do stories follow a specific path?

  2. In this lesson you will analyze the structure of a story by plotting the story on a story mountain.

  3. We’ve finished reading “Saved by a Seal”

  4. We’ve finished reading “Saved by a Seal” • Two Key Things To Remember: Resolution: In the end, the problem is solved when the narrator is able to swim from Seal Rock to Moss Beach. Climax: Nab the seal drags the Narrator to Seal Rock.

  5. A common mistake is to give too much or too little detail. Detail. Detail. Detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail, detail

  6. Climax Rising Action Falling Action Resolution Exposition

  7. Nab drags Narrator to Seal Rock. Conflict= Narrator trapped in current Narrator trying to swim to shore. Rest on Seal Rock Resolution= Narrator swims to Moss Beach Exposition = Characters: Narrator, Father, and Nab. Setting : Moss Beach & Seal rock

  8. 1 • Review your text and notes. 2 • Plot your path up the mountain. 3 Review, Revise, & Record

  9. In this lesson you have learned how to analyze the structure of a story by plotting a story on a story mountain.

  10. Review the text & your notes.

  11. Plot your path up the mountain. “Plato: The Story of a Cat”

  12. Review, Revise, and Record. “Plato: The Story of a Cat”

  13. Group Extension: • Using a short story or class text, work in small groups to complete the three steps to plot your story on the story mountain.

  14. Individual Extension: List the conflicts in your independent reading book, identify each part of the plot. Record your thinking on a story mountain diagram.

  15. Review the text and your notes:

  16. Plot on the Mountain: “A Droll Fox-Trap”

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