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.

Let’s Review We’ve finished reading “Saved by a Seal”

Let’s Review 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.

A Common Mistake

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.

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Exposition

Rising A

ction

Climax

Falling Action Resolution

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Exposition = Characters: Narrator, Father, and Nab.

Setting : Moss Beach & Seal rock

Narrato

r tryin

g to

swim

to sh

ore.

Nab drags Narrator to Seal Rock.

Rest on Seal RockResolution=

Narrator swims to Moss Beach

Conflict= Narrator trapped in current

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Review your text and notes.1

2 Plot your path up the mountain.

3 Review, Revise, & Record

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

story mountain.

Guided Practice Review the text & your notes.

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

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

Extension Activities

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.

Extension Activities

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

Quick QuizQuick Quiz Review the text and your notes:

Quick QuizQuick Quiz Plot on the Mountain: “A Droll Fox-Trap”