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How do you know when a problem is being solved?. In this lesson you will identify the climax by analyzing the story to determine the turning point. . “Saved by a Seal”: Main Conflict= Narrator is stuck in the ocean current and can’t get back to shore. . Most Exciting. Climax. Climax.
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In this lesson you will identify the climax by analyzing the story to determine the turning point.
“Saved by a Seal”: Main Conflict= Narrator is stuck in the ocean current and can’t get back to shore.
Most Exciting Climax
Climax = the turning point of the story when the problem starts to get solved. STARTS
Examine the end to identify the turning point: Thinking I might steer him by his flipper, I gave a jerk on the rope. What Nab thought I don’t know, but when he felt the rope tighten, he seemed filled with fright, and plunged into the depths. Instinctively I took a big breath when I saw him disappear, and held onto the rope with both hands. In another instant I was making the longest dive under water that I believe man ever took. …. Half-drown though I was, I began pawing my way to the surface. When at last my head broke through into the air, I hung to the rock, sputtering and gasping. I didn’t attempt to do more than get my breath…
Is the main conflict being solved? “Saved by a Seal”: Main Conflict= Narrator is stuck in the ocean current and can’t get back to shore. ?
YES! Climax= Nab the seal drags the Narrator to Seal Rock.
1 • Examine the ending to identify the • turning point. 2 • Confirm it! 3 Write it down!
In this lesson you have learned to identify the climax by analyzing the turning point of the story.
Write it down! Climax=
Group Extension: • Using a short story or class text, work in small groups to complete the three steps to identify the climax of the story.
Individual Extension: Work through the three steps identify the climax of your independent reading novel, then write it down on a sticky note or in your reader’s notebook.
What is the climax? Climax=